Squid are an English post-punk band formed in Brighton. Their debut album Bright Green Field was released in 2021 on Warp Records.

Signed to Warp Records; debut album Bright Green Field (2021); originated in Brighton; Town Centre EP (2019) preceded the album.

Two DeBaser reviews cover Squid's Town Centre EP and their 2021 debut Bright Green Field. Critics praise the band's eclectic post-punk sound, vocalist/drummer Ollie Judge, and compositional ambition. Bright Green Field is noted for its anti-capitalist lyrical bent and wide-ranging influences. Town Centre is highlighted for its variety across four concise tracks.

For:Fans of post-punk, experimental/art rock, and contemporary British indie

 To be concise, our guys play a sport that combines disparate musical characteristics, attempting to unite rarefied, almost ambient atmospheres reminiscent of the late Talk Talk of “Laughing Stock” (the initial 5 minutes of “Savage”) with syncopated rhythms, rubbery bass, horns, and more.

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 Bright Green Field is a child of contemporaneity, and it is an attempt—if not to decipher it—to offer us tools to interpret and try to understand it.

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