On The Rocks

“On The Rocks,” the new album by hovercraft, reflects the group’s most audacious attempt to explore the emotional abyss left by the band’s vanished songwriter, Piers “Charlie Pepper” Wildman. Self-released via BandLab, the 12-track blend of Alt, R&B, Neo-soul, and Indie-rock finds Pepper’s surviving members, David “Golly God” Marsden and Aaron “Ron Nasty” Downing, doubling down on their mission to bring Pepper’s unreleased catalog from the dead, with way more grit, introspection, and emotional volatility.

“Some albums arrive gently. Others crash through the door like a memory you thought you buried. Hovercraft’s On The Rocks, released November 5, 2025, falls into the latter category. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t ask permission. It simply appears, as if pulled through a rip in the timeline, carrying with it the spirit of a band half-present, half-lost, and fully resurrected through a project unlike anything else happening in modern music.”