“This is humble music for everyone. It’s for people who have sunk a million hours into fighting zombies on Xbox”: Meet University’s Zak Bowker, the punk guitarist who believes your biggest inspiration should be yourself

The English punk-rock quartet University [L-R]: [from left] Zak Bowker,Joel Smith, Eddie Leighand Ewan Barton.

With the release of their debut album, McCartney, It’ll Be OK, English punk rock quartet University are plotting to take the world by storm via sensory overload.

Their sound can be described as visceral and itchy, with jangly drop-D guitars being strummed into oblivion over pounding drums that are erratic and unpredictable. It’s an impressively unpolished take on high-octane noise, mixing abrasive hardcore and post-rock in ways few have dared.