PINS

Manchester's PINS are singer/guitarist Faith Vern, guitarist Lois MacDonald and bassist Kyoko Swan. They play gritty yet glamorous post-punk with a female perspective. Early on, the band's sound was rough and snarling, as on 2013's Girls Like Us. Over time, though, PINS added a subversive pop sheen to 2015's Wild Nights and electronic and dance-punk elements to 2020's Hot Slick. Since the release of Girls Like Us in 2013, PINS have exuded strength in their danceable alternative post-punk transmissions and earned the trust, endorsement, and creative blessings of rock royalty such as Iggy Pop and peers including Jamie Hince of The Kills.

The post-punk trio led a creative residency for young people at The Met, Bury in 2021. In the same year they wrote Smile for the Future collaboration with and for choirs from Parrs Wood, St Peters, Whalley Range and Loreto High Schools.