Beard Of Wolves

Two piece punks Beard of Wolves describe their sound ‘as getting beaten to a bloody pulp by a meth addled Scarlett Johansen’. Single Wet Mouth is the perfect introduction to the band...

Jim Ottewill
  • By Jim Ottewill
  • 26 Feb 2014
  • min read
By the sound of things, two piece punk outfit Beard of Wolves don’t deal in niceties.

Their songs are short, bloody blasts of guitar heavy noise, so raw you can almost hear the snapped guitar strings, sweat and spilt blood at the base of their creative process.

The duo liken their music to ‘getting beaten to a bloody pulp by a meth-addled Scarlett Johnasen’ while in their video, they wear pig masks and smash up a car. One thing the band aren’t is shy or retiring which is all to their credit when guitar acts are increasingly homogenised and looking to play it safe.

Adam Hughes and David Mitchell are the wolves, a duo who hail from North Wales and who, by the sound of thing, know no fear. After a single release with Wet Mouth on Too Pure in 2013, they are following it up in 2014 with new material, working with producers Tom Bellamy (The Cooper Temple Clause, Losers) and Paul Mullen (Yourcodenameis:milo, Losers).

The wolves will also be appearing at this year’s Great Escape with a likely aim of making the music industry stand up in fear. Single Wet Mouth is the perfect introduction to a band who deal in punches rather than handshakes…

We first started writing music because…
It's fun and can be quite therapeutic writing about what's on your mind.

We have been making music since…
Think we both started when we were about 18. This bands been going since September 2012.

Our music is…
Loud, short, aggressive but with rhythm and melody.

You'll like our music if you listen to...
Pulled Apart By Horses, Future Of The Left, Eagles Of Death Metal.

Our favourite venue is…
The Old Blue Last.

Music is important because…
It gets people out the house and makes friends. Think how different a night out would be without any kind of music going on.

Our biggest inspiration is…
Er... hearing that people like what we're doing.

Our dream collaboration would be…
Us and The White Stripes. Could have a band with the "correct" amount of members then. Meg can play keys.

To try us out, listen to our song…
Wet Mouth.

If we weren’t making music we’d be…
A lot richer.

In 10 years time we want to be...
Alive.

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