Formed in 2022 and with just nine shows under their belts and just six tracks to their name – including a stellar cover of Nine Inch Nails’ – London-based metal duo Glytsh are rapidly making a name for themselves with airplay across the UK’s biggest rock stations. A large part of their appeal lies in the guitar-mangling sounds of Swiss-born player Claire Genoud. Clearly unafraid to experiment with the more avant-garde presets of the world’s finest units, she embellishes her riffs with ring modulation, granular delays, harmonizers and oodles of DigiTech Whammy to add thick textures and freaky tonality to the band’s tunes.
“I like taking something that sounds horrible and trying to make something out of it,” she explains, pointing to the track as an example. “When I start writing, I need some kind of sound to inspire me. There’s a verse in that’s simply a ring modulator making noise.
It sounds really cool with all the production around it. “That was kind of an accident, but I really like it. It comes from Tom Morello – he’s my idol! The way he approaches guitar in a non-traditional way was really inspiring for me when we started Glytsh.
” Despite her smorgasbord of unusual sounds, Genoud keeps a tidy , limiting herself to a Line 6 Helix multi-FX unit and a Whammy (while the Helix’s version is fine, she finds the is “too stiff” for her taste). She grew up with her doctor parents in Switzerland as one of seven siblings. Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and E.
