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“Channelling – of all things! – 90s UK grebo, DZ Deathrays drop one of their very best in ‘Tuff Luck’. With as much bounce as beast, and as much groove as guitar, it’s a wide-eyed trip both backwards and forwards 😵💫”
“Taken from the spicy new long-player ‘The Cup Of Pestilence’, this track stands out for both title and tune. As shudderingly daft as ever, Frenzal also always add shine to what could otherwise be drab and two-dimensional. As bright and glinty as they ever were 😎”
“Great Job!’s latest features some of the – literally – filthiest lyrical imagery ever committed to song, but can’t help themselves still writing wide and expansive music to go along with it. You’ll need a shower after listening to it, but you won’t mind getting a little dirty along the way 🧼”
“Sandy Dish have put together a diary piece about emotional ennui and casual sex, a gem of a track that’s both pithy and punk in equal measure. A razor-sharp jolt of bedroom riot grrl, twee and lo-fi but with sharp, bloody fangs 🦷”
“The Sleepyheads’ songs are all iron fists in velvet gloves, nerdy kids with black belts. It comes off adorable on its face, but it spends a lot of time absolutely losing its bloody temper – it all starts off shy and hesitant but by the end you’ve got a black eye and lost a shoe. […]
“Superdose Gangway’s set takes the normal self-seriousness of post-hardcore and adds some much-needed humour. The band themselves are clearly having a whale of a time and it adds a shine and humanity to the songs that can end going missing for so many of their peers. The fact that the songs themselves are built like […]
“Amends have a new album out later in the year, and when new material sneaks into the set, you can hear the difference. Tonight we get just one, right at the end, but it comes with a subtle gear change up into higher revs, and the band are visibly more turbo-charged. Don’t get me wrong, […]
“There’s always so much going on in a Sweetie set, it’s hard to keep pace. The songwriting is so sharp and densely packed with detail it’s easy to miss that it’s also built to bamboozle you with joy and dancing at the same time. It’s a lot to process. The lungs are left empty and […]
“Cammy Cautious & The Wrestlers’ set rips and tears and saws its way through a bazillion songs in short order, each a jagged little gem of ragged noise and frenzy. Enough to lose yourself in, enough to not notice the blood being drawn.” Gallery Learn More Instagram