How in the hell are these guys unsigned? That was my initial reaction upon hearing the new single from inventive Scottish group PET (Facebook), which is appropriately titled Wear Black. It’s every bit as brooding and melancholic as a song bearing that name would suggest, beginning with a squall of feedback, before being joined by echoing drums and a slinky bassline. It takes more than a minute and a half for the song to settle into anything that could be called a conventional verse, after being guided there by spine-tingling, howling vocals and an impressive sense of dread, but when it begins, the lyrics featured are immediately arresting; ‘What d’you think is growing inside of me?’

Also appropriate is the dark imagery with which the song is filled, not to mention the unsettling undertones which become more prominent as the song goes on, eventually cutting loose around three minutes in with an eruption of guitar and even more impassioned vocals. The song is a completely different animal to their previous material, and admirably displays a band who continue to grow. I don’t think they’ll be unsigned for that much longer.

Wear Black is now available from Bandcamp