Havelocke – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Havelocke and their Arsonist have a rich and fierce history of nightmares behind them and that is where they will stay, in the past. Now, in this here 2021, with one EP behind them while they sit on the precipice of the chasm their Skate…
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Ignitemares – South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom Smash Mouse Records are having somewhat of a busy 2021 and with Ignitemares and ‘San Junipero’ set for April, there doesn’t appear to be an endpoint. The label and the band in question are very much unwavering devotees to what inspired them. The…
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No Breakfast Goodbye – Nijmegen, The Netherlands No Breakfast Goodbye and ‘The Losers Club’ have just entered the year of “what now, but again” and that’s notable for more than one reason. Not only are the Dutch band now on their third publicly aired studio track to date, but it…
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Krang – Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic It’s been a fast and turbulent time these past few years. Krang and Make Arcade Great Again are soon to crash through it all once more, this time assisted by both SBÄM and Sound Speed Records. The band’s fast, serrated, yet melodic and sardonically…
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Passionflower – Warrington, England, United Kingdom Passionflower and ‘Joel & Clementine’ are soon to arrive. The latter being yet another stop-over ahead of an eventual full-length from the prolific Warrington-based Post-Emo, Pop-Punk-adoring and early 2000’s Post-Hardcore-centric band. Passionflower, now three singles in, has been steadily and with great care unveiling what this…
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Burning Nickels – Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Ah, yes, Punk-Rock that you can sing-a-long with?! That’s not very Punk, is it? In the bin! I joke. Burning Nickels and the Cobwebs EP from Red Deer, Alberta would be inclined against such a sadly very common statement and general rhetoric. After…
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The Jacklights – Boston, Massachusetts, USA The line between what is considered Pop-Punk and Punk-Rock is a fine one. The Jacklights and ‘Winter’, if you had to specify where they sit on this spectrum, would probably reside somewhere in the middle. However, in reality, with music being down to preference…
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Stay At Home and Die – Birmingham, England, United Kingdom I feel as if I am perpetually chasing the releases of 2020. Stay At Home and Die and ‘smudge’ like many bands and their respective debuts exist in a state of bonafide “back-patting” for getting anything out of 2020 by…
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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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PARLA – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom PARLA and The Fervour / Further EP enter 2021 as somewhat of a rebirth. The Cardiff band cascaded their melodic hybrid of Post-Hardcore and Alternative Rock alongside their ethereal forays onto the fringes of Post-Rock across 2020 and then chose to hibernate. You can find a…
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