VIDEO PREMIERE: Suspects - 'Innocence'

Thomas Prescott and James May met in 2010 in Southend-on-Sea, and they’ve been causing trouble ever since. Now, as members of the Cool Thing Records family and signed to the independent label, the pair are channelling their raucous behaviour into more creative endeavours under their new moniker Suspects. Today, we’re premiering the video for the band’s debut track ‘Innocence’, a gritty, anthemic guitar tune that’s accompanied by a slick set of visuals, directed and edited by Kana Waiwaiku.

Suspects are influenced by the sludge of the Seattle grunge scene, as well as the raw power of the early millennium garage rock. They make music “for the dysfunctional underclass that the media wants you to believe exists only in channel 5 shock docs,” and for the kids who’ll take “whatever they can to have fun and escape the drudgery of life.” Debut single ‘Innocence’ is a riotous combination of these elements, full of raw vocals, relentless beats and heavy riffs.

Their ambition knows no bounds, as front man Thomas Prescott reveals: “We want to tour. We want to release vinyl. We want to travel the world. We’ve been in bands before, but neither of us are done and we want to keep going for as long as possible”. If they keep releasing knockout tracks like ‘Innocence’, we reckon Suspects’ will achieve all that and more. The pair are playing at Southend-On-Sea’s Village Green Festival on July 8th, and they’ll be announcing more live dates later in the year.

Watch the video for ‘Innocence’ below.