In the space of two gripping singles, The Lounge Society have made it known they’re anything but another face in a bloated post-punk market. Finding fertile ground by embracing their rural upbringing in West Yorkshire’s Pennine towns, and working with label Speedy Wunderground, the teens have struck upon a momentum that laughs in the face of the pandemic. Their second groove-heavy banger ‘Burn The Heather’ takes aim at local landowners’ pre-grouse shooting ritual of burning the moor-top heather, with deerstalkers, wellies and tweed jackets in the accompanying video. It’s a fresh view on a local issue while saying masses on the wider political dialogue, coming as a cutting statement that’s fully original.
