Neu Radkey

: Radkey
Based: Saint Joseph Missouri
Listen: soundcloud.com/radkey-band
Similar to: FIDLAR, Drenge

When a new band emerges consisting of three brothers, naming their band after their duly-given surnames, living a strictly celibate lifestyle while creating furiously fast punk rock, it’s impossible for the world to ignore.

Radkey have got aggression, there’s no doubting that - listen to the first five seconds of ‘Out Here in my Head’ and you can’t deny these three brothers seem pretty pissed off. Even looking at the song waveforms on their Soundcloud highlights songs never stopping for breath.

However, dig a little deeper and buried the earth of this stodgy, thick punk rock lies the warm, crooning vocal tone of guitarist and vocalist Dee Radke. On cursory listen, it’s not dissimilar to the baritone calls of Drenge’s Eoin Loveless and particularly on ‘Spirals’ Dee’s delivery shows off a trio some distance above your average teen punk three-piece (not that these come in plentiful doses). Having just finished their first UK tour, released their ‘Cat & Mouse’ EP and played SXSW this year alone, the world is definitely developing a taste for the Radkey brothers.