Emerging from London’s underground without much interest in fitting in, Y are a band built on friction. Formed in 2023 by Adam Brennan and Sophie Coppin during a period of isolation – a way of making sense of boredom, frustration and noise, and quickly grew into something louder, sharper and harder to ignore. Y come from a punk and outsider lineage, not a conservatoire one. Their music isn’t about polish or genre loyalty, but about instinct, release and surprise. Songs lurch, mutate and snap into place; rhythms feel physical rather than clever; melodies arrive sideways and stay lodged in your head. This is music that values energy and risk over neat explanations.