Bristol may be the only city rivalling Brighton for new music at the moment and Velcro Hooks are a Bristol based band who deal in the very best kind of fuzzed-out post-punk.

Since releasing a handful of well received singles and EPs via the excellent Howling Owl Records, they have been lying low for a little while, writing, recording, editing, and mixing their debut record, which will be out next year.

Severin The Mind is the brilliantly visceral first cut and their most jagged and raw track to date. Roll on the album we say…