Stained Glass are Sheffield’s latest offering of heavy music and pioneers of Third Wave, a new space wherein grunge, shoegaze and hardcore co-exist and grow together. They are frontman Joshua, front-woman Mollie Ralph (Nottingham-based), lead guitarist Hari, bassist Henry and drummer Ollie (Nottingham-based). Formed in 2023, they take influence from acts like Pixies and Nirvana, translate the resonant, raw grunge values and adapt it sonically to the modern heavy sounds. Combining roaring vocals with intricate, face-melting guitar parts and stomping, powerful breakdowns to create one united wall of sound the heavy music scene is not safe at all. The live setting is where Stained Glass are at their best. Their sets are loud, riotous yet executed perfectly. The one-two vocal punch of Joshua and Mollie makes the live sets, the two vocalists taking turns lyrically to really hammer home some powerful music. The essence of pre-naughties shoegaze lives on and the big wall-of-sound aesthetic has returned, now a part of the Third Wave.