Lo-fi rockers HEAVY WILD release debut EP 'Death Dreams'
Lo-fi rockers heavy wild release debut EP 'Death Dreams'
Stream 'Death Dreams' EP:
Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
Stream EP highlight 'Creeper' HERE
Watch video for lead single 'Wasteland' HERE
London EP launch show 30th May @ Sebright Arms
STREAM 'Death Dreams' EP:
Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
STREAM 'Creeper':
https://youtu.be/AhtkoonL6R0
WATCH 'Wasteland' video:
https://youtu.be/K_MVMpkH4BA
(28th May) Today, London based lo-fi rockers heavy wild release their debut EP 'Death Dreams' - a five-track collection capturing the raw, distorted energy and bruised, volatile lyricism at the heart of the band’s sound. heavy wild celebrate the release of the new EP at Sebright Arms in London on 30th May, follows their live debut in the US last week.
Pieced together during a series of sessions with producer Paolo Ruiu at Third Floor Recording in Camberwell, 'Death Dreams' reflects heavy wild’s most cohesive and intentional work to date. Across its tracks, songwriter Wolfgang Harte and the band explore themes of grief, fractured relationships, and obsession, channeling the scorched urgency of early lo-fi rock with a palette that draws from the shadowy pulse of The Horrors, the cathartic fuzz of Cloud Nothings, and the bedroom-born intensity of Current Joys. The result is an EP that pulls equally from shoegaze haze and lo-fi punk immediacy - gritty, vulnerable, and unvarnished.
"On this EP, I think I was really going back to that stuff that I loved as a teenager when I was first making music. I wanted the music to sound like it could fall apart at any moment," Wolfgang Harte notes.
Recorded between January and April this year, the EP includes new versions of fan favourites 'Dope Gods' and 'Death Dreams', re-recorded to match the band's evolving live sound with every track bearing the unmistakable imprint of the new studio environment.
There’s a thread of struggle and connection that runs through all these songs - some of it personal, some stitched together from different people and times in Harte's life. At its core, this EP is about what binds and breaks us, with Harte’s songwriting touching on intense emotional landscapes, as he explains: “I think having a running theme through any body of work is always important. I tend to write subconsciously and never really with a specific idea in mind so looking back through all these tracks and identifying what they’re really about has been interesting, discovering the themes that underpin my writing.”
From the burning lust of 'Creeper' (“Leave me broken on the heap, I ain’t got lungs to breathe / need you wrapped around my bones, you know I can’t leave you alone"), to the weary reflection of 'Smoke & Blue' (“Wheels coming off, way over the line / take a look around, I think we’re lost this time") - heavy wild's debut EP 'Death Dreams' is a stark, restless first statement - built on fractured melodies, heavy atmospheres, and worn-out emotions.
The EP doesn't chase polish or perfection, it instead finds power in the rough edges. These songs drag their feet through the dirt, all frayed nerves and dead ends, but there's a strange, battered beauty underneath it all. It’s not trying to fit in, and neither are heavy wild. The band are carving out their own broken corner and daring you to step into it.
After a string of support slots over 2023 and 2024 for HighSchool, Swim Deep, Dog Race, Humane The Moon, and Blood Club, heavy wild went out on its first headline run across the UK early 2025 including a sold out London show at Dream Bags in March, before playing their debut shows in the US in May.
heavy wild's debut EP 'Death Dreams' is out now. heavy wild launch their debut EP at Sebright Arms on 30th May.
LIVE DATES (tickets)
30 May - London, Sebright Arms
09 October - Paris, Supersonic
