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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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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