Arts & Culture

This Is New Music by Mark Muggeridge

Vant have actually been around for a couple of years now, mainly as a solo project for frontman Matty Vant.

However a chance meeting with Swedish drummer Martin Söderin led to the latter moving to the UK on the strength of Vant’s songwriting.

The duo were soon on the hunt for cast members of the band line­up and having found Billy Morris, a young kid from a small hippy commune just outside of Swansea who plays bass and lead guitarist Henry Eastham, who was born and bred in Blackpool, Vant were on a mission.

Vant are going to get name checked stylistically with bands like The Pixies and The Kinks but in truth I hear something more contemporary. Before he left Radio 1, Zane Lowe certainly heard something in the boys music because he gave them Next Hype status and played their current single Parasite three times in one show.

Need more style comparisons to get an idea of what Vant are about? Well they’ve been touring with Royal Blood, The Bohicas and Hinds as a support. Watch out for these new era rockers as they head to all three editions of the Dot to Dot festival and dates beyond. Key Tracks: Parasite and Do You Know Me.

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