Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks

Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own band From Exeter, UK Recommended if you like Boyracer, the Promise Ring, Rites of Spring Up next Little Bastard EP out now It’s tempting to view any half-decent scene as either a magical happening or a simple quirk of geography and timing.

In reality, they’re more like monuments to the importance of showing up.

For that to continue to happen, you need bands like Pushbike.

Rattling through four songs in well under 10 minutes, each crooked hook, euphoric yelp and cheesewire guitar lead on their Little Bastard EP feels like an invitation to form a band, draw a flyer, or book a show.

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