Squid is an English post-punk band formed in Brighton in 2017, part of the UK post-punk revival alongside Black Country, New Road and Black Midi — and a rare guitar-band signing for Warp Records. Drummer-vocalist Ollie Judge leads the charge on Bright Green Field (2021), the debut to start with before O Monolith (2023). Find Squid vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Squid formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 2017 around Ollie Judge, Louis Borlase, Anton Pearson, Laurie Nankivell, and Arthur Leadbetter. They have been associated with the contemporary UK post-punk revival scene alongside contemporaries like Black Country, New Road, Black Midi, Shame, and Dry Cleaning - the 'Windmill Brixton'-adjacent UK post-punk and art rock movement. They signed with Warp Records (non-electronic signing by the foundational electronic label, unprecedented). Their 2021 debut Bright Green Field received critical attention. Their 2023 follow-up O Monolith and 2025 Cowards continued their trajectory.
Squid's sound combines post-punk, art rock, experimental rock, jazz influences, indie rock, post-rock, and electronic with multi-vocalist arrangements (Judge drummer-vocalist approach), integration of brass, jazz, and electronic textures into post-punk arrangements, and lyrical content addressing capitalism, environmental concerns, and broader contemporary anxieties drawing on UK post-punk traditions.
Warp Records pressings of the Squid catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.
Listeners new to Squid typically start with Bright Green Field (2021) or O Monolith (2023).
