So Where To Today?

Flooding out of Glasgow, Scotland in 2022, Water Machine quickly gained a reputation for their weird and wonky art-punk, winning hearts with sing-along songs about dogs, struggling artists and the housing crisis. Their ascendency over the past year and a half has seen them release music with GoldMold Records and Upset the Rhythm, and play shows across the UK with acts including Shannon and the Clams and The Orielles, stopping off in Salford for a BBC Radio 6 Music live session. After a short break from the live music scene and the addition of some new talent, Water Machine are back and raring to release their debut album with FatCat Records. God Park takes a collection of disparate influences and distils the disjointed into something new. Taking influence from everywhere - from LiLiPUT to The Pastels - the tunes are always on the verge of falling apart or breaking down. Whether it’s the bubblegum pop of lead single Tiffany or the country-punk bait and switch that is Hando, their frantic genre-hopping is always underpinned with anarchic joy.