Anyone can write a catchy hook. But few can channel the power of The Riff into something that feels genuinely fresh and urgent in 2025. In the case of Cardiff quartet HIMALAYAS, the latter has become their bread and butter – propelled onward by their massive breakout single Thank God I’m Not You, which currently sits pretty at 51 million Spotify streams. “My bugbear with rock at the minute is that sometimes people shy away from being bold,” frontman Joe Williams recently told K!. True to his word, HIMALAYAS have always put their money where their mouth is, leaning into the glorious, bombastic stadium-rock that defined the likes of Foo Fighters (who are fans of HIMALAYAS) and Muse. On their second album BAD STAR, it’s more of the same foundations that HIMALAYAS have built themselv...