After their debut single ‘Make Amends’ garnered approval from Clash Magazine, Louder Than War, and Echoes and Dust, Other States have now touched down in the land of AM radio with their new single ‘Come Back To Me’. A bleak cry of desperation from the silken voiced Mark S. Aaron, set to a jovial ‘60s doo-wop backing; ‘Come Back To Me’ is a tale of misplaced arrogance and eventual, bleary-eyed madness.

Drawing influence from writer-keyboardist Mike Lord’s own childhood experience of parental relationships, categorized by non-communication, secrets and lies, and subsequent breakdown, ‘Come Back To Me’ reflects a story that could happen anywhere.

And yet Other States have thoroughly stated the time and place- the music draws influence from the Spaghetti western soundtracks of Ennio Morricone and the cowboy psych influences of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, set to a driving Tame Impala-esque rhythm section and kraut-infused beat. The band are continuing to create a stir in their home-town of Brighton, with regular headline slots for their cinematic and immersive light-synced live shows.

Live dates:

19.09 Brighton Electric, Brighton

13.10 The Brighthelm, Brighton

21.10 The Victoria, Dalston

Introduced with a Nick Cave-esque grimace, and accompanied by a pack of musical foragers channeling Jim Morrison mid-trip, Other States are a six-piece Brighton-based psychedelic indie band that tell desert stories of stragglers and strays. Together with B-side ‘My Beau’ this release marks the introduction of a sextet building something brilliantly unique from their classic influences. A seductive tone and laidback groove underpins western style guitars and smooth Americana, all the while frontman Mark S. Aaron’s baritone croon spins romantic tales.

The project was first incepted on a 10 hour drive between Dallas and El Paso as keyboardist Mike Lord was halfway through a yearlong world tour engineering for post-punk legends The Cure. One phone call to the treacle-voiced, denim clad Aaron and it immediately took life. Song ideas filled a notepad as a two-month long bus journey through the American outback inspired sinful visions and gothic tales.

Back home in the UK this notepad of rage and discovery was put to audible form by members of other long established Brighton bands (Spacenoid, Vels Trio, Black Black Hills, Mama’s Gun) who tore through the ideas with violent strokes, pruning the fat and forming a focused sound. Their first single ‘Make Amends’ is a kraut infused glimpse into middle American life - perfect suburbia - with a Coen Brother’s style look at what exactly goes on behind the picket fence and twitching curtains.