London group Tough Cookie return with new single ‘Mercy!’ The band blend 90s grunge-adjacent tones with artful songwriting, allowing Tough Cookie to subvert nostalgic tropes while stamping out their own identity. Last year’s excellent ‘The Countryside Is Good For You’ mixtape turned heads, accompanied by some live-wire shows across the country. Out now, new single ‘Mercy!’ They comment: “It’s about dealing with the initial blow of a life-changing experience, and meeting someone in the wreckage before you’ve managed to make sense of things.”