Gloin in session tonight – recorded at BBC 6 Music (Maida Vale studios) for Marc Riley on September 29, 2025.
Gloin are a Canadian post-punk noise rock band from Toronto, Ontario. They are most noted for their 2025 studio album All of Your Anger Is Actually Shame (And I Bet That Makes You Angry), which was longlisted for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize]
The band consists of vocalist and guitarist John Watson, bassist and vocalist Vic Byers, drummer Simon Kou and keyboardist Kalina Nedelcheva. They released their debut studio album We Found This in 2022, and followed up with their second studio album All of Your Anger Is Actually Shame (And I Bet That Makes You Angry), in 2025.
Over the last decade, the Toronto four-piece have deployed noise in varying ways. Sometimes dreamy, other times foreboding, but always with a purpose; Gloin aren’t one to let a little fuzzy reverb get in the way of a good hook. To their credit, the band also manage to insert plenty of fun amidst all the social critique: “Missed call” is 22 seconds of two fans dribbling hyperbolic praise on them, while “Sent from my iPhone” is a rolling list of get-to-know-you first-date questions over a bubbly instrumental.
Formed in 2018 by John Watson (guitar, vocals), Vic Byers (bass, vocals), Simon Kou (drums, vocals) and Richard Garnham (synthesizers, guitar), the project was at the onset a means for the longtime friends to convey their shared passion for engaging and visceral live performance. Over the years, Gloin embarked on a handful of North American tours, performing at noteworthy events such as SXSW, Freakout Fest, New Colossus, Sled Island, Treefort Music Fest, West Fest, and FME, while also sharing the stage with international acts such as Snapped Ankles, Osees, Amyl & the Sniffers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, A Place to Bury Strangers, Orville Peck, Moon Duo, and Night Beats. Through and through, they have put precedence on delivering unforgettable concerts, rife with improvisation and experimentation, the musicians trusting their instincts that louder is better, in turn offering cathartic live sets that showcase “a gripping sound that [calls] to mind artists like Dummy and Yoo Doo Right” .
Okay – over to you – Press Play and stand back.
