Formed in 2018 by guitarist Pete Greenway, drummer Keiron Melling and bassist Dave Spurr, formerly known as the last and longest serving line up of The Fall, Imperial Wax play a visceral, expressive fusion of garage rock and post-punk. The trio were originally invited by Damo Sazuki to join him as “Sound Carriers” for a one-off performance at the White Hotel in Salford. Rekindling their necessity for music, they set about searching for a vocalist. After a chance encounter at a pub in Colne and a lengthy conversation about the future of Imperial Wax, they decided to team up with Sam Curran, guitarist and vocalist from Leeds based punk band Black Pudding. Once Dave decided to leave the band in 2019 the obvious choice was to recruit another former black pudding member, Shane Standrill, ...