IRN-BRU on tap? Cody Frost is chuffed with the drink selection at city centre boozer The Rat & Pigeon, where the Burnley artist greets Kerrang! on a typically grey Manchester afternoon. Today, Cody isn’t quite as hyperactive as their last meeting with us, popping balloons around east London’s Moth Club almost exactly two years ago. Their new songs, on the other hand, are as exciting as ever.

After enlisting Josh Franceschi and Heriot ’s Debbie Gough for last November’s ANATOMY EP , Cody has today (October 21) announced their second EP since signing to major label RCA, titled MECHAEVAL. Based on the imaginary word alone, there’s so much to unpack, let alone their ballsy seven-song megamix of punk, techno, alt.rock and house, to highlight just a few.

Over a pint in the backstreet

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