Reduced are based out of Nottingham and describe themselves as playing melodic punk and garage rock. Their line-up features members of TV Crime, Scene Killers
Read moreCity Mouse – ‘So Far Out’ LP (Brassneck Records / It’s Alive Records, 2024)
I love City Mouse, me. They are, if you are unfamiliar, a 4 piece from Tampa, Florida. On this outing, ‘So Far Out’, their second
Read moreSeized Up – Modify The Sacred (Pirate’s Press Records, 2024)
Wahey! Seized Up are back! After really enjoying their first LP, ‘Brace Yourself’, which came out via Pirate’s Press Records back in October 2020, I
Read moreDistants – LP (Salinas Records, 2024)
I’ve been vaguely fucking with the music of Distants online for a few months now, but didn’t really know how to get ahold of their
Read moreThe Drowns – Blacked Out (Pirates Press Records, 2024)
If you aren’t aware of The Drowns by this point, you’ve probably spent the last few years trapped in a caved-in basement, or are some
Read moreHeavy Seas – Distortion Days (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2024)
Distortion Days is the second full length from Chicago trio, Heavy Seas. It follows the 2021 debut album Everything Breaks, which I reviewed at the
Read moreStates of Nature – Brighter Than Before (Little Rocket Records / Sell The Heart Records / Public World Records, 2024)
States of Nature are from Oakland, California. Their line-up boasts members of Static Thought and Everybody Row. Brighter Than Before is their debut full length
Read moreThe Phase Problem – The Power of Positive Thinking (Brassneck Records / Lava Socks Records 2024)
The Phase Problem are something of a collaboration or meeting of minds between various luminaries of the pop punk scene, both in the UK and
Read moreCustody – 3 LP (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings / Sell The Heart Records / Combat Rock Industry / My Ruin, 2024)
Cast your mind back if you will to the cusp of Covid lockdown. You may recall I reviewed Custody’s second LP, innovatively titled ‘2’. You
Read moreThe Kimberly Steaks – Big Noise (Brassneck Records, 2024)
I love the Kimberly Steaks, me. This LP, Big Noise, is their third full length, and the second on Cardiff’s Brassneck Records. Brassneck continues to
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