Written in various states of lockdown, Phoxjaw's latest album notverynicecream is a glimpse into the band's future mindset. A sugar-sweet sense of abandon covers darker feels of loneliness, depression, and isolation.

Where the band's debut album, Royal Swan, was a record of nationally-expressed extroversion, notverynicecream is Phoxjaw's declaration of introversion. Nihilism, nostalgia and suffering served in a sugary cone; progressive, punishing sonics glossed over with lustrous hyper-pop influences.

notverynicecream follows a triumphant period for the Bristolian oddballs - the group made their debut Download appearance in 2022, played two magnificent sets at 2000trees, and their star continues to rise.