Grunge Duo, Huntings release pounding double A-Side

Music Review | 11th March, 2025 Huntings

Grunge duo, Huntings spent 2024 creating a buzz with a number of successful single releases and their blistering debut album Songs of Last Resort. Consisting of brothers James and Brian Edwards, Huntings find their power in simplicity, eschewing the need for a bass player, stripping back their sound to the core elements of guitar, vocals and drums.

The brothers have an uncanny ability to create disquiet in their music, which compliments the various lyrical themes. The constant feeling of existing on a knifes edge, unprepared for whatever horrors await, which is summed up in the double A-Side, Yes I Am/Howl.

Yes I Am puts you in the passenger seat beside some deranged misfit at the wheel. There's an unhinged quality to the vocals that carry an inherent menace to them, with that in mind there's a definite pop influence in this song. The chorus is huge and hooky, Brian's drums create dynamics against the wall of guitars, adding ebb and flow between verses and choruses, elevating James's vocals. As the song builds to a crescendo, the band let rip on their instruments as James intones dissolve.

Howl, changes gear as tempos come down, but it's all the more unsettling for it. There's a creature in your home and I don't much time left are unnerving as is but given more weight as the track addresses domestic abuse. It's sobering amongst the rockier tracks and shows the band are far from a one trick pony or afraid to deal with more serious topics lyrically. Heavy in all facets here.

Huntings - Yes I Am (Youtube)

The single, Yes I Am/Howl, is available through all streaming platforms.

Photo: Old Crows Promotions

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