Here we are, then. Second review of 2025. It’s approaching the end of January. A chunk of time with a new Labour government in the
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Reduced – Reduced 7in (Brassneck Records, 2024)
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
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City 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
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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
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Rivalry – Sometimes You Have to Look Back (Brassneck Records, 2023)
It’s 2023, and Coid related lockdown seems almost like a bizarre memory, almost like it’s still an “actual thing”. To me, at least. I’m still
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Mark Murphy & The Meds – Monochrome (Brassneck Records / Cat’s Claw Records / Kezzy P / Waterslide Records / Bloated Kat, 2023)
January 2023 sees the welcome return of everyone’s favourite chirpy Scouser, Mark Murphy. You may know him from everyone’s favourite chirpy Scouse skate punk ensemble,
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Hot Mass – Happy, Smiling And Living The Dream (Brassneck Records / Black Numbers / This Charming Man, 2022)
“Hailing from Swansea, UK, Hot Mass take their eclectic taste in music and throw it all into the melting pot to create some melodic, grunge
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Bear Away – A Drastic Tale of Western Living (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings Waterslide Records, 2022)
There’s a certain thing about shit towns in the North of England. They have a weird tendency to spawn decent bands in a way that
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