🔥 FRESH FEED FINDS! 🔥 Discovering Tomorrow’s Bands Today — First Up: HEADWIRED (UK)

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We’re kicking things off with UK band Headwired — a young, seriously talented band that caught my attention and made me want to hear more.

Keep your eyes (and ears!) on Fresh Feed Finds, where I’ll be introducing you to exciting bands and artists I discover while scrolling — from those taking their very first steps to rising artists already making some serious noise.

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After hearing ‘Carousel’, I knew I had to find out more about Headwired. I reached out to the band, and Joe was keen to jump on board for an interview — giving us the chance to dig deeper into their music, their story, and what’s coming next! 🎸🔥

Hi Joe,

I found Headwired while late night doom scrolling and immediately loved your single ‘Carousel’ firstly because of the bass, then the vocals and the lyrics. I then switched over to Spotify and listened to the whole song, asked Siri to add ‘Check out Headwired out tomorrow” and fell asleep. I am glad that I did that as I really enjoyed listening to the rest of your songs!

Firstly, as an Aussie I don’t know what you mean by coming from the Black Country in the UK, can you explain where that is?

Hi, yeah, so the Black Country is an area in the West Midlands of the UK, just West of Birmingham. Named due to the heavy soot and smog that covered the area during the industrial revolution. Everyone from the area has a thick accent as I’m sure you’ve noticed if you’ve ever seen a video of us talking haha.

How did you guys all meet and form Headwired?

Jack (lead guitarist) formed Headwired in 2018 and went through the usual problems that all early bands face; members leaving and struggling to commit etc. Then George (bassist and lead singer/songwriter) joined in 2019 on guitar. Eventually after a year or two the covid 19 pandemic hit and the lads stopped gigging. When normality returned the other band members had left and only Jack and George remained, playing covers to backing tracks in tiny local pubs. That’s when I met Jack in 2023; I was 16 and teaching drums in the same music shop where Jack was teaching guitar. After a brief conversation we both realised we had similar music tastes, so Jack asked me to go and jam with his band “Headwired”. We continued as a three-piece for two and a half years, grafting away in our local west midlands music scene and recording tracks like ‘Carousel’ and ‘Walk On By’ which have now gone on to be fan favourites. It wasn’t until recently in mid-late 2025 when Frankie joined on rhythm guitar which made the lineup complete and has elevated our live show to a whole new level.

The first thing that grabbed me about “Carousel” was that bassline. Where did it come from—and at what point did you realise you had something special with that song?

Carousel was the first song George showed me of his, I thought it was good, but to be honest I didn’t realise just how good it was until we got in the studio. George always says the words came first with that song, which is the only time its ever happened that way for him. He was sitting at his desk tapping a pen and thinking of a story, then an email popped up on the computer, opening with the words “I hope you’re doing well”. George cleverly used these words as his chorus which I always find quite funny. Anyway, a few months pass, we try Carousel in rehearsal and you hear the original idea begin to mould into the song we all know and love today. Then in August 2023 we head to our local studio in Wolverhampton when George started laying down the harmonies in the chorus, me and Jack were absolutely stunned by how good it sounded, and I’ve loved that track ever since.

You’re young, but there’s quite a lot of older British guitar music in your musical DNA. How do you take influences like Oasis, Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys without becoming a nostalgia band?

We take inspiration from those older bands without even thinking about it, it’s not like we try to write a song like Oasis or Arctic Monkeys, it’s just that we’re so obsessed with them and listen to them all the time that they are part of our musical DNA. The thing that separates our music from them is that we also have so many original ideas of our own, and I don’t know where they come from, that’s the beauty of songwriting I suppose.

The beauty of talent I say! You must be stoked that you have already had some radio play! Do you have someone actively contacting radio stations or has that been like me, they found you on social media?

A lot of people find us like yourself, but we’ve recently given Frankie the role of finding and contacting more radio stations so let’s see how he gets on with that.

What does being a Black Country band mean to you? Do you think where you grew up actually comes through in your music?

I don’t feel it comes through on the music, although there is a lyric in Walk On By that mentions the “steel on the chains” so that probably is a Black Country reference. But it definitely comes through in our band personality, we’re very proud of where we come from and want to be remembered as the best Black Country band ever. However, our ambition spans far beyond the Black Country, as great as it is.

You started out playing covers in Black Country pubs and bars. What did playing to people who hadn’t necessarily come to see you teach you about holding an audience?

It didn’t teach us much about audiences at all because most of the time there wasn’t one haha! We’d turn up to these pubs and literally have about 4 people watching us, but it taught us the most valuable lesson of all – how to perform in front of a small crowd. I believe that’s harder than a sold-out headline show, because at a sold out show you have people to bounce off and voices singing with you, whereas in these empty pubs we we’re giving it our all in front of less than ten people who had never heard of us before. Any mistake is noticed and the silence inbetween songs is deafening, so we learned to not leave any silence and always keep some form of sound going on stage, a rule we still follow at our shows today.

I have been to a few shows like that and I shoot bands as well and I get my best work when there is not a crowd!

Any funny stories from your touring recently?

There’s lots of funny moments, some can’t be said in an interview haha. But the vibes are always amazing on tour and if anyone wants to see what we get up to I’d recommend checking out our vlogs on our YouTube channel.

You were playing ‘Mirror Mirror’ live before you officially released it. When did you actually write the song, and how long had it been part of your live set before you decided it was time to release it?”

We wrote the song in March 2026 and first played it live at our headline show in April which is available on YouTube. So, it was a very quick turnaround. We then recorded the track two weeks later in Liverpool and released it in June. It seems to be a fan favourite which is great.

“Mirror Mirror feels bigger and perhaps more confident than some of the earlier material. Was that deliberate when you went into the studio, or is that simply a reflection of how much more confident you’ve become as a band?”

I hadn’t thought about it that way before to be honest, but now you say it I definitely hear that! I think it is a confidence thing, when we recorded Mirror Mirror we also recorded a second track which will be our next single. It is arguably more in your face and confident, so I don’t know what we had for breakfast the day we recorded those two tracks!

Ha! Shame you can’t remember! Did recording that at Liverpool’s Motor Museum with producer Ben Harper assist with this confidence?

Yeah, working with Ben is great and he listens to all our ideas. We have so much time to get our ideas in and no idea is a silly one. It has been great working with him in that historic studio and we’re in talks already regarding future recordings.

When the four of you disagree about a song, who normally wins—and who is the most stubborn member of Headwired?

We rarely ever disagree about a song. All the songs released so far have never had a disagreement surrounding them, I think when a song is that good it’s hard to argue anything about it. However, there is one song at the moment that is in the works, and me and Frankie love it and George and Jack don’t, so I guess we’ll see who wins that debate in the future haha.

Interesting! Would love to know that outcome haha!

Do you have somebody in the band who is brave enough to say, “That part is rubbish, get rid of it”?

Yes all of us. We have done it multiple times, and no one takes it personally, we all know that each of us have the best interests of the band at heart and if it means calling each other out to work on things in order to be the best version of Headwired we can be, then so be it.

That’s a sign of a close-knit band and a great sign for the future.

You’ve built this without a label or management. Has being completely independent made you more protective of the band now that the industry is beginning to pay attention? Are you planning at this stage to stay independent?

I can’t say much on this at this time, however I love having control and as long as that creative control stays with us four, I’m happy. Being independent for so long has made us determined to grow and protective of what we have built. But for any band to move forward you have to start working with the industry at some point, it’s just about picking the right time and the right person.

All the best with that Joe. Social media has played a big part in introducing people to Headwired. Your online growth has been a significant part of your recent popularity. Is there any pressure you feel that comes with watching numbers increase continually?

I love social media. I have a different relationship with it to most people because every time I open Instagram, Tik Tok or Facebook, it’s not to doomscroll endlessly, it’s to promote my band which is one of the things I enjoy the most and I’m extremely passionate about it. Whether it’s making a new reel or replying to fan messages, I think it’s great. And there’s no pressure that comes with numbers because at the end of the day we want to be performing Infront of thousands of people, it’s our goal and we know we’ve got what it takes so there’s no pressure that comes with it, just immense excitement and joy. Since taking band promotion on social media seriously, those apps have a completely new meaning to me, and they’re much more enjoyable to use now. So, I’d recommend every band/artist to start doing it.

You’re moving from small local shows towards sold-out dates and bigger stages very quickly. What are you determined not to lose about Headwired as the venues get bigger?

We don’t want to lose that spirit that we’ve had ever since the empty pubs. Those early gigs were the hardest and because we’ve pushed through them, we’re on our way to where we want to be. But that spirit of giving 110% every time you pick up your instrument is something that I hope will never leave us because if it ever did, we may as well pack it in.

When you look into the crowds and people you’ve never met are singing your lyrics back at you, how does that make you guys feel?

Euphoric.

You’re at that exciting stage where your future sound hasn’t been completely written yet. What do you want to look back in 5 years and think about Headwired?

In 5 years, I want to look back at a band that came from nothing to have the best debut album since the Arctic Monkeys. The world needs the next great UK rock band and the level of music coming from this country has been too poor for too long. I want our debut album, whenever it may be released, to be the turning point and the new benchmark for all new bands to aspire to reach.

Great answer! There are plenty of young British guitar bands around at the moment. What do you think Headwired has that makes somebody hear ten seconds and know, “That’s Headwired”? For me that would be the bassline, just interested if you think something else.

Our music has universal meaning; we’re not singing about meeting some girl in the local pub in England and doing drugs in the toilets. We’re reaching fans globally because our music can be interpreted by anyone anywhere and have meaning to that individual. All great bands do that, and I can’t think of many other new British guitar bands who are doing so. On top of that we have one of the best lineups of individual musicians about, which is the formula for a great band.

Forget venue sizes, the amount of streams and followers for a moment—what would actually make the four of you feel that Headwired had succeeded?

To be remembered as the greatest band of the late 2020’s and 2030’s. We want to be the biggest band in the world, and the word “band’ is important because there isn’t enough of them in the charts at the moment.

Can you nominate a member of the band for the following:

Thanks for your time and honestly, I wish you all the best for the bright future you have a head and I will be following you. Hope to interview you in 5 years and catch up again.

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