The past 11 months, during which the rebranded beer bug has virtually become a synonym for negativity, have presented enormous challenges, not least for the music industry. It is a period that has been epitomized by how people have risen to those challenges: many have buckled under the strain, others have found themselves energized and, in turn, taken on new challenges. An example of the latter attitude are Old Selves: despite their name, a bunch of relative youngsters from the greater York area, this quartet of rising riffmeisters used 2020 as an opportunity to remodel themselves, from a garage band hammering out cover songs with cheap beat up guitars, honing in on their musical values to forge a sound, and an identity of their own, resulting in this, their debut six-track EP, released at the start of this year – one which, to date, promised much but so far has failed to deliver… although, it has to be stressed, not on the musical front, given the amount of quality releases which so far have fought their way onto the playlists here at ÜRHQ…
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