Due out for release on 23rd January through the renowned Young & Lost Club label is ʻWe Never Win,ʼ the debut single from London-based alt-rockers Whales in Cubicles.

The track initially bubbles like a cauldron of hypnotic frustration before spilling over into a freakout anthem as fierce guitars and rumbling drums coalesce to devastating effect. ʻWe Never Winʼ is a call-to-arms for the forgotten and downtrodden; an anthem that, in equal parts, finds hope in pessimism and validates the underpowered. The song is made all the more amazing by the fact it was home-recorded.

With a band name taken from an Andrew Bird song, itʼs clear to see the boys in Whales in Cubicles have done their research. Musically, the band evoke a huge variety of influences from American greats such as Guided by Voices and Sebadoh, to songwriters such as Neil Young and Stephen Malkmus, all the way through to British heroes Black Sabbath, Blur and Radiohead.

Having grown up in his native Italy, frontman Stef Bernardi developed a fixation with Anglo-American culture and, as such, took a pilgrimage across the English-speaking world, taking in as much music as he could before finally settling in London. Playing in numerous UK-based bands since arriving on Englandʼs shores, Stef found musical-kindred spirits in Leo, Alex and Jamie, and Whales in Cubicles was born.

The band created the trackʼs accompanying video themselves, a further example of their DIY attitude. With shows lined up with Tribes, Hanny El Khatib and Club NME at Koko, Whales in Cubicles look set to end the year on a high note.