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
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The 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
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Custody – 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
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The 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
Read more7in and EP round-up February 2024
Not done one of these for a fair old while. In fact, a bunch of this stuff I’d already written and forgotten about. Just rediscovered
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DeeCracks – 20 Years: A Frantic Effort (Pirate’s Press Records, 2023)
Although I’ve only been aware of DeeCracks for the last few years as I’m an ignorant citizen of the UK, it seems crazy that they’ve
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Random Hand – Random Hand (Bomber Music, 2023)
Random Hand have been around for quite a while now, having released their first EP back in 2005. They are a band that I’ve always
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The Inklings – ‘Return of the Puppets’ (self-released, 2024)
According to the great fountain of knowledge that is the internet, The Inklings are a Teesside-based music collective formed by two members of now-defunct Billingham
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Billy Liar – Crisis Actor (Pirate’s Press Records, 2023)
According to the internet, Billy Liar is “an acoustic punk/folk band from Edinburgh, fronted by the solo singer of the same name”. Not really sure
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Slalom D – Waltz into Anarchy (Serial Bowl Records, 2023)
It’s a weird thing, innit, how the young ‘uns take the sounds from days of yore and then act they invented it. Yes, I’m aiming
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