Band Line Up 2026

With more than a quarter of a century of noise making history behind him, singer and guitarist Harry Armstrong, along with drummer Kieran Murphy, are Noisepicker and have just released their second album "The Earth Will Swallow The Sun" via Exile On Mainstream Records.

Also known as the bass player in Orange Goblin, you may well have caught Armstrong on countless festival line ups, experimenting with sound in bands such as the hard rock of Blind River, the thrash metal of End Of Level Boss, the piano-led jazz rock of The Earls Of Mars, getting his stoner fix in Hangnail and Firebird (alongside Bill Steer of Carcass and Ludwig Witt of Spiritual Beggars), the instrumental soundscapes of The Winchester Club, the death metal of Decomposed, and many more.

Having released their first album “Peace Off” in 2018, also on the Exile On Mainstream label, other commitments (and the dreaded C-19 shutdown) put Noisepicker on a slight hiatus, until a stash of un-used riff ideas were dusted off during 2024 to make what is their second full-length release.

On a permanent search to constantly try “something else”, Armstrong has taken to writing, recording and mixing this new record himself, just to see if he could. Recorded in a rehearsal room, and mixed in his kitchen, it is an approach to music with a DIY ethic fully embedded in it’s heart.

Do not expect neat, polished, note perfect, carefully constructed opuses in this environment. Noisepicker are loud, abrasive and in constant flux, influenced by their love of all things doom, punk and blues. Come stare aghast at it.