Mandy, Indiana are a four-piece experimental noise band that came out of the fertile Manchester scene. Made up of vocalist Valentine Caulfield, musician Scott Fair, Simon Catling on synths, and Alex MacDougall on drums, their sonic palette pulls from noise music and industrial to create something simultaneously chaotic and precise. Their latest album URGH (2026) released in February on Sacred Bones; it bubbles and brims with gnarly guitars and vociferous drum machines while Caulfield's furious vocals fight to break through a thicket of lo-fi distortion and bass. Their sound is driven by wild drums and screeching noise, veering in and out of the danceable into the realm of the moshable with virulent glee. "Urgh" is indeed what one might say when struck by the group's intense rhythmic sound, but just like in any case of getting the wind taken out of you, Mandy, Indiana leave you gasping for more.