Hike The Peak – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Though I don’t wish to hike any peaks myself in the literal sense, introducing Hike The Peak, the band, is far more reasonable. But fast. That’s correct, as you have likely deduced from my unfunny quip, Hike The Peak and my introduction…
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Freedumb – Østfold, Norway Freedumb and The Freedumb Curse – Reversed are part of a trend. A trend in Punk? OH NO! Stay with me now. That was for dramatic effect. One of the things about bands, of all shapes and sizes, is that much of the music you see, hear and digest…
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The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 5” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try…
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Grand Collapse – Bristol, England, United Kingdom (Again, please?) Grand Collapse and Empty Plinths. These are words that many have been waiting for. Well, the former followed by something in full-length form to be more precise. Grand Collapse are infamous, notorious and have now returned via the likes of TNSrecords…
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Fair Do’s – Manchester, England, United Kingdom Fair Do’s and Our ‘Casket’. Where to begin? Well, ‘Casket’ is a song concerning the ever-widening death-box society is building itself. Such a tomb is being constructed in double-time and its workers are mired in an intoxicating miasma of their own incredulity and…
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Venturas – Wermelskirchen, Germany Ah yes, the indomitable soaring of melodic Skate Punk! Enter Venturas and Your Weaker Self. It is true that many consider the genre dead and haven’t listened to anything since 1999 or 2005 at a push. I will say now, with no verbal faeces given, that…
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Saginaw – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Will there ever be a lack of fast, loud, heavy and cathartic music? Saginaw and Fugue I would argue, are a clear example of that being a resounding no. The Minneapolis band formed in 2018 when the world was marginally more normal (what is normal?) and…
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The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 4” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try…
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Gentleman’s Brawl – Leeds, England, United Kingdom Pop-Punk has become quite the varied canvas and infuser in its generation-old medium. Gentleman’s Brawl, ‘Roseblunt’ and ‘Black Tar’, a band from Leeds soon to release the respective latter-two titles as their latest, are a living, breathing example. The five-piece’s sound exists on…
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Ripcord Records – Scotland, United Kingdom At the beginning of February and after a gargantuan amount of work Ripcord Records, Refuge Part I and Refuge Part II were unleashed. So, why after over three weeks of public airing and a lengthy run-up to both the respective releases, am I electro-scribbling…
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