Lashing channel dancefloor chaos on new single ‘Sweat’

Atlanta outfit Lashing crash together post-punk tension, industrial sleaze and dance-punk energy on their feral new single ‘Sweat’, the first taste of the duo’s upcoming EP.

Originally formed in 2020 by Austin Walley during what he describes as a period shaped by mental health struggles and pandemic-era isolation, the project has since evolved into something far more volatile and alive. That transformation became complete in 2023 when Stephen Wilson unexpectedly jumped onstage during a performance and never left, turning Lashing into the chaotic two-piece they are now.

‘Sweat’ feels built directly from that unpredictability. Pulsing synth basslines grind beneath jagged guitar stabs while unfiltered vocals swagger through the track with reckless confidence. The song carries flashes of 70s glam attitude, no wave abrasion and early-2000s underground dance-punk, but never settles comfortably into any one space.

Influences from The Cure, Depeche Mode and Sisters of Mercy bleed into the moodier corners of the track, while the harsher electronic aggression of Death Grips and Boy Harsher can be felt in its darker pulse. But the duo twist those inspirations into something grimy, immediate and distinctly their own.