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Moss Side Sauna Club step into a new era with ‘Fantasy’

Helen Evans — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Gossiped about relentlessly and now firmly tuned into the national frequency, Moss Side Sauna Club return with new single, ‘Fantasy,’ their most self-assured, high-definition transmission yet and it’s out now. The single builds on a breakout run that has seen the Manchester trio move from cult curiosity to radio-approved disruptors without sanding down their sharp edge. If debut single ‘My Weird Appetite’ introduced the band’s woozy guitars, digitally warped production and tongue-in-cheek melodrama, it did so with immediate impact, pricking up ears across tastemaker press and radio while establishing MSSC as a band capable of turning turbulence into hook-heavy pop catharsis.

Now comes ‘Fantasy.’ “This feels like it’s got everything that made our first singles so interesting and then some,” the band say,“ with just enough finesse and polish to feel like we’ve finally got our big girl pants on. It’s just as jagged, gritty and angular in the verses but absolutely floating and heavenly in the choruses.”

That tension, a sense of abrasion meeting ascension, is the beating heart of MSSC. ‘Fantasy’ finds the trio leaning further into their role as outliers: too pop for the purists, too strange for the strait- laced, and far too emotionally unguarded for a scene that might be mistaking irony for substance. The verses twitch and spark with wiry guitars and tightly coiled rhythm, before giving way to choruses that straight up command primetime Friday night viewing.

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Moss Side Sauna Club share new single/video ‘My Weird Appetite’

Helen Evans — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Talked about and talked-up Manchester newcomers, Moss Side Sauna Club, is a band born in a bad year, thus Will Brooks, Maddy Storm and Sam Craighan decided to take up arms against the pains of the world through the use of sauna therapy. Out of the steam room, briefly, the band returns to release their latest single, ‘My Weird Appetite.’

Anyone can enjoy the benefits of a sauna, which include, but are not limited to: the easing of pain, deeper sleep, increased confidence and stronger libido. In the wake of micro trends, Moss Side Sauna Club (abbreviated to MSSC for the low-attention-span-era) sound like no other band. Defined by their blend of woozy guitars, digitally distorted production, emotive harmonies and morbid sense of humour, the hype-generating trio turn turbulence into unsettlingly hooky pop motifs about love, death and sexuality.

Where have you heard that song before? Amidst such confusion the band released their first ever single, ‘Freak,’ back in October, re-setting the blueprint for the familiar, kinked indie dancefloor banger. Soaked beneath a cascade of attention, the spotlight has remained fixed on what they’ll do next.

MSSC’s design and visual direction has been completed by Jenny Faulks, with the video seen to its glorious conclusion by the band in collaboration with Harry Green. The single itself was written, recorded and produced by MSSC in Steam Room Studios, Salford. Mixed by Maddy Storm, ‘My Weird Appetite’ was mastered by Pete Maher (Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Pixies).

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