Our Mutual Friend, Suggestions 27/11/25
15 December 2025
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Lip Filler’s new track is perfect in its unpredictability. The band, who first performed together on St Patrick’s Day in 2022, pride themselves on surprising the listener in live performances and in the studio, and ‘Laugh Track’ continues to encapsulate that energy. It’s fresh, sonically different to their previous EP ‘‘witchescrew’, and demonstrates the band’s willingness to experiment with genre-blending sounds.
The south-east London quintet consists of Jude Scholefield and Verity Hughes on vocals and guitar, bassist Theodore Pasmore, Nate Wicks on drums and George Tucker who plays the keyboard and has adopted a front-man energy on vocals. Lip Filler met at various points throughout their education which explains why their musical chemistry is so tight.
‘Laugh Track’ is confident and begins with no instrumental, instead launching straight in with the lyric ‘Taking time to heal/ So, you’re dancing in the street/ To a silent song’. The indie-rock anthem builds to a deliciously whiny chorus of: ‘And it’s melting off/ In a drip/ On your block’. A stand-out lyric penned by the band and produced by St Francis Hotel – Declan Gaffney – is: ‘You’re turning all your pain into miracles/ It’s uglier than beautiful’.
NME previously wrote: “Lip Filler have developed a reputation as a rowdy, sunny-side-up indie band imbuing their sound and their shows with pure chaos” – a notion that continues in their latest release. The track is likely to reach a fever-pitch live, with soaring vocals and an infectious beat that will please the band’s devoted fansbase.
Lip Filler previously sold out multiple venues across London (including a gig hosted in their flat) and are set to perform across the country throughout April. If you want to witness their incredible energy live, be quick – you won’t want to miss the band’s rise to the top of London’s indie-rock scene.
