The Tubs

The Tubs - After working together in Joanna Gruesome, Owen Williams and George Nicholls expanded on the hook-heavy pop of their former band with the more multidimensional and acerbic project the Tubs. The group didn't abandon Joanna Gruesome's punky melody completely, but refined it significantly, adding touches of U.K. folk storminess, post-punk social pessimism, and college rock jangle to the mix on their 2023 debut album, Dead Meat.

Williams and Nicholls formed the Tubs in 2019. It had been a few years since their former group Joanna Gruesome had disbanded, and they were both active with other new bands at the time, but they used the Tubs to hone in on a specific side of their musical vision, one that looked to the abstract pop of acts like Felt and Cleaners from Venus but also to traditional British folk. - AllMusic