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Weatherstate release new single ‘Headstone’

January 10, 2022

As Weatherstate approach the release of their second album ‘Never Better’, which will be out 11 February via Rude Records, the Weymouth punk band has revealed another new track from it ‘Headstone’. Showcasing a slower, more contemplative side to Weatherstate, building to that anthemic, singalong chorus complete with signature Weatherstate riffage, it’s a track about fulfilling your potential. “Headstone is about trying to make something out of ourselves in the time we have here,” says guitarist Callan Milward. “It’s okay to go through periods of life unhappy and that’s what makes the good bits all the better. The lyric “Catch me I don’t want to come down” specifically relates to friends being around when you need a safety net and how important it is to have a support network that can get you through those monotonous times. We’re only around for so long, and that’s the way it is, we shouldn’t beat ourselves up too much, and it’s completely okay to sometimes just roll with the punches.” Never Better’ is the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Born [Read More]

Holding Absence release live video for “Drugs And Love”

December 17, 2021

Earlier this year Holding Absence performed their latest album ‘The Greatest Mistake Of My Life’ live & in color during a stream from the beautiful Portland House in Cardiff. To mark the band kicking off their UK tour supporting Creeper, they have released a video taken from the livestream of their performance of album track ‘Drugs and Love’. Frontman Lucas Woodland comments “We are once again super excited to show you guys some more footage from our live-streamed album-in-full performance from earlier this year! Drugs and Love is one of our favourite songs on the record, and we’re hyped to release this version for everyone to enjoy.” Determined to make the stream as special as possible, the band enlisted not only Grammy-nominated producer Romesh Dodangoda (who produced previous singles ‘Gravity’ and ‘Birdcage’ and mixed the Bring Me The Horizon ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ DVD) and director Zak Pinchin (who worked with the band on ‘Like A Shadow‘, ‘In Circles‘, ‘nomoreroses’ and more) to work on the project, but also additional musicians Toby Evans [Read More]

Buster Shuffle announce new record and share new single “New Badge For My Uniform”

December 3, 2021

London based ska/punk/rock band Buster Shuffle announced a brand new record today. “Go Steady” will be released March 18th, 2022 via the band’s own label Do Nothing Records. In addition the band also shared their new single/video “New Badge For My Uniform”. After the devastating effects of the pandemic and other troubles on tours in Great Britain and Europe, which directly affected British artists, Buster Shuffle decided to finance the album through crowd funding and use the power of the fans to spread the Shuffle-gospel far and wide. Bandleader Jet Baker comments: “It was a few hard years with the pandemic and therefor we thought that we ask our loyal fans, that grew with us for more than 10 years, to help us release the album. We have never done something like this, but we saw other bands working with their fans successfully to release music and we thought that our time has come now.” Jet turned at the peak of the lockdown to the friends of punk music, to release a bad-ass AA-side-7-inch-single “Unsung [Read More]

Puppy have released new single and video for “The Kiss”

November 15, 2021

The mighty PUPPY return with a brand new single and video “The Kiss”, released through Rude Records today, November 15th. It’s release follows a world-exclusive first play last night with the Radio 1 Rock Show, presented by Daniel P Carter (listen back to that whole show – HERE). Written and produced by the band, singer/guitarist Jock Norton explains a little bit about the song: “‘The Kiss’ actually and came out of songwriting sessions for our first album “The Goat”. For whatever reason it was left by the wayside, but when we started recording new material across the last year or so we decided to try laying down a proper version of it just to see how it would sound (and because we were too lazy to come up with any new songs). What we ended up with sounded way better than the acoustic version Billy had on his phone from 4 years ago, so at a vote of 2 to 1 (sorry Bill) we decided to release the new one. We hope you enjoy it”. [Read More]

Parkway Drive return to Europe and the UK in 2022

November 13, 2021

Parkway Drive had to move their European/UK dates once again due to the ongoing pandemic. The new tour dates are set for September/October 2022 and no other than UK Metalcore-institution While She Sleeps will be their special guest. Tickets can be purchased here. Get yours, while they last! All previously purchased tickets from the initial tour remain valid, except for London. Ticket holders for London will receive an e-mail from Live Nation with further details. For more information on the band, follow their social media: https://www.facebook.com/parkwaydrive/ https://parkwaydriverock.com/ https://twitter.com/parkwayofficial https://www.instagram.com/parkwaydriveofficial/

Thousand Thoughts share music video for “Fail Me”

November 13, 2021

Following the release of their brand new single “Fail Me” featuring Finnish alternative rock vocalist Susanna Alexandra of Cyan Kicks, London based Thousand Thoughts have dropped their accompanying music video. Recorded at the Marshall Studio with the help of Rhys Fletcher, Thousand Thoughts continue to evolve their mix of nostalgic nu-metal, melodic metalcore, and anthemic modern rock in “Fail Me”. Ethan Smith talked about the track, explaining: “‘Fail Me’ was written during the winter of the pandemic, and it describes the general state of the world and my desire to run away from everything. Life can be so difficult; running often seems like the easier option. I’ll always persevere through the fight, but I believe the thought of running shows up in all of us sometimes, no matter how strong we are. When initially writing the track, I pictured a woman singing it and as the song progressed, I began to see it working with Thousand Thoughts. However, it still needed that artist I’d imagined to bring it to life. We’re really excited to have [Read More]

Weatherstate announce their new album “Never Better”

November 13, 2021

Weatherstate have announced that their second album ‘Never Better’ will be released 11 February via Rude Records. The follow-up to 2019’s ‘Born A Cynic’, ‘Never Better’ is a timely commentary, stemming from a place of monotony, helplessness, and apathy to the state of the world around us. Says vocalist and guitarist Harry Hoskins: “The record reaches out to different feelings that many of us have experienced over the last few years, from a state of mind that is pessimistic when faced with the question “will things ever improve?”” The Weymouth punks have released another single alongside the announcement. ‘Panic Attack’ summarises the feeling of anxiety you get after snapping yourself out of the bubble of living a life on autopilot. Guitarist Callan Milward says: “Living week by week with the exact same routine can grind you down even though it can also feel like the safest and/or easiest option at the time. Breaking the mould and expanding your horizons is so important to grow and reach your full potential, but it’s easier said than done. [Read More]