Indie rock songwriter blending classic grit with modern edge.
Guitars loud, songs honest.

Matthew Winter got lost wandering the world from his home in Ophir Australia. Then he met his favourite musicians in Edinburgh: James Metcalfe-Bass, Atzi Muramatsu-Cello, Casey Miller-Drums, and asked them to play with him. They said yes. This is a little bit of what they made together. 
Early work (Four track mind), was a solo project; Four tracks recorded on a four track using a home made 5 watt valve amp. Second E.P (Red Tulip, Yellow Tulip) began as a solo work but musicians were collected on the way. A Ghost, A Beast is their debut as a four piece. Recorded by Doug MacDonald (EXTERIOR)https://soundcloud.com/user-455942323exterior in an all analogue/tape studio built in an 18th century church in Edinburgh. Originally released by Song,by Toad in Feb 2018. Vinyl still available here..https://zedpenguin.bandcamp.com/

Email us at zedpenguin@gmail.com

"The droll answer to a heavy question that nobody wanted to ask in the first place" - Leonard Koan

Recording since 1989. Modular since 2014.

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New album out April 2024!

Chas Lalli - bass
Eva Gnatiuk - guitar & vocals
Lisa Jones - vocals
Simon Shaw - guitar & vocals
Stephan Mors - drums

'Hex Domestic' released 2023 on Cruel Nature Records:

"their sound continues to explore echoes of the Anorak/ C86 scene, mixing slacker girl group vibes with garage pop essentials. And Dragged Up are experts at the form." - Byron Coley, The Wire

"like The Fall circa 83, jangling guitars nearly in tune, merged with Sonic Youth. It’s slackedrist, it’s proto-grunge, it’s indie with edge"
- Christopher Nosnibor, Aural Aggravation

No.5 in Sun 13’s Top 25 EPs of 2023

'D/U' released 2020:

"Like classic CBGBs proto-punk transplanted to rain-drenched Scottish streets" - Louder Than War
"An all-seeing, culture-cannibalizing slacker classic" - Record Collector Mag

Top 25 Albums of 2020 - Reverb is for Lovers
Best EPs of 2020 - Postcards from the Underground
No.15 in Top Albums of 2020 - Kool Strings

Alternative frantic angular indie punk solo bass with vocals telling tales of burning mattresses, puppets, animals and Greek mythology amongst other things.

"Possibly the oddest thing I've ever posted"-TheFudlip

"Bass with no cliché or pomposity. And just the right Kimya Dawson style lyrics"-Dan Nielsen

"Enjoyable on child level and on adult level, and that's a hard thing to achieve"-Bell Lungs

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