Pretty Vicious

Pretty Vicious were a Welsh rock band originally from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales formed in 2014. The group received attention from publications including NME^[1] and Paste.^[2] The band signed to Big Machine Records^[3] in 2018. Singles "Move" and "Are You Entertained" were released under the label.^[4] Their debut album Beauty of Youth was released on 12 July 2019.^[5]

Pretty Vicious
The group performing at Pattern, during The Great Escape Festival in Brighton
Background information
Origin	Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Genres	Punk rock alternative rock
Years active	2014–2019
Labels	EMI, Big Machine Records
Members	Brad Griffiths Elliot Jones Jarvis Morgan Tom McCarthy

In a statement issued on 23 October 2019, the band announced that they would be splitting up^[6] and then re-emerge as a new group in 2020,^[7] without frontman Brad Griffiths, who took a break from performing with the band in 2019, with health issues.^[8]

The band's last show took place at 17 January 2020, with Himalayas member Joe assisting in the show.^[9]

In popular culture

The song "Are You Ready For Me" was used for the soundtrack of the Square Enix game Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, and the track "Ain't No Fun" is a part of the official soundtrack of Dirt 4.

Discography

Studio albums

• Beauty of Youth (2019)

Singles

• "Are You Ready For Me" (2015)
• "It's Always There" (2015)
• "National Plastics" (2015)
• "Just Another Story" (2015)
• "Blister" (2016)
• "Ain't No Fun" (2017)
• "Move" (2018) - Released at 3 August,^[10] #30 Mainstream Rock Songs^[11]
• "Are You Entertained?" (2018) - Released at 26 October ^[12]
• "These Four Walls" (2019) - Released at 25 January.^[13]

EPs

• Cave Song (2016)