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English pop-punk band

South Arcade
OriginOxford, England
Genres
Years active2021–present
LabelsLAB Records
Members
  • Harmony Cavelle
  • Harry Winks
  • Ollie Green
  • Cody Jones

South Arcade are an English band. Formed in Oxford in 2021, the band went viral for videos of their band practices and performed at BBC Radio 1's New Music Live in Halifax, West Yorkshire in November 2024. Their 2005 EP was inspired by various genres and artists from the 2000s and was received positively by Distorted Sound Magazine. Their works are usually described as pop punk or alternative rock and have been likened to those by Pale Waves, Avril Lavigne, and Bring Me the Horizon.

History

South Arcade were formed in Oxford in 2021 and comprise Harmony Cavelle, Harry Winks, Ollie Green, and Cody Jones. Their earliest gigs came from jams in a garage. After naming themselves after a sign at Westgate Oxford, they released "Danger" in 2023, followed by "Silverlight" that September and "Nepo Baby" in January 2024. That April, the band released "Riptide" on BKM and LAB Records, a track about a friend's struggles; the following month, "Danger" exceeded one million streams on Spotify, prompting the band to announce a tour. They then released "Stone Cold Summer" in June and "How 2 Get Away With Murder" in August.

By October 2024, the band had gone viral on Instagram and TikTok for videos of their band practices; these variously depicted the band's men adjusting sound levels, adding sound effects to recordings, and attacking each other with water guns. That month, they released "Moth Kids", a track they had started shortly after forming but only finished after their first tour. In November, they performed at BBC Radio 1's New Music Live in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The band set up for this with less than a minute to spare as they realised with 34 seconds remaining that a laptop with a click track had not been set up properly, prompting Green to have to transfer files onstage while the presenter was still announcing them. They then released the six-track EP 2005 in December 2024, which contained all five of the singles they had released that year and a title track and was reviewed positively by Distorted Sound Magazine.

Artistry

Reviewing a February 2024 As Everything Unfolds support slot at The Exchange in Bristol, Jack Ridsdale of Distorted Sound Magazine described the band's wares as "snot-nosed pop punk" and likened "Unaware"'s melodies to those of Pale Waves; around the same time, LeftLion's Ben Blissett wrote of a support slot for the same band at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham that South Arcade blended "some metal elements with pop punk" and incorporated "guitar riffs which were reminiscent of Avril Lavigne but basslines that could belong in a much heavier band like Bring Me the Horizon". Writing in October 2024, Chris Attridge of the BBC described them as a "pop/alt rock" band and Isabelle Winter of The Oxford Blue described them as an alternative rock band. That January, Ailsha Davey of ScreenRant described their sound as "retrofuturistic synthwave".

The band have cited inspiration from music of the 2000s including Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park; for 2005, they cited pop punk, nu metal, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. The EP's "How 2 Get Away With Murder" was specifically inspired by Dexter, as Cavelle had binge-watched the show shortly before recording.

Discography

Extended plays

  • 2005 (2024)

Singles

  • "Bigger Than Anything Ever" (2022)
  • "New Fever" (2022)
  • "Change Your Mind" (2022)
  • "Sound Of An Empty Room" (2023)
  • "Danger" (2023)
  • "Unaware" (2023)
  • "Silverlight" (2023)
  • "Nepo Baby" (2024)
  • "Riptide" (2024)
  • "Stone Cold Summer" (2024)
  • "How 2 Get Away With Murder" (2024)
  • "Moth Kids" (2024)

Tours

Headlining

  • Arc.Angel Tour – UK Tour (2023; six shows)
  • I Was Here First Tour – UK Tour (2024; five shows)

Supporting

References

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  2. ^ "South Arcade: "We want to be able to provide that nostalgic escapism"". Kerrang!. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ^ Vee, Sash (21 December 2024). "EP REVIEW: 2005 - South Arcade". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. ^ Rock And Roll With It Podcast (1 August 2023). South Arcade Interview | Truck Festival 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "South Arcade announce I Was Here First three-date tour". Kerrang!. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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  9. NEWSPOST (23 June 2024). "MUSIC NEWS: South Arcade Release New Single 'Stone Cold Summer'". Bring the Noise UK. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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  12. ^ "Listen to South Arcade's "angsty, rebellious" new single, MOTH KIDS". Kerrang!. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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  17. Davey, Ailsha (14 January 2025). "10 Alternative Artists & Bands That Had Breakthroughs In 2024". ScreenRant. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  18. ^ "South Arcade - Discography". Spotify. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  19. NEWSPOST (23 October 2023). "MUSIC NEWS: South Arcade Announce Arc.Angel UK Tour". Bring the Noise UK. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  20. "Yours Truly announce first-ever UK headline tour". Kerrang!. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  21. "NOAHFINNCE announces UK tour with Taylor Acorn and South Arcade". Kerrang!. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  22. "Magnolia Park announce 2025 North American tour with Hot Milk". Kerrang!. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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