Wired Euphoria Serve Alt-Rock on the Rocks in “Glass of Wine” with a Shot of Grunge!
- Esther
- 33 minutes ago
- 3 min read
Wired Euphoria’s “Glass of Wine” doesn’t wait for permission. It arrives already buzzing, distortion bleeding through the walls, mood swinging somewhere between reckless confidence and late-night vulnerability. Before the chorus even lands, you know you’re stepping into a world that’s loud, unfiltered, and emotionally unsteady in all the right ways. This is the sound of a band introducing themselves not with pleasantries, but with a raised glass, a cracked grin, and the promise that things are about to get beautifully messy!
“Glass of Wine”, from it's first distorted chord, kicks the door off its hinges, tumbles into the room with a crooked grin, and dares you to keep up, declares its lineage. The single doesn’t just introduce the Nottinghamshire duo; it announces them like a burst amplifier in a quiet pub, raw, loud, moody, and gloriously unrefined. There’s an unmistakable aroma of 90s alt-rock nostalgia in the air with Nirvana’s bruised urgency, Smashing Pumpkins’ melancholy grandeur, and a dash of My Chemical Romance's melodrama. Yet this isn’t nostalgia cosplay. Vocalist Jack Cawthorn and drummer Harry Barber channel those influences the way a prism channels light, bending familiar colors into their own restless shape. The song opens with a jagged, looping guitar riff that feels both haunted and defiant, a melodic foghorn cutting through static. It’s the kind of riff that hangs over the entire track like weather, stubborn and atmospheric. Over it, Cawthorn’s vocals arrive in a mood somewhere between exhausted confession and half-hearted shrug. He sings like someone trying to look calm while the room quietly tilts around him, nonchalant on the surface, quietly unraveling underneath. Lyrically, the song lives in that messy emotional borderland between longing and resignation. The songwriting sketches a portrait of someone lost in emotional low visibility, reaching for anything to numb the ache. The chorus doesn’t explode so much as surge forward, carried by a melody that feels less triumphant than desperate. It’s catharsis delivered with clenched teeth.
Barber’s drumming is the unsung engine of the track, muscular but nuanced, giving the song room to breathe while still driving it forward like a runaway train on familiar tracks. Recorded over seven weeks between Abbey Lane Studios in Derby and Cawthorn’s bedroom, the production walks a charming tightrope. It has the grit of a DIY project and the punch of a professional session, never smoothing out the rough edges that give the song its personality. You can practically hear the cramped walls, the late nights, the coffee cups multiplying as the idea slowly hardened into something real. The glass of wine becomes a symbol for the tiny rituals we cling to when everything else feels out of reach. It’s a simple metaphor, yes, but Wired Euphoria sell it with enough conviction to make it feel freshly bruised rather than worn thin. The duo haven’t fully escaped their influences yet, and they don’t need to. What matters is that they already sound like themselves: scrappy, sincere, and a little off balance in the best possible way. “Glass of Wine” isn’t polished, pristine, or perfectly behaved. It’s better than that. It’s alive, a little messy, and impossible to ignore. If you like your indie rock served slightly frayed at the edges and full of restless heart, pour yourself into this track and let it do its reckless magic. Turn it up, raise a glass, and join the ride. Listen below!
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