Televised Mind are a Lincoln rock band built around Ste’s songwriting and a taste for loud, sharp guitars rather than polite indie feel. Their records so far have moved between scrappy hooks and heavier moments, and “Word to the Wise” lands firmly on the rowdier side, helped along by production from Billy Lunn of The Subways.
The track opens on a raw, overdriven guitar line that sets the pace immediately. The tempo is quick, the drums hit straight and hard, and the vocal comes in with a very British snarl, somewhere between 90s punk and modern shout-along rock. You can hear the QOTSA and Idles fingerprints in the chug and the stop start moments, but the song keeps a classic, almost pub-punk feel rather than drifting into pure noise.
Lunn’s production leans into the bite of the guitars and lets the rhythm section drive. The mix keeps the vocal on top, with enough room for little bursts of shredded lead work. It is the kind of track that sounds like it was played once through and left as is, no tidy edges, no overthinking.
In sync terms, “Word to the Wise” is built for high energy scenes: bar fights, late night drives, messy friendship montages, anything that needs a sense of pressure and motion without losing clarity in the vocal.
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