Look, we’ve sat through enough landfill indie and copy-paste pop-punk to last ten lifetimes. But every once in a while, a track comes along that kicks the door down and refuses to shut up until you’re paying attention. The Trusted have just dropped that track. “Spin” hit since Wednesday February 18th on all platforms, and Southend-on-Sea’s finest four-piece somehow bottled the exact feeling of standing on the edge of something huge with your stomach in knots. It’s 100mph but never spins out. That’s the trick, right?
Frontman Tom Cunningham—who’s been carrying these songs since the band’s school days—lays it out plain: this is about wanting to matter. Wanting to feel real. No metaphors to decode, no pretentious art-school nonsense. Just a desperate appeal from a guy who’s done 300 shows across two Italian tours and BBC Introducing stages and still wakes up hungry.
The middle eight builds into something genuinely euphoric before that sudden, abrupt ending that leaves you staring at your speakers like someone cut the power mid-sentence. First listen we actually said “wait, that’s it?” out loud. Then we hit play again. That’s the mark of a great single—it doesn’t overstay, it just leaves you wanting.
These guys aren’t new to the game. We’re talking over 3 million streams, a standout Radio 2 session with Jo Whiley, festival slots at Latitude. Their last single ‘Self Destruct‘ passed 1.2 million and you could hear why. But “Spin” feels different. It feels like a band who’ve stopped trying to prove they belong and started acting like they own the room. The Trusted aren’t chasing a moment. They’re building something that lasts.