Muskets (band)

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Muskets performing in Leeds in 2017; from left to right: Joe Phillips, Dan Smith, Alex Cheung.
Background information
Origin Brighton, East Sussex, England
Genres
Years active2014-present
Labels No Sleep Records, Venn Records
Members
  • Alex Cheung
  • Dan Smith
  • Harry Steel
  • Joe Phillips
Past members
  • Daniel McKenna

Muskets are an English rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 2014, by Alex Cheung, Daniel Mckenna, Dan Smith and Joe Philips. They have released two EP's, 'Pollyseed' in 2014 and 'SPIN' in 2015.

Contents

History

The band's debut album CHEW was released via No Sleep Records in 2017. Mckenna left the band in late 2017 and was replaced by Harry Steel of the band Rain. Smith therefore moved to guitar and Steel opted to play bass for the group.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Chew [1] [2] [3]

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Pollyseed [4]
  • Released: March 4, 2014
  • Self-released
Spin [5]
  • Released: August 7, 2015
  • Venn Records

Singles

Musical style

Muskets have cited influences such as Surfer Rosa-era Pixies, Bleach-era Nirvana [7] and '90s post-hardcore acts such as Fugazi and At the Drive-In, [8] leading to them being described as emo, [8] [4] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] grunge, [8] [4] [11] [12] alternative rock, [8] [14] [6] shoegaze, [12] post-punk, [15] post-hardcore [16] [17] and punk rock. [18] [19]

Members

Current line-up

Former members

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