CARNE

Born in Brighton around the songs of Carmen Mellino, CARNE develops a writing that sits between alternative rock, grunge and indie rock, with a direct approach that plays on the contrasts between restraint and saturation. The project is anchored in an aesthetic shaped by the 1990s, but without pastiche, alternating tense passages, more fragile melodies and thick guitar bursts. CARNE is built first around Mellino's vision, whose compositions give the group an identity that is both introspective and rugged, carried by tight arrangements and a clear sense of band energy. Active on the British indie rock scene, CARNE circulates its tracks in a format designed for both live performance and recording, with an abrasive sound, dense rhythms and an emphasis on dynamics rather than effect. CARNE's early releases, issued in 2025 on major platforms, establish this framework without showiness, asserting a language where intimate tensions take the form of a frontal, nervous rock.