Fightmilk

With three albums under their belt, Fightmilk have perfected their chaotic, melodic brand of joy and rage-filled pop with full-throated yelling and sparkling guitar riffs as their trademark. They’ve graduated from angsty whippersnappers in their mid-twenties to overgrown teenage 30-somethings with mild ongoing back pain. The band quickly drew attention with their debut album Not With That Attitude (2018) - singled out by Drowned In Sound for its “package of massive, Godzilla-heft hooks”. Gaining support from 6Music and Radio X, the band swiftly hopped in the van to play shows with the likes of Art Brut, Desperate Journalist and Nova Twins, as well as touring Germany. Their second LP, Contender (2021), described as “a joyous riot from start to finish” by Kerrang! Magazine, was an album with something to prove. It added stacked harmonies, analog drum machines and even heftier riffs to the band’s arsenal, while still remaining decidedly true to their spiky indiepop sound. After lockdown they began a near relentless gigging schedule, taking in multiple trips around the UK, support slots with Johnny Foreigner, mclusky and Problem Patterns, plus a sold-out 2022 headline slot at Norway’s Indiefjord. The band’s eighth year in action has seen them writing and recording their third album, to be released in late 2024 on Fika Recordings and INH Records. Fightmilk have turned the distortion up and the indiepop down with rougher and rawer songs about body image, death, and dog bites.