Hartlepool’s Champ return with ‘Future’, a thunderous follow-up to their debut ‘Taste To Run’, and a rousing statement of intent from one of the UK’s most promising new indie bands. The track cements their growing reputation for crafting cinematic guitar anthems with heart, grit, and lyrical weight.
Where ‘Taste To Run’ hinted at their potential, ‘Future’ delivers on it. Built around widescreen riffs and aching vocals, the song taps into the bittersweet reality of working-class ambition: chasing better days while time and distance chip away at who you thought you were. It’s a song about sacrifice, leaving home to provide, and the quiet toll it takes.
FFO The War On Drugs, Wunderhorse, and early Kings of Leon, Champ sound like small-town dreamers with arena-sized ambition. With a debut headline tour and more new music incoming, ‘Future’ feels like just the beginning.
Have a listen to 'Future' in the player below.