Glasgow’s Ferguson Hi-Fi explode out of the gate with “Get Over It,” a relentless, irresistible indie rock rush of pent-up frustration, dark humor, and hard-won freedom that introduces Pete Ferguson’s new band at full throttle.

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Get over it? Good luck.

Ferguson Hi-Fi’s debut single “Get Over It” is the kind of feverish indie rock eruption that practically demands another spin the second it ends – relentless, restless, explosive, and ridiculously fun. Overdriven guitars churn, glisten, roar, and soar around a rhythm section pushing determinedly forward, while frontman Pete Ferguson throws himself headlong into the commotion. The whole thing crackles with the thrill of release, a feel-good blast of pent-up emotion from a brand-new Glasgow band who have arrived sounding gloriously alive.

I never met your mama
I shoulda killed your father
I knew it then I oughta
Too bad I can’t be bothered

Ferguson matches that instrumental abandon syllable for syllable. His vocal practically tumbles out of him as he ricochets through “I never met your mama / I shoulda killed your father / I knew it then I oughta / Too bad I can’t be bothered,” winding frustration, fatigue, and dark humor around the song’s endlessly addictive refrain: “And I just can’t get over it.” Later references to a “psyop,” Lafayette, fire, and falling off easy keep the lyrics delightfully unruly, less linear confession than a brain unloading at full speed. The guitars answer in kind, surging and scraping their way around him until voice and band seem caught in the same glorious combustion.

Too young to feel this tired
Who ya callin a liar?
Who gonna feed the feeling, feeling?
And I just can’t get over it

Ferguson Hi-Fi bring that fresh start to life as a proper four-piece, with Ferguson on vocals and guitar alongside guitarist Darren McCaughey, bassist Rachel Wilson, and drummer Shaun Hood. The band also represents a deeply personal reset for Ferguson. After signing to a major label as Wuh Oh shortly before COVID, his career veered off course; he eventually left the label and turned to alcohol before getting sober and returning home to Glasgow. Now he is re-entering the pop world on his own terms, with Ferguson Hi-Fi and a run of new singles ahead. Suddenly the exhilaration coursing through “Get Over It” carries even more weight: This is the sound of an artist rediscovering his appetite for music, movement, and whatever comes next.

For Ferguson, that chaos carries the unmistakable charge of starting over.

Previously known for his work as Wuh Oh, the Glasgow songwriter and producer conceived “Get Over It” in a middle-of-the-night burst shortly before a studio session with Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian, Dave McGowan of Teenage Fanclub, and his younger brother Mike. What began as instinctive nonsense quickly revealed a deeper tension: the messy overlap between remaining hung up on the past and realizing how damn good freedom can taste.

“I had a day booked in the studio with Stevie (Jackson) from Belle & Sebastian, Dave (McGowan) from Teenage Fanclub and my wee brother Mike, but a couple days before the session I had the feeling there was still one song missing,” he tells Atwood Magazine. “I got out of bed in the middle of the night, picked up the guitar and thrashed out what would become ‘Get Over It’ in one go, singing gobbledegook into my dictaphone. In the morning I wrote lyrics based off the nonsense and found tonnes of meaning buried in it. The vibe I got was bitter rumination, but also a sort of burgeoning excitement for being free of the whole thing. Even though I’m saying I can’t get over it, I’m also saying thank God it’s over.”

“I brought it to my ad hoc Glasgow supergroup and it instantly came alive. I knew straight away we had the first Ferguson Hi-Fi single.”

You can hear that freedom in the performance.

“Get Over It” barrels ahead with the abandon of musicians discovering how exhilarating this particular configuration can be, and Ferguson is a proper frontman at its center – animated, urgent, and pouring himself into every inch of the song. Even the repeated “fire, fire, fire” near the end sounds ready to ignite the whole arrangement around him, until the refrain comes roaring back one final time. Raw release meets instant gratification here, and Ferguson Hi-Fi understand that sometimes getting past whatever has been dragging you down requires making as much noise as possible on the way out.

What an introduction. “Get Over It” captures the pure infatuation of encountering a new band at full throttle and immediately needing to know what comes next. Ferguson Hi-Fi have given themselves a hell of a starting point – feverish, insatiable, and bursting with personality – and wherever they take this thing from here, we’ll be listening.

Until then, “Get Over It” is staying HOT on repeat.

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