About

Formed in December 2018, The Institutes have blazed onto the UK underground music scene on their own terms, signing to Manchester’s 42s Records and releasing their highly acclaimed debut album ‘COLOSSEUMS’.  Hailing from Coventry, the 5-piece have built a solid and loyal following for their addictive mesmerising tunes.
 
While the band’s musical output is too eclectic to pigeonhole, it wears its influences proudly on its sleeves, sitting somewhere between shoegaze and indie rock, with a nod in the direction of Crosby Stills, Nash and Neil Young harmonies, the psychedelic jangles and groove of The Stone Roses with layers of  Verve-esque guitars. Taking inspiration from their favourite decades the 60’s and the 90’s and mixing it up into a modern-day melting pot. At times raw, and at others refined, their sound is filled with candid and vulnerable, poetic lyrics on a bed of layered guitars, soaring howls and a solid grooving rhythm section, which has seen them gain plaudits for their album and their live shows worldwide. The Institutes can switch from chaotic but ecstatic melodic wonder to delicate brazen honesty in the blink of an eye.