//EP Review\\ Sophie and The Silhouettes Brings Brilliant Boldness To Indie Punk via ‘Body Parts and Broken Hearts’ EP

Indie Punk is thriving in Manchester, and one name in the genre should be at the top of everyone’s list: Sophie and The Silhouettes, a band that aren’t just rocking out for fun, but rocking with vibrant vulnerability and abundant new wave sensibilities. 

With their latest EP ‘Body Parts and Broken Hearts’, this abundance couldn’t be clearer, from the yearningly high energy of ‘Parking Fines’ and its atypical yet lovely view on romance to the gritty ambience of ‘Sex With A Psychopath’ that is perfectly adjacent to the melodics of The Libertines and The Muffs. Even as the EP drifts effortlessly through its second half of the groovy, bassy, and Beatly ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’ and the softly swoony ‘Love Letter To A Friend’, it never loses its narrative core, perfectly embodying the stages from first heartbeat to final goodbye with softly cathartic detail that anyone who’s been in love can feel comforted by.

‘Body Parts and Broken Hearts’ is beautifully short and sweet like that of a situationship but still striking like that of a many-year romance. With a solid foundation of new wave punk style that pays tribute to its past and a powerful tonality and style that feels like the missing piece of the modern music puzzle, it's cutting and unafraid to play rough. 

Sophie and The Silhouettes aren’t just a passing shadow; they’re a dig your nail into, carve your heart into stone reflection, and this EP is sure to be a classic of DIY Manchester indie-punk in no time.

‘Body Parts and Broken Hearts’ by Sophie and The Silhouettes is out now on all platforms; click below to stream.