The Bug Club

Formed in Caldicot, in Monmouthshire, Wales, The Bug Club brings together today Sam Willmett and Tilly Harris, a duo that has moved from a blues-rooted start to a more nervy indie rock and indie pop songwriting, marked by dry or electric guitars, direct melodies and a taste for offbeat lyrics. Active since 2016, the group initially circulated on the Welsh local scene and in Cardiff’s student circuit before refining its format through several lineup changes. After the EPs Launching Moondream One in 2021, Pure Particles in 2021 and Intelectuals in 2022, The Bug Club released their first album, Green Dream in F# in 2022, followed by Rare Birds: Hour of Song in 2023, a record larger in form and more open in its arrangements. In 2024, The Bug Club joined Sub Pop and released On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System, recorded in Cardiff with Tom Rees, a collaborator already present on their previous releases. Between UK gigs, appearances in the Netherlands and international tours, The Bug Club develops a lively, concise and often ironical indie rock, carried by the vocal alternation of Sam Willmett and Tilly Harris and by a way of making garage energy, oblique pop and a sense of the chorus coexist.