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Formed in Bristol in 2016, LICE first rose to attention with shows alongside The Fall, Fat White Family, shame, Girl Band and Giant Swan, debuting a wiry, difficult brand of art-punk in their 2017 debut single 'Human Parasite'. In 2018 their champions IDLES, who took LICE on the ‘Brutalism’ and ‘Unity’ tours, released LICE’s early tracks on their label Balley Records as the Double EP 'It All Worked Out Great, Vol.1' + 'It All Worked out Great, Vol.2'. This led to international touring and critical praise from the likes of The Guardian, The Quietus and Loud and Quiet, who called them “the most exciting, inspiring and genuinely deranged new guitar band in the country”.
In 2020 LICE revealed a new direction drawing from Bristol’s vital avant-garde scene. Singles ‘Conveyor’ and ‘Arbiter’ emerged to plaudits from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Radio X, Beats 1, The Guardian, Loud and Quiet, Line Of Best Fit, HERO etc. A cassette of ‘Conveyor (Remixes)’ by members of friends Working Men's Club, SCALPING, PVA and DITZ arrived in May 2020 following their debut UK headline tour.
On January 8th 2021 LICE released debut album ‘WASTELAND: What Ails Our People Is Clear’, announced with single 'R.D.C.' A concept album featuring a noise instrument hand-built by the band, based on the 100-year-old designs of Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo, ‘WASTELAND’ sets out a new blueprint for satirical music based on lyrical experimentation, and is also published as a standalone science fiction story.
