AUDIO JUNK FOOD PRESENTS: Mother Vulture

Described as “one of Britain's most exciting new noises” by Kerrang! and “The new kings of British rock music” by Distorted Sound, everyone seems to agree it’s a hard sound to put a finger on, but it's impossible to look away. The band perform almost like an early 2000s hardcore band in terms of raw feral energy, but play a bouncy and infectiously fun style of fuzzy riff rock, with elements of Stoner Punk, Desert Rock and even Metalcore present in the band’s melting pot of sound.

Recent years have seen the band make festival appearances at ArcTanGent, Bloodstock, Bearstone (Croatia), Leopallooza, Steelhouse and Burn it Down among others, as well as supports for the likes of Skindred, Reef, Feeder, Battlesnake, ‘68, Steel Beans, Jamie Lenman and Bokassa.

Their debut album Mother Knows Best has been described as “An explosion of monster hooks, punkoid ferocity, psychedelic moments and modern twists” by Classic Rock and “Somewhere between Royal Blood at their fuzziest, Biffy Clyro at their heaviest and Queens of the Stone Age at their most crazed and chaotic” by Kerrang!.

Mother Vulture have just finished a very successful European tour with Belgian fuzz-rockers Ramkot and a UK run supporting Norwegian Thrash outfit Bokassa and are due to release their sophomore record “Cartoon Violence” in January 2026. The band will headline the 450 capacity Phoenix in Exeter for the album launch, which is projected to sell out in advance with early bird tickets selling out in the first 24 hours.