Southend-on-Sea’s finest post-punk powerhouses, The Trusted, are roaring back with their massive new single, “Yellowhammer”, dropping Wednesday, August 6th. This is a banger that’ll rattle your speakers if you’ve been feeling lost in our endless scroll of digital nothing.
This track was born from the isolation and pervasive disconnection defining our early 21st-century reality – a world increasingly swallowed by AI and hollow online interactions. The Trusted aren’t just watching from the sidelines though. They’re giving us the soundtrack with pounding rhythms, hypnotic synths, and guitars that don’t just sing – they absolutely explode. This is what fighting your way back to real life sounds like.
Frontman Tom Cunningham – he threads the needle perfectly, keeping things subtle in the verses while that thick, driving wall of sound pushes everything forward. You can feel that loneliness in every word. But here’s the thing – this isn’t some pity party. It’s about pulling yourself up, realising you need real connections to grow. And as the story unfolds, the music gets bigger too. The drums lock in tight, the bass throbs underneath (you can practically feel it), and those swirling synths paint pictures in your head.
Then comes the release – the chorus. This is where “Yellowhammer” absolutely goes off. You know that feeling when you’re at a show and everyone’s pumping their fists, screaming the words back at the band? That’s exactly what The Trusted nail here – it’s one of those choruses that’s begging for thousands of voices to join in at a packed venue. Every verse brings up the tension again, and each time that chorus hits, it feels even bigger, even more like a release.
This is for everyone who feels disconnected, all wrapped up in a sound that’s made for the biggest venues out there. The Trusted have put in the work too – we’re talking 300+ shows, opening for acts like Rat Boy, killing it at festivals (including BBC Introducing at Latitude and Lazy Days). They’ve already racked up over 1.5 million streams, and tracks like “Self Destruct” have been doing serious numbers. “Yellowhammer” is about to launch them into another orbit entirely. So get ready. Let it hit you. It drops August 6th on all platforms – you don’t want to sleep on this one.