The Blinders are a three-piece contemporary punk band from Doncaster. Describing themselves as ‘Punkedlic’ they shot onto the Manchester music scene in 2016. They have been making waves around the country ever since. Fronted by Thomas Heywood, drums: Matty Neale, Bass: Charlie McGough. They signed to Modern Sky in 2018 bringing out their debut album Columbia in the autumn of that year. The Blinders show just how powerful a power three-piece can be with frontman Thomas daubing his face in black make-up to become his alter-ego Johnny Dream. What we said: “Every once in a while something comes along that is so good, so fresh and so vibrant it completely redefines the concept of what sounds ‘normal’. The goalposts dramatically shift and from then on the bulk of what’s gone before suddenly feels boring and passé…” – Louder Than War (March 2016)
