The Burning Feathers are a London-based rock band who have just come to my attention thanks to their debut EP release, a way in.

By Graeme Smith

With a growing reputation on the London live scene, it feels about time that The Burning Feathers announce themselves to the wider world. That’s just what this debut EP does. It combines some of their popular single releases with new material to give a short and sweet showcase of just what the guys have to offer.

Consisting of James Perryman on vocals and guitar, Soroush Shakeri on guitar, Rob Pennel on drums, and Alvin Ho on bass, The Burning Feathers was a project started during the coronavirus lockdown, born from frustration on the current state of music. Fuelled by a diet of Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana, and a desire to do things differently, they got about writing some music.

A way in opens with the relentless riffs of Start of an end and you can instantly pick up those aforementioned influences. The Burning Feathers are certainly changing it up though, with soaring melodic choruses nestled in between those grungier verses.

Surface of the moon canters along with a raw and irrepressible energy while Bottom of the well is dark and brooding. Title track A way in gives us a softer side of The Burning Feathers sound with a stripped-back and atmospheric moment that ends big before Can’t escape from the sun wraps things up with a fiery, groovy and poetic farewell.

A way in is an EP for lovers of real rock. The Burning Feathers take some classic influences and put them through their own unique filter, creating a tight collection of anthemic tracks. They are definitely ones to watch on the UK scene and are no doubt coming to a festival near you soon.

To celebrate the release of the EP, The Burning Feathers will be playing an acoustic show at the King & Queen in Fitrovia on Friday 10 May.

You can check out a way in below.