i've seen a way

The Manchester quartet’s debut album fuses dance rhythms, corroded guitars, and seething vocals into a transfixing blend of violence and transcendence.

The band are marching down their own path, and it’s one worth following.

Manchester-based group Mandy, Indiana debuted with a 2021 EP that shaped hair-raising post-punk noise and commanding French-language narratives into bracing industrial dance tracks.

There was an advert when I was a kid. I won’t say the product’s name, you probably know it, but the tag line was: ‘Good things come to those who wait’.

I've Seen A Way by Mandy Indiana album review: industrial noise and compulsive beats from the Manchester group

i've seen a way by Mandy Indiana album review album review by Adam Fink. The UK band's new full-length is now out via Fire Talk Records

Album Reviews: Mandy, Indiana - I've Seen A Way

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