Towards the end of their 3-week-long UK tour, As It Is stopped in Blackpool for one of their high energy shows.

The duo — Zoe and David — have spent the past year moving away from the idea of treating each release as its own isolated moment, instead thinking about how their music can form something bigger: a story that unfolds across songs, performances and, eventually, a whole project.

Ahead of her headline show at Oslo Hackney, Lusaint reflects on going from her first-ever gig at Paper Dress Vintage, supporting Calum Scott, and finding a new sense of self on her upcoming EP, The Apothecary pt 2.

Heartbreak has a funny way of making you feel like you’ve lost everything, only to realise somewhere down the line that you’ve found yourself again. For CHARLS, that process became an album.

With the recent resurgence of new wave post-punk guitar music, and bands such as Fontaines D.C, Keo, and Bleach 9:3  making festival headline appearances this year, grunge rockers Gurriers and their new album ‘NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU’ are further proof that the indie/alternative rock scene is the best it’s been in the last 20 years.

With new single “Let Me Die (Curled In Your Arms)” out today, an upcoming EP on the horizon and a manifesto built around trusting themselves, Tough Cookie are entering a sharper, heavier new era.