“There’s this wave of change coming”: Creeper, Hot Milk and Static Dress are leading the new British alternative
Guided up an eerie staircase away from the scorching summer sun, Kerrang! have entered the lion’s den – in Static Dress terms. We’re inside their vast, yet simultaneously intimate, Leeds studio space, the hub and HQ where Olli Appleyard and co. now formulate every nook and cranny of their band’s creative output. In one windowless room, leafy ornaments and a 2023 Bring Me The Horizon setlist overhang the drum kit. In another, a framed My Chemical Romance picture perches itself on top of a piano, tucked away in the corner. “Sums up my entire life, doesn’t it?!” muses Olli, after William Von Ghould jokes that it’s “exactly what he expected”. Olli’s invited the Creeper frontman and Hot Milk’s Han Mee both over from Manchester this afternoon, for their joint K! cover shoot...
