MOULD to Release Debut Album "Hoping As A Coping Mechanism" This Summer
Bristol-based trio MOULD (Joe Sherrin, Kane Eagle, James Luxton) announce their debut album "Hoping As A Coping Mechanism," due this summer. The lead single "Falling Posture" offers a preview with its distinctive guitar and vocal work.
10:47 AM EDT on May 21, 2026
Bristol's MOULD — a trio maintained by Joe Sherrin, Kane Eagle, and James Luxton — are plotting to drop their debut Hoping As A Coping Mechanism this summer. They've already released a killer lead single " Falling Posture ," which showcases guitar scribbles, lots of shouting, and a refreshing jazzy breakdown towards the song's end. This week, they released another rowdy single "Lucid" that features some tinkering percussion twists, stocky guitar chords, and, as always, lots of melodic shouting.
The band's vocalist-guitarist Joe Sherrin shared some lyrical insight. That it's about “suppressing what we want to do or say, the last line is 'there's more to life than stability' which is telling the voice of the rest of the song 'life's too short for worrying, worryhead!'"
Listen below.
Hoping As A Coping Mechanism is out 7/10 via 5dB Records. Pre-order here .
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