As a shadow, as a silhouette
As the light that flickers by my bed
As a shadow, as a silhouette
As the house that you’re haunting in my head
There is a grief so raw it scalds the marrow, a want so wild it slips past sanity. It’s not enough to remember; the mind clutches at shadows, gropes the dark, desperate for proof that absence is not absolute. The living ache for the dead’s weight, their breath, their rustle in the rafters. One would barter peace itself to feel the faintest stirring—a whisper against the eardrum, a shiver through the floorboards. To be haunted is, at least, to be held. Better the clamour of restless spirits than the cathedral hush of forgetting.
Grandmas House, from Bristol in the UK, have traded in snarling for smouldering, shedding the sharp-toothed snarl for something slower, sweeter, stranger. Their new single, Haunt Me, brims with bruised longing; a bitter brew of death’s distance and memory’s merciless grip. No longer clawing and crashing, they cradle each chord, letting it linger like breath on glass. Influences ricochet wildly: from the brute force of IDLES, to the bruised tenderness of Boygenius, stitched together with the wild genius of Alexander McQueen and Francis Bacon.
Here, punk’s usual punch is tempered with tenderness, their howl hollowed by hurt. Haunt Me aches with absence, with a feverish wish to be followed, watched, witnessed…even by the dead. They trade fury for fragility, the racket for raw ache, proving they can bend, not break; bruise, not batter. Grandmas House, now a fearsome four, stretch punk’s sinews into something startling: serrated yet soft, smart yet savage, built to bruise and bind.
The DIY video unfurls like a hymn: Grandmas House adrift in fields, wading through water, scaling hills beneath a burning sun, their faces streaked with oversized jeweled tears. They huddle, shoulder to shoulder, steadying one another against the weight of loss stitched in every line. It echoes the dust-bitten starkness of Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus, the raw plea of XTC’s Dear God…but here, nature isn’t merely scenery, it’s sanctuary. Earth and sky press close, as if the hills themselves lean in to listen. Grandmas House turns the vastness of landscape into a vessel, a pulpit for grief, communion, and connection amidst the ache.
Watch the video for “Haunt Me” below:
Haunt Me is off their forthcoming EP Anything For You, out on 11th April on Duchess Box Records.
You can pre-order the album here.
Stream the song below:
Grandmas House will be going on tour this spring to promote the album’s release, making stops throughout the UK and Germany.
Tour Dates
- 5 April − London − Cro Cro Land Festival
- 19 April − Manchester, UK − Manchester Punk Fest
- 20 April − Bedford, UK − Esquires w/ Big Special
- 8 May − Köln, Germany − Bumann & Sohn
- 9 May − Hamburg, Germany − Molotow
- 10 May − Berlin, Germany − Kantine Berghain
- 11 May − Chemnitz, Germany − Hot Super
- 13 May − Berlin, Germany − 8MM Bar
- 14 May − Leipzig, Germany − Noch Besser Leben
- 15 May − Siegen, Germany − Vortex
- 16 May − Saarbrücken, Germany − Karate Klub Meier
- 17 May − Nürnberg, Germany − Desi / Fightback Festival
- 18 May − Karlsruhe, Germany − P8
- 4 October − Portsmouth, UK − Night Currents Festival
- 25 October − Sheffield, UK − Jarred Up Festival
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