In the 2020s, British metal is in its rudest health since the days when Iron Maiden and Def Leppard were rattling pub foundations across the country. Veterans like Architects and Bring Me The Horizon have finally flourished into festival headliners, while the underground is flooded with innovative up-and-comers, from Heriot to Urne. Now we can add Unpeople to the list of things that make this country’s scene so damn special.
Formed in London by former Press To Meco members Jake Crawford and Luke Caley, Unpeople are named after those ignored or sneered at by the political elite, and on their debut EP they channel that angst into five cacophonous yet focussed pop-metal bangers.
