Havyah took indie folk down a rhythmic-pulse-bending, uncharted corridor with their riotously experimental debut single, Awake. Visceral vitality runs through the veins of the release, which laces the freeform expression of jazz into the kinetic current of indietronica to construct a track monumentally larger than the sum of its groove-riddled parts. There’s no restraint, no cautious toe-dipping. This is a full-bodied plunge into a euphoric soundscape designed to electrify anything it touches.
If any upcoming UK act is destined to break through on the scale of Lola Young, Sam Fender, or The Last Dinner Party, it’s this trailblazing duo. Awake is the ultimate antidote to jaded inertia; a beat-charged invitation to shake off the sluggish haze of modern dread and live as vicariously as the rhythms demand. It doesn’t ask politely. It compels. With sweetly enlivening vocal inflexions and the ability to bleed syncopated alchemy into the airwaves, Havyah have certified themselves as sonic serotonin-dealers. This track belongs on every indie dancefloor, across the charts, and on loop in your head for the foreseeable.
Formed officially in Mile End in 2020, the British duo of Anthony Kluge and Sam Dennis started their collaboration after meeting at school in Spain in 2003. Their band name nods to the Spanish town of Javea, where their friendship began. Drawing on years of creative synergy, Awake, released on 13th September 2025, delivers a candid reflection on insomnia, where restlessness is transmuted into something life-affirming. Havyah’s forthcoming EP promises to carry that same infectious charge. We’ll be waiting with baited breath, now that we’re officially obsessed.
Awake is now available on all major streaming platforms via this link.
Review by Amelia Vandergast