Based out of Lincoln but with a plethora of influences that stretch across the UK – from Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys to London’s The Libertines – The Rills aren’t short of storytelling footsteps to follow. Originally made up of vocalist Mitch Spencer and bassist Callum Warner-Webb, the trio, as they are known today, honed themselves upon a trip to London, where they met drummer Mason Cassar.
“Trying to do music or anything out of the ordinary is extremely difficult in a place like Lincoln because there’s no infrastructure or industry there,” explains Spencer. “There were never any gigs, and the ones that were there were massive, so you go from pub gigs with cover bands to seeing the Kaiser Chiefs. There were no young bands, so we knew if we were gonna build anything, we had to leave.”
They describe the forming of the band as “suddenly going from this blasting wall of sound to there being three instruments, with clear dynamics, where it felt concise. The whole ethos of the band had changed.”
As their first single to be released through Nice Swan Records (once home to the likes of Sports Team, FEET, English Teacher, amongst other leftfield indie heroes), it’s natural that the track bursts out of the gates sounding something like a milestone for the trio.