Ebbb are back with their first new music of the year. The London-based trio have shared “Home Ground” via esteemed independent label Ninja Tune, continuing to build a catalogue that’s as addictive as it is innovative. It follows November’s “Book That You Like,” which earned B-list rotation at BBC 6 Music.
The new single finds the band mining richly melodic ground. Building from Will Rowland’s contemplative, starkly adorned vocals, it blossoms into an early-hours banger that captures the euphoric high of the trio’s acclaimed live show, which So Young Magazine famously called “an almost religious experience.”
Rowland traces the song’s roots back a few years. “The lyrics explore overthinking and regret, contrasted with someone who lives free of shame or self-doubt,” he explains. “It actually started life as an instrumental we wrote a couple of years back. It never quite made sense back then but we revisited it recently and rebuilt the song from the ground up and suddenly everything clicked. It felt like a bit of a eureka moment where we unlocked what the song was always meant to be.”
Emerging from the same London scene that spawned Squid and black midi, Ebbb have landed on something singular. Fusing pulsing rhythms, immersive electronic production, sparkling melodies, and layered vocal harmonies with beats that veer from ambient to industrial, they’ve built an idiosyncratic hybrid the group themselves describe as “Brian Wilson meets Death Grips.” Comprised of producer Lev Ceylan, vocalist Will Rowland, and drummer Scott MacDonald, they’ve earned a coveted slot in NME’s 100 Essential Emerging Artists for 2025 and shared stages with the likes of The Smile, Shame, and PVA. It’s a thrilling taste of one of the UK’s most exciting new bands.
Ebbb Tour Dates:
Aug 9 – Neukirchen, DE @ Skandalos