Ain’t
Crooked dual-guitar rock with bruised hooks and loud-quiet tension
Based in London, United Kingdom
Warm, slurring guitars switch between dream-pop haze, wiry dissonance and blunt alt-rock release, driven by fluid bass and tightly detailed drums. Hanna Baker Darch and George Ellerby trade or layer vocals, with restrained passages regularly opening into cathartic choruses.
More about Ain’t
Ed Randall and George Ellerby started the South London five-piece after bonding over stranger 1990s guitar records in a pub. After working through London's small-room circuit, their first six singles were collected on the 2026 EP How They Faked The Moon Landing for Fear of Missing Out Records.
Playing
- 2026-11-06 · Pitchfork Avant-Garde · Supersonic · Supersonic
Labels
Start here
- How They Faked The Moon Landing (2026) · Fear of Missing Out Records
All six early singles; the clearest map of their guitar language - Long Short Round (2025) · Fear of Missing Out Records
Six minutes of tension, harmonies and expanding guitar detail - Oar / Teething (2024) · Fear of Missing Out Records
The debut pairing, balancing agitation with heavier melodic release
Worked with
- Hanna Baker Darch band member
- George Ellerby band member
- Ed Randall band member
- Joe Lockstone band member
- Isaac Griffiths band member
For fans of
Wishy, Hop Along, Deerhunter, Rainer MariaOfficial links
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