CASSELS drag you through the dirt with excellent new album “Tracked In Mud”

The Beck brothers never made it easy for themselves. Jim and Loz grew up playing music together in a remote countryside bedroom, shaped by their dad’s record collection rather than the predictable hum of a television. Cassels, as a band, started taking shape when Jim moved to London, finding himself adrift in a city where nobody knew his name. The early days were brutal—pay-to-play gigs with shady promoters, losing money on transport, and often performing to near-empty rooms. Loz was still living at home, commuting three hours just to sneak into venues before bouncers showed up. There was no clear