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Kagoule formed in Nottingham, England in 2012 while members Cai Burns, Lucy Hatter, and Lawrence English were still in secondary school, signing to Earache Records before leaving school in 2014. Their debut album Urth (2015) established a grunge-influenced, 1990s alternative rock sound built around angular rhythms and interweaving vocals, and Strange Entertainment (2018) on Alcopop! followed as the band pursued creative independence.
King Mothership is a rock side project formed in 2020 by Periphery vocalist Spencer Sotelo and drummer Matt Halpern alongside bassist Tai Wright of Slaves, built around material Sotelo had been developing for nearly a decade. Their debut album The Ritual (2020, 3DOT Recordings) draws on theatrical hard rock and progressive funk rather than the djent-influenced sound of Periphery, citing Muse, The Mars Volta, and Queen as touchstones. The project represents a deliberate stylistic departure for both Sotelo and Halpern.
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