South Arcade: “We want to be able to provide that nostalgic escapism”

“2025 is the South Arcade takeover!” Vocalist Harmony Cavelle’s proclamation isn’t wrong. While 2024 has been an unbelievable time for the Oxford Y2K core trailblazers, plans are already in place to take the band’s rise even higher. Truly, this time next year, they could be anywhere. Joined by guitarist Harry Winks, bassist Ollie Green and Oodie-wearing drummer Cody Jones, South Arcade meet Kerrang! amid a ​“crazy week of announcements” to take a breath and look back at how they got here, as well as what’s on the horizon. “I think the beginning of the year was pretty tough,” admits Ollie, ​“because there’s no definites in this world, and especially doing music. But when it all started getting a bit better is when we stopped worrying. There’s a lot of pressure to have a&...

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