The Norwich trio mountain peaks move fast but leave a clear line behind them — shows early in the year, an EP written on the road, and now a remastered single dropped at the tail end of 2025.
They describe themselves as a three-piece post-hardcore/emo band with skramz and midwest emo influence, drawing from Suis La Lune, Title Fight and Touche Amore, and you can hear that mix turning into something personal: spoken lines cutting into screams, autumnal phrasing, and sections that feel as if they were built to breathe differently onstage.
The EP “what could have been (i could have been more)” landed in mid-September, followed by “stargazers (remastered)” in December — two pieces that show a band constantly redrawing their own borders.
The EP was written collectively while touring earlier in the year, a process that gave them time to test instincts in real rooms rather than in rehearsal space.
“The whole EP has a very collective approach to writing,” they said, adding that the material came together while they were “doing a lot of shows at the start of the year.” That pace shaped the looseness of the transitions — spoken fragments, abrupt breaks, melodic stretches that feel slightly wind-burned — and it also set up the range of styles they pull in: midwest emo twinkle, post-hardcore chord shapes, punk pacing, screaming that cuts in sharply, and a strong sense of autumn running through several tracks.
Luke began writing the first song, “Jesień”, when Emma joined, leaving open space for her ideas. They wanted “a slight change of direction from our older output, chilling out and going for a more melodic style.” It’s the first track Emma wrote lyrics for, and the first to weave in Polish.
She was working from nature imagery; Tim shaped the guitar around a “choruses clean/dirty tone” to fit the song’s shift in feeling. The result is one of the EP’s most direct examples of how their new lineup pushes them into unexpected places — calmer, more melodic, but still tense underneath.
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“A bed of my own making” started as “envy,” a working title that reveals its center. Tim built it from “different interesting chords, higher pitched stuff, almost jazzy,” while Luke followed with a bass line built on fast strumming patterns. With less vocal work on this one, he leaned into the melodic motion. Emma wrote about chasing something out of reach; Tim added the ending based on that idea “but with his own spin so he could really connect with it.” That closing section was written for audience interaction and has already landed as a live highlight, with people pointing it out after shows.
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Their shortest track, “amber and red,” leans the other direction — quick, punk, framed by Luke’s bass-tapping melody. It’s the most straightforward slice of energy on the EP. They note that “you can really hear Luke’s pop punk inspirations on this one,” and the chorus pushes that feeling cleanly. Lyrically, Tim focused on seasonal change, describing how the shift can feel like “something being ripped away from you before you’re ready.” The autumn thread ties back to “Jesień,” giving the record its quieter emotional temperature even when the tempo rises.
“I am not happy (with losing)” brings the three-voice dynamic into focus. Emma wrote all the lyrics and vocal melodies, deliberately carving out space for “parts with all three of us vocals,” especially toward the end. Without aiming for it, she built the drums around a D-beat — “thanks Punch On! for pointing it out aha,” as they put it — which gives the track a pulse that sits apart from the others. Tim aimed for post-hardcore chords with a “fairly simple tapped verse” he could sing over. Live, this one usually closes their set, the last section stacking their voices in rounds.
The EP’s production team — Sam Bicknell on recording, mixing and synths, mastering by Tom Joy, artwork by Emma Thomas — kept the sound open enough to show how varied these four tracks are. It’s a short record, but the band calls it “super diverse,” and that comes through: spoken moments breaking into screams, melodic stretches pushed by shifting tones, and a consistent autumn feeling running through the whole thing.
Just as the EP settled in, mountain peaks released “stargazers (remastered)” on December 5. The track, originally recorded by Sam Bicknell and remastered by Tom Joy, brings together their cleaner melodic instincts with sharper vocal lines. They describe the new version as a “heart piercing delivery that stings,” and it sits neatly beside the EP — same landscape, but captured with a more focused lens. The lineup on the single features Tim Burden on guitar and vocals, Lukasz Wojciechowski on bass and vocals, and Laurence Moore on drums, with artwork by Dobbin Thomas.
Together, “what could have been (i could have been more)” and “stargazers (remastered)” outline a band turning constant movement into clear decisions. The styles blend, the voices overlap, and the writing keeps its loose, on-the-road feel while carving out something recognizably their own.
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