So I’ve been championing this band for some number of years now. I suppose since they released Cheap Fame (a.k.a album 2) back in early
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Field Day – Acquisition (Little Rocket Records / Sense of Place Records, 2023)
Happy 2023. Strap yourselves in for more of the same misery / different day. Anyways, with that out of the way, let us crack on
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The Raging Nathans – Still Spitting Blood (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2022)
Just imagine. Five albums in eight years. Plus two compilation albums taking in various 7ins and splits and the like. Which accounts for a whopping
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7in and EP round-up: June 2022
Field Day – Why 7in (Little Rocket Records / Unity Worldwide Records / Sense Of Place, 2022) For the unfamiliar, Field Day is a project
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7in and EP round-up: January 2022 (part 1)
The Drowns – Know Who You Are 7in (Pirates Press Records) There’s an odd affinity between Oi! And Glam Rock, I didn’t connect the dots
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Scene rant #3567: Sick(ening) Sesh
Ever sit back, think about how far we’ve come as a global punk scene? And then you remember that some of the people we look
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The Raging Nathans – Waste My Heart (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2021)
The Raging Nathans are seemingly a machine that refuses to stop. Less than a year since their last barn-burner, Oppositional Defiance, these guys have kept
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Choices Made – Reason for Conflict (Cursed Blessings, 2021)
Gabe from Cursed Blessings has been doing a great job of pushing me on this. He knew that I needed to hear this new joint
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Come Closer – Pretty Garbage (Pirate’s Press Records, 2021)
I suppose I’ll start this off with a spurious statement of sorts: this is I think the big surprise release of 2021. Well, in so
Read more7in and EP round-up: April 2020 (part 3)
The reality of life in lockdown is seemingly bedding in. I know longer feel like sawing my own head off with a bread knife in
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