{"id":78721,"date":"2019-05-13T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78721"},"modified":"2019-05-28T21:36:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T20:36:48","slug":"fives-knuckles-5-need-to-know-bands-from-huddersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/fives-knuckles-5-need-to-know-bands-from-huddersfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Fives: Knuckle’s 5 Need-To-Know Bands from Huddersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you think of music from Yorkshire, you’re more than likely to think of the countless amount of bands who call Leeds their hometown or those who have emerged from the Steel City of Sheffield. Nevertheless, neighbouring town Huddersfield shouldn’t be ignored on the UK’s musical map. After all, the Sex Pistols played their final UK shows there on Christmas Day in 1977.<\/p>\n

Although the area doesn’t have the same acclaim as it’s more notable neighbours, Huddersfield is seemingly a musical community on the up. For starters, it is home to garage-rock trio Knuckle<\/b>. Having played hundreds of shows throughout the UK and Europe, the three-piece are releasing their debut album, ‘Life Is Hard When You\u2019re Soft Inside’<\/i>, later this month (Friday, May 17th). It’s a collection of blues-infused rock with thoughtful writing from frontman Jonny Firth. From discussing the stigma attached to drug addiction to growing up Northern mining town diagnosed with bi-polar, to the seething anti-Brexit anthem that is \u2018Spilt Milk\u2019<\/i>, it’s an album that takes various lyrical twists and turns, coinciding with the tongue-in-cheek wordplay of Firth.<\/p>\n

With a fuzz-laden set of songs ready to go, Knuckle<\/b> was keen to put the spotlight on their hometown by telling us about five local acts you should be checking out.<\/p>\n