Seemingly not content with having unleashed a second LP (Bliss) of furious hardcore punk upon the unsuspecting (or totally suspecting depending on how clued in
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7in and EP round-up: February 2021
Toronto Blessings – Life (self-released) Barnsley’s Toronto Blessings are back, and a most welcome return it is. You may have caught these guys on these
Read more7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)
An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen
Read moreAirstream Futures – Le Feu et Le Sable (Little Rocket Records, 2020)
Life is weird innit? You spend ages with tons of time on your hands, yet your impetus and drive to be productive are beset upon
Read moreAll Eyes West – Like Lightning (Jump Start Records, 2019)
0 – 60 in no time at all, ‘As I Bleed’ caves your face in with massive warm chords, satisfyingly determined lead vocals and lovely
Read moreWarp Lines – Human Fresh LP (Dirt Cult Records, 2019)
Warp Lines are from Ottowa, Canada. Their roster is made up of members of Big Dick, Steve Adamyk Band and The New Calling (probably others
Read moreToronto Blessings – Asleep (self-released, 2019)
Toronto Blessings – Asleep (self-released) My dude from back home in Barnsley, Rik Whitehead, hit me up a few weeks ago to tell me about
Read moreUnknown River Driver / Rations Noise – Remains / Dronestruck split LP (Different Kitchen Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / 86’d Records)
Alrighty then. A split LP from two bands I’ve no prior knowledge of whatsoever. Rations Noise is an electronic offshoot of a punk band called
Read moreAffected Youth – Formative Years (self-released, 2019)
Affected Youth are a punk rock band from Galway, in Ireland. In the band’s own words: We play a lot of different styles and fuck
Read moreHakan – III LP (Brassneck Records / One Chord Wonder, 2018)
People that pay attention to good good shit may recall that I reviewed Hakan – II some time back, when it came out via Drunken
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