How do you even begin to get The Garden’s energy across in a feature? Throw the pen, paper and dictaphone out the window and let the music do the talking. That’s why we’ve created a new format for Wyatt and Fletcher, the Shears twins: HERO Sessions. Slam a bottle of champagne into your nearest ship and crowdsurf the shred.

With a handful of longplayers under their belt (figuratively – these songs are as fast and urgent as you like), their most recent LP The Life and Times of a Paperclip came out through Burger Records this year, followed by the 6-track Rules 7″ on Japan’s Big Love. The band are intuitive (read: prolific) in the way the most exciting artists always have been; Wyatt (vox, bass) also recording solo under the moniker Enjoy, with Fletcher (drums) as Puzzle; both finding time to cameo for Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent too. Throughout high school, Wyatt and Fletcher played as MHV with HERO 10‘s Rexx.

The new year begins with a bang, as The Garden get set for a February European tour, their first shows outside of California. Book now or regret later.

Whilst you’re at it, realign what the words ‘drum n bass’ mean; the twins’ sound is bigger and far more panoramic than that bracket. Check The Garden’s latest track Steak for a West Coast viewpoint, all lowrider dangerous dB and strobing, filtered through garage and the history of DIY.

Watch The Garden’s other session tracks What We Are and We Be Grindin’

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FILM CREDITS
Directors Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao
Director of Photography Brian Weidling
Cameras Brian Weidling, Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao
Editor Marissa Rosado