JAWS - Bad Company

With their sun-drenched tendencies cast aside for three minutes, JAWS’ new single is a monster of a return, and a big right hook to anyone that’s pigeonholed this band in the past. It’s a massive smack in the face from minute one, steaming into view with a crunching riff that wears its grunge influence proudly on its sleeve. JAWS have always demonstrated a killer ear for melody too, though, and amid the scuzz and the haze, that melodic sensibility rolls with the punches and gives as good as it gets.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that JAWS had this stashed in their locker – you need only look at their t-shirt collection to know they’re fans of something heavier – but to return with a casual, off-the-cuff statement is nothing short of ballsy. JAWS are playing with untapped versatility here – a versatility that, before their debut has even left the room, makes the prospect of a sophomore record all the more enticing. It’s a new dimension that might not be up everyone’s street, but with the way that JAWS pull it off, it’s difficult to not sit back and think, ‘fair play lads. Fair fucking play’.