The Wytches

The Wytches may be from Britain, but the fast-rising trio delivers a sound that traverses time and territory pretty seamlessly. In one song you're liable to hear hints of '50s surf rock, '60s garage, '70s doom metal, '80s post punk, and '90s grunge, like it's coming out of some demented future version of a '50s tiki bar...

When you first listen to a song by British trio The Wytches, they draw you in with a lull of spooky surf-rock, but that '50s noir illusion is usually pulverized at the chorus with a righteous storm of hair-raising shrieks, dissonant guitar squalls, and low-buzzing bass...