The Bug Club are a Welsh indie combo whose creative, garage- and punk-infused songs are as energetic as they are eccentric. Originating as a U.K. blues-style act, their sound grew leaner and catchier at the start of the 2020s with releases like Green Dream in F# (2022) and the double album Rare Birds: Hour of Song (2023). Their reputation grew as well, and in 2024, they signed with Sub Pop, which issued their third studio album, On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System and their 2025 effort Very Human Features. The punkier Every Single Muscle followed just a year later. Members Sam Willmett and Tilly Harris formed the Bug Club in 2016 in the Welsh market town of Caldicot in Monmouthshire. During their early years, they gigged regionally, playing a bluesy style of indie rock mostly written by Willmett. Other members came and went, but the core of the band was always Willmett and Harris. By 2021, they'd developed into a quirky hybrid of rock, punk, and garage that landed somewhere between the Violent Femmes, Jonathan Richman, and AC/DC. They also became very prolific, with a creative, D.I.Y. bent. Amid their various singles and EPs were longer projects like 2021's Pure Particles -- which came with an accompanying board game -- and their official debut album, 2022's Green Dream in F#, released by Bingo Records. In early 2023, they played a run of gigs under the pseudonym Mr. Anyway's Holey Spirits that featured all-new material and was captured on the live album Mr Anyway's Holey Spirits Perform! One Foot in Bethlehem. While touring again as the Bug Club, Willmett and Harris managed to record their next studio set, a 50-track double album of songs, spoken-word bits, and experimental tracks called Rare Birds: Hour of Song. This deluge of creativity helped the band net a deal with Sub Pop, and in August 2024, the label released the Bug Club's third official studio album, On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System. After the release of their spirited stand-alone single "Have You Ever Been to Wales" in February of 2025, the band released their fourth album, Very Human Features, in June of that year. Having written and recorded the album between nearly non-stop touring and festival appearances, the Bug Club's riff-heavy indie garage sound was sharper than ever on Very Human Features, and they continued touring internationally to support its release. The duo returned to the studio in earnest with producer Tom Rees, who had worked on their previous albums. The resulting sessions produced the punkier, 18-track album Every Single Muscle. It was issued in mid-2026. - Biography by Timothy Monger