Swan Prince are from somewhere in the general Birmingham area, and describe themselves thusly: “Brummy mates with a lame band name making skate punk songs”.
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7in and EP round-up: August 2020 (part 1)
Holy Snakes – Be Kind EP II (Make That a Take Records) Holy Snakes, a chap from Dundee, describes himself thus: “A man, a band,
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Mattachine – Isolation as a Form of Torture (Zegema Beach, 2020)
Named after one of America’s first Gay Rights organisations, self-termed Grindrcore merchants Mattachine play hyper-aggressive metalcore fuelled by decades of LGBT+ oppression and homophobia within
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7in and EP round-up: July 2020 (part 5)
Shit the bed. I’ve never actually done 5 of these things in a month before. Well, here we are, I suppose. Let’s get to it,
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7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 4)
The Domestics / Pizzatramp split 12in (Kibou Records / TNS Records / Sick World Records, 2020) By now, these bands should need no introduction, so
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Loose Behaviour – Sad Action (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
Pretty Boy Thorson (The Slow Death + others) and Josh Goldman (The Raging Nathans, The Dopamines + others) in THE SAME band? Whuuuuuttt? That’s two
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7in and EP round-up, July 2020 (part 3)
Don Blake – Anti-Charisma Wholesale 12in EP (Brassneck Records / Bloated Kat, 2020) Woohoo! Greater Manchester’s Don Blake are back with a new EP on
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7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 2)
Out of Love – I Am Not Me EP (Venn Records) I got approached out of the blue about this one. The promo material suggests
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Howardian – Are You A Frienda Brenda LP
From their Bandcamp page, Howardian “is an American pop collective fronted by Ian Vanek (ex-Japanther.) The group uses loose poly rhythms, sticky synth melodies and
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7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 1)
Big Sad – Send Help (Rad Girlfriend Records) Big Sad are from Tampa, Florida and feature members of other bands that feature members of other
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