Desperate Acts – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Ah, yes. The world of emotionally drenched gruff and melodic Punk-Rock. Desperate Acts and State Secrets as of a few short days ago, stumbled (in a possibly inebriated state) into this fray with their debut full-length sustained by its own emotional mass. The band, in…
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The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 6” 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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Sleemo – Norwich, England, United Kingdom It’s been some time, but Sleemo and the Degradation EP are soon to arrive. The Norwich three-piece and their amalgamative Punk-adjacent, Post-Hardcore conditioned and Grunge-fuzzed Alternative Rock are quite the abrasive, loud and complex unit. Sleemo have graced Ear Nutrition before in the previous…
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Vegan Mosquitoes – Athens, Greece The words “Vegan Mosquitoes and A Beautiful Slaughter” conjure some interesting imagery but within and outside of that, they exist and propagate the lucrative well of Alternative Rock that often seems under-represented in today’s DIY scene. With such a variety of Punk music from Skate…
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Please Use Right Excuses – São Paulo, Brazil Please Use Right Excuses (P.U.R.E) and Pure Quarantine are living proof and its product that the lockdown-centric releases aren’t quite spent. Though various lockdowns are still phasing in and out in other parts of the world, generally, the post-lockdown period is upon…
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Stay At Home and Die – Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Stay Home and Die and ‘undo’ are testament to how completely ineffective I am at keeping up with and addressing in any manner of discernable order, the perpetual torrent of underground and DIY music releases. It’s such a wondrous thing, really. Despite…
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Talk Show Host – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Talk Show Host and Mid-Century Modern are yet ANOTHER band and entry into the 2021-Punkaverse riding the wave of gruff, Indie and Alt. Rock influenced melodic Punk built entirely on life experience. You know the type, Red City Radio, Hot Water Music, Burnt…
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Maisonette – Brighton, England, United Kingdom Maisonette, Panic Earth and the rapidly growing DIY Punk label INiiT Records. The former’s gruff, sardonic and Post-Hardcore-spun existentialism-encumbered Punk is the latest acquisition of the latter and that’s today’s deep dive. The Brighton four-piece have a handful of warped, discordant and poignant Emo-lacquered…
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Brain Donation – Dublin, Ireland Now, how do I go about introducing Brain Donation? Well, isn’t that the question! I shall endeavour to do the best I can to do so on this lunch break of mine but I’ll apologise now for the likely tedium inducing prose I am about…
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Harker – Brighton, England, United Kingdom After some years of cross-referencing Punk rooted stylistics, Harker and their Axiom are close. The Brighton band for those who don’t know, have been releasing music and kicking around showing it to the world since 2015. The band’s robust back catalogue cascades and meanders…
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