Brontide

Brontide is a British instrumental rock band formed in 2008, featuring members who were also members of I Was a Cub Scout, La Roux, Rolo Tomassi, and Dua Lipa's band. They released two albums before splitting up in 2017. In August 2024, the band reformed and released new material.^[1]

Formed in 2008, and taking their name from the term for the 'rumbling of distant thunder', the band comprised former I Was a Cub Scout drummer William Bowerman, bass guitarist Nathan Fairweather, and guitarist Tim Hancock.^[2][3] Bowerman also drummed with La Roux and Summer Camp during his time in the band.^[2][4] The band's first release was "Bob Munden" on the Holy Monsters EP, a split release with Holy Ghost, The Tupolev Ghost, and Shapes.

The band's debut album, Sans Souci, was released in 2011, and was well-received by critics.^[5][6]

Fairweather joined Rolo Tomassi in 2012, while remaining a member of Brontide.^[2]

Brontide's second album Artery was released in 2014. Mike Diver, reviewing the album for Clash, described the album as "wholly bracing, carefully nuanced".^[7][8] DIY gave it three stars, with Nathan Roberts calling it "both inherently melodic and genre-spanning".^[9]

Bowerman joined Dua Lipa's band, and Hancock began recording as Mirror Manor.^[2][10] With the band members' other commitments limiting the time they could devote to the band, they announced that they had split up in April 2017.^[2]

In August 2024, the band published on their official Instagram account, that they had reformed, and are recording new material.^[1]

The band's music is described as math rock, progressive rock, post-rock and post-hardcore, with critics drawing comparisons with Battles and Russian Circles.^{[2][5][7][10]}

• Sans Souci (2011), Holy Roar
• Artery (2014), Holy Roar/Pink Mist

• Brontide EP (2009), Holy Roar

• Bob Munden (2009), Holy Roar/Big Scary Monsters - on Holy Monsters split EP
• Coloured Tongues (2012), Holy Roar