Sometimes, ends come unannounced. In the mid-2010s, Britain nurtured a second generation of the unfortunately named genre, “soft grunge” (ironically, an outgrowth of emo and hardcore).
At its forefront were Milk Teeth, Wallflower, Muskets, and, the era’s breakout stars, Bloody Knees. They released only four EPs, but bumped shoulders with national stars like Wolf Alice and Soft Play. By 2019, they had disappeared, and so had their contemporaries.
In 2026, soft grunge’s descendants are as prominent as ever, from Midrift to recent One Step Closer to the doom-shaded Die Spitz. What Else comes perfectly timed. Recorded in 2020, the question lingers: is it a time capsule of a brief moment, or did Bloody Knees forge…

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