Lia Metcalfe – The Mysterines’ singer, chief songwriter and deadpan ringleader – may have racked up a considerable number of career milestones before hitting her twenties, but don’t think she’s just a lucky newbie to the game.
Though the last 12 months have seen the band – completed by bassist George Favager and drummer Chrissy Moore – tour the country in support of Royal Blood, Miles Kane, The Amazons and Sea Girls, cementing themselves as a burgeoning live force in their own right along the way, the singer’s slowly been crafting her brand of cheekily dark-hearted rock’n’roll behind the scenes for years now.
Having spent the entirety of 2019 gigging almost non-stop, garnering early support from Radio One’s indie champion Jack Saunders, Radio X and BBC Introducing, who chose the band to headline (and smash) their stage at last summer’s Reading & Leeds Festival, The Mysterines might still be in their early stages but they’ve already more than put in the work to justify their rapidly accelerating position.