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Brighton risers Hutch deliver carefree indie-pop effervescence on new single ‘Rustle’.
The band started as a lockdown project, before becoming something a little more IRL; playing gigs around Brighton they soon attracted a keen following, with their finely toned songwriting and guitar-pop jubilance.
Out now, new song ‘Rustle’ works on a few different levels – the title is a pun an the name of feted American artist Arthur Russell, while the dulcet indie-psych speaks to long summer days on the Brighton beach-front.
A delicious guitar pop jewel, ‘Rustle’ presents a longing for freedom, and for re-connecting with old friends – timeless themes, done in a deeply refreshing way.
Hutch comment…
We wrote the song in lockdown, dreaming of days where we’d be enjoying the sun with friends out in nature. ‘Rustle’ became this fictional child that would be the version of us who went and had these adventures while we were stuck at home, and then come back to tell us about all the fun they had gotten up to. It made days stuck inside and away from new experiences feel a little easier.
The name ‘rustle’ came from my obsession at the time with Arthur Russell, but I thought it was funny that his name wasn’t spelt like the action ‘to rustle’, and I vowed to name a future child I had Rustle, after the verb.
The song then largely was left untouched for a few years, as Hutch started gigging and we started to take a different direction with the music. I think it was for a show in Nottingham, we wanted to start the set with a fun, high energy song (we were playing an afternoon set in the bar of Bodega for a festival, and wanted to try and grab the attention of whoever found themselves in the room as we started playing), and someone just said “hey what about rustle?” And so it came back into our lives. The redemption of Rustle: from not being in the set to being a song we wanted to record, that reflects the innocence and excitement of adventures and sharing them with friends.
Now, ‘Rustle’ to us represents how grateful we are to be together, on this small boat full of friends hurtling down a narrow, rocky river with sunshine glistening off the surface. It’s a song that was written about being able to do exactly what we are doing now; a reminder to be grateful to be spending time with your best friends.
Tune in now.
Photo by Ele Marchant @elemarchant
