Zilch.

⚠️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️

We regret to announce that our chapter with Chad has come to a close.
Chad has been amazing to play with and has kept us afloat as a band for the best part of the last year, allowing us to make our first proper music video, do a few gigs, and record a new collection of songs (that we’re still really excited to share with you all when the time comes).
Our expectations were managed from the start and we knew this wouldn’t be permanent, so we want to say a HUGE thank you to Chad for giving his time to help us out - we hope that you’ll all chime in too.

With that said, we are now looking for a new (permanent) drummer.
Someone who is passionate, hard-working, dedicated and driven - and hits really f****n hard.
We want to be as busy as possible in the run-up to our next release and beyond.
If you or someone you know is or may be interested, let us know by tagging below or sending us a DM - we want to get back to playing as soon as possible so Zilch. can have the best year yet!

To those of us who have been with us since the beginning - thank you for your continued support this year. It means the world.
To all of our new fans and followers, thank you for continuing to give us the drive to keep doing what we love.

Thom & Cal

MERCH SALE!
It’s and we’ve created a discount code JUST FOR YOU.
Everything on our Bandcamp is 20% off with the code RIOT20 - but it’s not just for today 👀
The code is valid until the 20th of December, so you can get cheaper threads, CD’s and digital downloads of our music 🤯

Treat yourself, if you fancy it - link is in the comments 😘

We just want to say a big thank you to all of you that have streamed our music through a weird and kind of quiet time for us.
We were hunkered down for the first 6 months, rehearsing with our new drummer, planning the release of our 2nd EP, and writing the next EP.
We only played 6 shows, so we weren’t expecting to see any growth this year, but we were very pleasantly surprised 🥹
We plan to be much busier in 2024 - we’ve got some killer new songs that we are excited to share with you all.
It’s hard not to become obsessed with numbers as a band nowadays.
BUT it’s not all about numbers, it’s about the journey too, and we’re inviting you all to join us on our next 🙌
Lastly, a super-big thank you to those 4 very special people who had us as their top artist this year. Your support means the world to us 🖤

TONIGHT 😱

At Firefly Worcester with good pals and best bois Hipflask Virgins and phonbanduk 🤌

Advance tickets are just £5 for 3 WHOLE BANDS or £8 OTD - all proceeds go to 👨🏻🖤

🎫 in comments - see you cool cats there

📸 Rebel Crow

⚠️THIS FRIDAY⚠️
We hit up Firefly Worcester with our noisy friends Hipflask Virgins and phonbanduk for a raucous show to raise money for 👨🏻 courtesy of Shut It Down Shows 🖤

Advance tickets £5, or £8 OTD - link in comments

📸 Christopher Hicks

It’s 🥁
Here’s our Chad smashing the skins at Worcester Music Festival back in September 🤌

📸 Daz Blocksidge

NEXT UP

We’re at Firefly Worcester on November 24th with local noise maestros Hipflask Virgins and phonbanduk for 👨🏻

3 bands for a fiver?! Mad value in this economy AND it’s for a good cause👌

🎫 link in comments - see you there, babes 🖤

Vocals - DONE ✅

Just a quick “hi” to let you know that we are still rocking, and in fact, rolling.
Cal fractured his hand and we have nothing booked for another month - could the universe be telling us to give up any louder?

📸

TONIGHT!

We hit up The Victoria, Birmingham to support Sabres along with Hot Juice and ThinkTank 🙌

We still have spots on our guest list, so if you’re strapped for cash and want to come and watch 4 bands for FREE then hit us up, we’re giving them to anybody who wants to come!

Tickets in comments, otherwise it’s £10 OTD!

Caption this 🤔

This Thursday, we play our first show in forever at The Victoria, Birmingham with Sabres, Hot Juice and ThinkTank 🙌

Tickets in the comments 🎫

⚠️NEXT SHOW⚠️
Our first show in a while 😱
We support Sabres along with Hot Juice and ThinkTank at The Victoria, Birmingham💪

Tickets in the comments 🖤

TONIGHT!

We play with Chemtrails and Lennox 🙌

Where: Drummonds

When: Doors 7pm - we play at 8:30pm

Ticket link is in the comments - click it 🖤

📸 Emilie Eleonore Westcott

More bass from this handsome chap today 🤌🖤

Studio day 1 - DONE!

Drums are done. Chad smashed through all the songs in around two hours (top lad).
Cal has one and a half songs left to do on the bass.

Sounding obese. We are excited.

Busy busy. As well as our show on Saturday with Chemtrails and Lennox at Drummonds in Worcester, we are recording for the next EP this week.
Keep an eye out for updates and sneak peaks.

📸 Ollie Ridley

UPDATE

This Saturday at Drummonds we’ll be supporting Chemtrails alongside Lennox and the Flawed 🙌

Ticket link is in the comments - if you couldn’t get in to see us at Worcester Music Festival then you should get one 👀

We’ve been so caught up in various other things that we COMPLETELY forgot the 3rd birthday of our 1st EP, “Cigars & Diazepam”, which was a month ago 😅

Recorded just before the first UK lockdown, this EP is gritty, poppy and noisy and really shows where we were as a band at the time.

We feel it never really got the release it deserved, so here’s to a happy, belated birthday to our 1st child 🖤

As approaches, Cal wrote a reflective poem on the long months ahead

Leaves are crunchy
Weather is s**t
F**k you autumn
Bring back summer

📸 Daz Blocksidge

Righteous ✝️

Our first single. Still gets played at every show 🖤

📸 Christopher Hicks

⚠️NEXT SHOW⚠️

We’ll be supporting the awesome Chemtrails on their tour at Drummonds in Worcester 🙌

7th of October, ticket link is in the comments so do the good deed and get those tickets 🖤

Our next show isn’t until October, so we’ll be rehearsing new songs to record for you all in the meantime 🖤

Well, Worcester Music Festival - you absolutely sent it last night.

People couldn’t get in because it was packed ✅

People singing along ✅

The floor nearly going through ✅

What. A. Night.

We want to say a big thank you to The Oil Basin Brewhouse for having us, Reuben Seabright for inviting us, and of course all you lovely people who crammed in like sardines and soaked the floor with beer and sweat - you’ve made our hearts full 🖤

If any of you got any pictures or videos, upload them and tag us - we want to see them!

Until next year 👌

P.s - we cut Chad’s head off in the excitement - soz like

SHOW DAY 😱

Where: The Oil Basin Brewhouse

When: 9:40pm

Entry: FREE

This year’s charity for Worcester Music Festival is The Myriad Centre so bring donations 🙌

LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO

⚠️ WORCESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL⚠️
We are buzzing for our set.
We're at the Oil Basin this Friday (15th) playing at 9:40 with a stacked lineup. FREE ENTRY BUT BRING DONATION DOSH.

Let's make some noise, have a bop and raise some money for the

Today marks the start of World Su***de Prevention week.
As a band and as individuals, this is a subject that hits home for us, as many of our songs elude to mental health and the struggles that come with it.

We recently found out that our song “Misgiven” has helped people we know (and complete strangers) through difficult times in their life, and it honestly means the world to us that our music has helped people, and in some cases, been part of a recovery process 💙

So, with that in mind, we have decided to make the song free to download from our Bandcamp for the entire week. The link is the comments below 👇

We know it’s not much, but if it can potentially help anyone out there who is struggling, we’d like it to reach those people.

There are some great organisations dedicated to this cause, such as PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Su***de 🙌

If you or anyone you know is going through a difficult dip at the moment, don’t keep it to yourself - talk to someone, check in with your friends and family, smile at a stranger on the street and end the stigma - it could be a huge help.

Love,

Zilch.

🎨 Antidote

Check out this quick review from Stevie C reviews 👀

Zilch. - Close Enough

3 piece from Worcester UK.

Thom Dewhurst / Vocals and guitar
Cal Neathway / Bass
Chad Ingram / Drums

This is pure 90s grunge at its very very best and they reside in Worcester, Worcestershire UK. Absolutely fantastic - so stoked that we have bands like this to keep that incredible sound alive. I'm always saying this, but why aren't bands like this in the music charts? If you love grunge then you'll fkin love Zilch. "Down and Out" - absolute music bliss. "Radio Riot" - just pure Nirvana (No pun intended) , "Defect" - again so much comparison with Seattle's finest, but jeez it's done so friggin well. Absolutely applaud this EP/album.

The album is available on the below links.

Bandcamp -

https://zilchbanduk.bandcamp.com/album/close-enough

Spotify -

https://spotify.link/EzpUOMAdWCb

Tidal -
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https://tidal.com/album/282454667

They're also playing Worcester Music Festival on Friday 15th September at The Oil Basin Brewhouse

https://www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/bands/Zilch/

Burn 🔥

📸 Adam Chandler Photography

There’s no real update.
You know we’re pumped for WMF next week.
You know we’ve been rehearsing and writing.

So here’s us being angry.

So thirsty for dem gigs 🥵
Still writing. Still rehearsing.

Spiral 🌀

📸 Ollie Ridley

Today is a day of reflection and memoirs, so we plucked this very recent and happy memory to share - our first hometown show in 6 months with our new drummer, Chad.

It was a night of nerves for all of us, but we had a lot of laughs and the vibes that night were excited and happy.
We thought this picture captured that 🖤

📸 Ollie Ridley

Last year’s Worcester Music Festival went off 🖤

WHO’S COMING THIS YEAR?!

📸 Rad Piotrowski

A highlight for us last year was playing London for the first time at Hope and Anchor - courtesy of the wonderful promoters Civil War 🖤

We can’t wait to do it again.

📸 Civil War

We’re still super-busy working our socks off on new songs for you all, as well as rehearsing for our next show at Worcester Music Festival 🖤
15th September at The Oil Basin Brewhouse - see you there 🙌

Identity Crisis 🫥

📸 Ollie Ridley

That time we went to Cardiff: Sqeakender at The Moon Cardiff with Smash Mouse

We’d love to play in and around Wales again, it was a hoot

📸 Beth BoxCat

Today is
We’d like to thank the following people and radio shows for the airplay they have given us 🖤

Heart Shaped Box
JAXX Radio
Dingir Zu
Jesse Kooker
Howling Rock Radio
Rock Radio UK
MMH - The Home Of Rock Radio
Duggystone Radio
BBC Music Introducing
Alyx Holcombe
BBC Radio 1

📸 Ollie Ridley

Today is 📸
We'd like to say a huge thank you to anyone who has photographed us over the years - it's impossible to tag them all as we see flashes at all of our gigs, but don't often see the results at all 🤷‍♂️
Special thanks to:

Lissywitch
Adam Chandler Photography
Ollie Ridley
Christopher Hicks
David Alun Dewhurst

Living With Ghosts 👻

📸 Adam Chandler Photography