"One of our videos hit 123 million views in Brazil, so we're flying out to play Monsters Of Rock." Meet Jayler, the West Midlands quartet with big dreams and even bigger plans

Jayler group portrait.

Every creative endeavour needs a jumping-off point. For rising young West Midlands quartet Jayler, that was the tables at The Feathers Inn in Lichfield, the scene of many wild and exhilarating early shows where the band got their act together, literally, in 2022.

Guitarist Tyler Arrowsmith and singer/guitarist James Bartholomew had been gigging since 2021, having met at an open-mic night in Tamworth. The AC/DC-loving Arrowsmith was in sixth form and Bartholomew had just started college.