The Wytches are best accustomed to grizzly doom-bringing freakouts, but there’s a softer side to their fuzzy embrace on the odd occasion. It creeps up and lays a hand on your back, instead of jumping on top for a frightful piggyback.

This sweet side is showcased in ‘Darker’’s opening half - but that’s before the newly unveiled B-side (to new single ‘Burn Out the Bruise’) morphs into one of the biggest monsters this Brighton band have unveiled to date.

‘Darker’ follows on from the debut album ‘Annabel Dream Reader’, which is out now on Heavenly.

The Wytches take to a UK tour next month - dates:

OCTOBER

06 Sheffield, Harley

07 Newcastle, Think Tank

09 Norwich, Sound & Vision

10 Aldershot, West End Centre

11 Liverpool, Kazimier

13 York, Duchess

14 Roadmender, Northampton

16 Southampton, Joiners

17 Bristol, Exchange

NOVEMBER

27 Leeds, Brudenell

28 Manchester, Deaf Institute

19 Glasgow, Stereo

DECEMBER

02 Birmingham, Hare & Hounds

03 London, Scala

04 Brighton, TBA