MOSAICS release ‘A Guiding Lie’ on April 24th, a five-track EP that continues their recent work in guitar-led indie rock.

Produced alongside George Lloyd-Owen (assist. Nick Cave, The Last Dinner Party, Yungblud), Mixed by Luie Stylianou (Judas Priest) and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer Matt Colton (The Cure, Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines D.C.), the EP showcases the quartet’s blend of 90’s rock revival with a biting indie edge.

From the driving, Sam Fender-esque new single ‘Godspeed’, to more intimate moments such as ‘A Thousand Faces’ and ‘Sing Me To Sleep’ the EP showcases the width of the band’s writing through some anthemic melodies and biting walls of guitars, punching drums and splashes of well placed keys and saxophone.

Speaking about the EP Owen Castillo (singer & co-writer) explains: “A Guiding Lie, our debut EP, is a maturation of the sounds and themes we’ve been building towards for the past couple of years. It is an exploration of the isolation of modernity, the death of ambition and the universal lies we tell ourselves and each other to make sense of an uncaring world.”

Stu Smith (guitarist & co-writer) adds: “The sonic landscape of this EP was largely inspired by the anthemic stadium-rock sound of bands like Kings of Leon and U2. Equally, we weirdly kept returning to Feeder while we were in the studio, who are without a doubt one of Owen & I’s favourite British bands of the last twenty years (and so underrated!). These days though, you can’t escape Sam Fender. The way he seamlessly transitioned from ‘indie darling’ to arena rock between his debut and sophomore albums is impossible not to be inspired by as a small artist in the current landscape and we’re huge fans of his writing. Some underlying textures on this EP, especially in the guitars, are my attempt at floaty shoegaze-esque leads to add more of a nostalgic edge, which is all thanks to the Slowdive albums I was spinning on repeat last summer.

We ultimately wanted to create an EP we felt was the sum of all our parts, songs that can stand the test of time that we can look back upon in years to come and still be proud of. Above all, we try to make music that anyone can connect with on a personal level, whatever their age or circumstance, attaching their own story to the lyrics and themes we write about.”

Headline photo: Jacques Feeney

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