The Wytches

The Wytches formed in Brighton in 2011 after meeting at music college. During their first year they relentlessly played any show they could find and rapidly began picking up traction. In 2013 the band signed their first record deals with Heavenly Recordings and Partisan (USA). 2014 saw the release of their debut album Annabel Dream Reader and they would tour the world throughout the year, headlining shows and sharing stages with the likes of METZ, Cloud Nothings, Blood Red Shoes, Pixies and Jamie T.

Since then, The Wytches have released four further albums and countless EPs. 2020 saw the band release their third album Three Mile Ditch on their own label (Cable Code Records), an explosive collection of 10 tracks that weaves seamlessly between gut-wobbling monster riffs, swampy rock, slick surf, and finely tuned song craft.

With the return of live music in 2021, the band appeared at a handful of UK festivals including Bigfoot, Handmade and Norwich Psych Fest, and were finally able to embark on a tour in support of Three Mile Ditch in October 2022. The album tour was a great success and allowed the band to showcase the new songs for the first time since recording back in 2019.

In 2023, The Wytches' released a new album, Our Guest Can’t Be Named. The album was recorded with Luke Oldfield at Tilehouse Studios, Uxbridge in the long hot summer of July 2022, after the last few years had a profound effect on vocalist Kristian Bell and his bandmates that seeped its way into the bones of the record.

Latest album Talking Machine was released in October 2025. According to Bell, the album’s concept draws a parallel between Thomas Edison’s “Tone Tests” (events designed to fool audiences into thinking they were listening to live musicians) and the contemporary anxiety surrounding AI and its potential to replace human jobs. In October/November 2025, the band embarked on a 25 date tour of the UK and EU to support the new album.