CARNE channel ’90s alt-rock intensity with debut single ‘J.U.M’

Emerging from the Brighton underground, new quartet CARNE are reigniting the flame of ‘90s alternative rock with their searing debut single ‘J.U.M’. Recorded at Brighton Electric Studios, mixed by Jag Jago (The Maccabees, Jamie T), and mastered by Kurt Martinez (Soft Play, Pixies), the track delivers a potent hit of introspective chaos, echoing the spirit of Adore-era Smashing Pumpkins and the raw magnetism of PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire?

‘J.U.M’ explores the ache of feeling unseen in the wrong environment—giving your true self to people who never really connect back. “It’s like feeling lost in a big city,” the band says, “ephemeral in an unshakeable place.”

The single’s video captures that sense of dislocation with a fast-paced, restless energy inspired in part by PJ Harvey’s ‘Good Fortune’. With ‘J.U.M’, CARNE mark their arrival—urgent, cinematic, and uncompromising.