There’s something comfortingly scruffy about “Hanging on a Bassline”. It doesn’t try to impress you — it just exists, humming like a broken fridge in a Brixton flat that somehow keeps the milk cold. Pynch don’t chase the perfect take; they let the imperfections drive. The result? A track that feels like it’s already been playing somewhere in your memory, long before you pressed play.
The bassline does the heavy lifting, but it’s not just about groove — it’s about momentum. Those jangly guitars swing between joy and exhaustion, while Spencer Enock’s voice — all charm and ache — delivers lines that could be both a cry for help and a toast to surviving another day. “Cheap beer and understanding”, he sings, and somehow that feels like the truest thing anyone’s said this year. It’s the sound of someone trying to keep it together — and mostly succeeding.
In the end, Pynch is able wrap all that emotional static in something so easy to love. The rhythm section feels like running downhill, the synths flicker with that nostalgic Nokia-era energy, and the melody lands right in the sweet spot between self-awareness and sincerity. It’s danceable and heavy at the same time — like if New Order had written about hangovers and housing crises instead of nightclubs and neon lights.
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Their upcoming record, “Beautiful Noise”, carries that same tension: lo-fi but thoughtful, scrappy but tender. Produced in Enock’s bedroom, it sounds like it belongs to a world where being human is messy and holy in equal measure. You can hear the band figuring themselves out in real time — and that’s what makes it beautiful. Pynch aren’t chasing answers; they’re just trying to stay in the noise long enough to make sense of it.
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