Lucy Shevchuk
Vocals, Guitar & Keys
Tomos Cooper
Drums
Benedict Rhodes
Bass
Mike Grubert
Lead Guitar
Nathan Butcher
Percussion, Keys
Square Wild are a hard hitting, genre bending, force of nature from Manchester.
Hard to pigeon hole but easy to love, Square Wild weave an intricate web of styles and influences to create something truly unique. On a bedrock of meaty and heavy riffs they layer funk, reggae, jazz, hard rock, ska, silliness and salacious grooves to great effect.
Suiting nearly any bill, they are a non-metal band who won Manchester's Metal to the Masses and played Bloodstock. They are not quite prog and won Prog Magazines Best Unsigned Band of the year in the readers poll. Square Wild will simultaneously make you raise your fist in angst and raise your knees in dance and are a colourful injection of fun and fury who are guaranteed to get any crowd up and at it.
Their intoxicating live performance consistently earns them accolades and praise wherever they go. Having appeared at festivals around the UK such as Bloodstock, Planet Rock, Not a Cult, Gig in A Field, Sonic Rock Solstice, Winters End to name a varied few, they have been making a name for themselves as a standout addition to any bill.
In the background of their busy gigging schedule, they have been brewing their debut album and are nearly ready to unleash it upon the world. Their ethos of creativity applies to everything they do and their recordings and videos are no exception, with everything being done by them in house. With plans to release the album mid 2025 they have been teasing fans with some well received singles “Pins and Mould” and “Sloth” and video content.
With Album one nearing completion and album two heating on the proverbial stove, their ever-in-flux sound has evolved further to accommodate a 5th member of the band - Nathan Butcher, perhaps known for his role as The Fishman, or (likely) seen knocking about with the band at most gigs, steps into the role of extra percussion, keys and backing vocals, elevating the magnificent quartet's sonic bombastry that bit further.
Our Work With Ian’s Chain
After playing Sav Fest 2023 and becoming inspired by Alan and Wendy Savill’s story and their charity Ian’s Chain, Square Wild decided they wanted to help. Lucy won herself an ESP guitar at Bloodstock for being one of the favourite guitarists of the weekend on the New Blood stage. Instead of keeping the guitar and adding it to her collection, she suggested that instead the guitar was raffled off in order to raise money for Ian’s Chain charity, and helped raise over £300 for them! The raffle may be over but you can still help out and have an awesome time in the process by getting a ticket to Sav Fest 2024! Tickets here
“Ian’s Chain was set up after the death of our 23 year old son. He took his own life after a long battle with his mental health. We offer support to anyone who is in crisis and to date we have saved over 120 people from taking their own lives. We also offer support to those who have lost someone to suicide. We are qualified to train people in ASIST ( Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training ) and SafeTalk with plans to subsidise future courses. This means there will be more people trained to recognise the signs of suicidal ideation and save more lives.”
