Jockstrap

When Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye make music as Jockstrap, the process and result has one definition: pure modern pop alchemy. Meeting in 2016 when they shared the same composition class while studying at London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Ellery and Skye founded Jockstrap as a creative outlet for their rapidly-developing tastes. While Ellery had moved from Cornwall to the English capital to study jazz violin, Skye arrived from Leicester to study music production.

Both were delving deep into the varied worlds of mainstream pop, EDM, and post-dubstep (made by the likes of James Blake and Skrillex), as well as classical composition, ‘50s jazz, and ‘60s folk singer-songwriters. The influence of the club and a dancier focus, which was hinted at on previous releases, now scorches through their new material like wildfire. Take the thumping, distorted breakbeats of ‘50/50’ – inspired by the murky quality of YouTube mp3 rips – as well as the sparkling synth eruptions of ‘Concrete Over Water’, as early evidence of where Jockstrap are heading next.

Jockstrap’s discography is restless and inventive, traversing everything from liberating dancefloor techno to off-kilter electro-pop, trip-hop, and confessional songwriting; an omnivorous sonic palette that takes on a cohesive maturity far beyond their ages of only 24 years old. They have cemented themselves as one of the most vital young groups to emerge from London’s melting pot of musical cultures.