Once again leaving genre boundaries in the dust, The Garden twins return to The UK this week, taking the audience into a still unfathomed sound world with their sublime slice of post-modern pop.
Wyatt and Fletcher Shears (24) have been conceptualising their own style since well before the formation of the band in 2011. Described as auditory invaders of the new world; borderless, informed and decentralised, the duo represent a youthful punk scene in California with their DIY principles, thrift store-cum-glam fashion style and a vast list of influences. While 2013’s ‘Life And Times Of A Paperclip’ offered a glimpse into their breakbeat-propelled world of electro-punk anarchy, it was their innovative Epitaph debut ‘Haha’ (2015) that proved them to be much more than style over substance, sadistically teasing all essences of musical genres into 17 wonderfully chaotic tracks. Self-produced in a lock-out studio in one burst, the tracks on this year’s ‘Mirror MIght Steal Your Charm’ were among the pair’s most matured yet unpredictable offerings to date.
The Garden strip off everything unnecessary about modern punk and get straight to the heart of it, consistently defying categorisation and breaking new ground with their own ‘Vada Vada’ philosophy, an idea that represents pure creative expression, disregarding all previously made genres and ideals. This is outsider music made from the inside, and when the multitude of sounds collide at pace, the results are spectacular. They play Manchester with Mac Demarco tomorrow and back to back shows at The Garage in London on Hallowen and 1st November.
Live UK Dates
30th October – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
31st October – The Garage, London
1st November – The Garage, London
