Here’s a small but immediately rewarding EP I’ve been enjoying for the past couple of weeks. Fourmile is a new band featuring members of TTNG, Harlem Renaissance, Del Paxton, Big Hug, and Muttering. They’re four-fifths London-based, with the exception of Dylan England, who lives in Buffalo. The five connected when England’s band Del Paxton toured the UK in 2024 (I’m still quite fond of their All Day, Every Day, All Night album).

Given the band’s name and the people involved, the sonic direction won’t come as a shock, but for the sake of scene-spotting: they name-drop Stapleton, The Farewell Bend, Teenage Cool Kids, J. Robbins, the mid-’90s Midwest, and guitars. Lots of guitars.

There are three songs on this debut EP, all patiently constructed alt-rock tunes with a strong emo undercurrent. It opens in slowcore mode with Indicator, before breaking things wide open with the absolutely rocking Rod Serling—the kind of song that, on first play, made me decide this band needed to be shared here. The very dynamic, powerful, slightly mathy New Growth closes things out on another high note. This feels like the start of something serious (and potentially seriously great) rather than a one-off. Fourmile is a band worth getting excited about, and they’re clearly just getting started.

Fourmile consists of Cais Jurgens (guitar, vocals – also in Harlem Renaissance and Longitude), Dylan England (guitar, vocals – Del Paxton), Tom Hill (bass, percussion – Muttering), Hank Tremain (bass – Nine Pens), and Owain Mumford (drums – Big Hug).

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