Heavy Wild for IVW26

About this event

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heavy wild performs at Burdall's Yard, Bath for Independent Venue Week 2026. With support from Drainfly and Ravetank heavywild heavy wild is a London-based lo-fi alt-rock project blending post-punk grit, with shoegaze atmospherics and emotionally charged songwriting to create a dark and compelling sound. Formed in 2022, the band, led by songwriter Wolfgang Harte, has quickly built a reputation for its raw, analogue-driven sound and dark, introspective lyrical style. Their debut EP, Death Dreams (2025), explores themes of disconnection, loss, and struggle, delivered through layered guitars, detuned synths, and a bruised vocal intensity. Drawing comparisons to acts like The Jesus & Marcy Chain, early Arcade Fire and more recent contemporaries like Wunderhorse, heavy wild combine atmospheric depth with a confrontational edge, earning them support from the likes of Clash, Notion, So Young, The Line of Best Fit, Earmilk and more. Following a debut headline UK run across February and March the group has since celebrated the release of its debut EP with two NYC headlines and a sold-out Sebright Arms show. With a growing presence in the UK's alternative scene, heavy wild is emerging as a compelling new force to watch. Drainfly Crawling with the debris of our drains in a harmonic mash of haunting ambience and dynamic distortion, London based folk post-punk band 'drainfly' bring audiences from seated awe to chaotic dance through their music. Sharing stages with The Youth Play, Tommy Barlow and English Garden, the band have made a community across venues in the "Windmill Scene". Their live shows are littered in industrial drums, ethereal guitars, gnarled basslines and spectral vocals. Ravetank Ravetank is a lo-fi Indie project from the mind of Nathan Howard. Covering a wide variety of genres from Folk through to Noise Pop, and to Sound Collage, and filtered through a home produced DIY ethos, Ravetank has been lucky to share the stage with the likes of Weatherday, Kinsella & Pulse, Spare Snare, The Byker Grove Fanclub, and Andy Bell over the past 11 years both as a solo performer, and as a band that now currently features members of Kill Mirror Image. This show marks the hometown debut of the relatively new three piece lineup in which older songs have been given new energy, so it's not to be missed