London weird chaotic punk trio Why Patterns are back with a new single and video, Self Defeating Trebuchet, out June 6th. The track is the first taste of their upcoming second album Screamers, set for release July 11th through UK label Human Worth. We’re premiering the video today—an unfiltered, chaotic glimpse into the band’s live presence.
Edited by bassist Seb Tull, the video is built from live footage taken at various London venues. It includes work from photographers Chris Purdie and Talie Eigeland, with fan-shot material woven in. The result feels rough and real—reflecting the band’s refusal to clean up their sound or presence. “We want you to feel like you’ve just had the shit kicked out of you by Krusty the Clown,” the band notes.
Screamers follows their 2022 debut Regurgitorium, and marks a new direction—faster, weirder, and intentionally harder to pin down. Clocking in at just 16 minutes, the album scrapes together fragments of hardcore punk, grindcore, and powerviolence, only to disassemble them with noise rock, industrial textures, and a free-falling avant-garde structure.
Vocalist Doug Norton doesn’t deal in hooks or choruses—instead, his delivery runs on improvisation and stream of consciousness.
Why Patterns describe this process as an “abstraction” of fast music, informed by acts like Fantomas, Naked City, and Painkiller. The band doesn’t chase cohesion. Instead, they move in deliberate disarray, pushing tempos to breaking points while allowing noise and absurdity to take center stage.
Formed in 2018, the trio includes Norton, bassist Seb Tull, and drummer Dan McClennan. Tull and McClennan first crossed paths through previous projects—Wren and Warren Schoenbright—and decided to form something faster, more direct. “Doug was what we ended up with when we couldn’t find a trumpet player,” they recall. “Turns out we’d found the best wind instrument possible.” Their early work was built around spontaneous improvisation and urgency, with Regurgitorium adding structure through production by Wayne Adams (Petbrick, Big Lad, Cower).
Human Worth, the Brighton-based label behind Screamers, continues to support experimental heavy acts like Torpor, Modern Technology, and Remote Viewing. Why Patterns fit easily into these circles, though their live reputation stretches beyond genre boundaries. They’ve performed alongside Litvrgy, Sly & The Family Drone, Pascagoula, and Kulk, with appearances at Cardiff Psych Fest and Chaos Theory Fest.
Screamers will be available on CD, cassette, and digital formats. As with other Human Worth releases, a portion of Bandcamp proceeds will go to MacMillan Cancer Support.
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