There’s something unique about post-industrial small towns in the North of England in their seeming ability to spawn legendary or at least heavily cult status
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84 Tigers – Time In The Lighthouse (Spartan Records, 2022)
I’d been peripherally aware of this release being on the horizon, and then promptly forgot about it. Today is apparently the day to redress that
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Bear Away – A Drastic Tale of Western Living (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings Waterslide Records, 2022)
There’s a certain thing about shit towns in the North of England. They have a weird tendency to spawn decent bands in a way that
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Video premiere: Tearjerker – Done & Dusted (Little Rocket Records, 2022)
Now then. Here’s another exclusive for you. Tearjerker are a band of mysterious provenance, the constituent members having no previous musical claims to fame as
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Screaming at Traffic – ‘Bitter’ UK video premiere and album announcement
The internet had suspicions that it had seen the last of the Apathy & Exhaustion blog, but some motherfuckers (like my good self) exist purely
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7in and EP round-up: September 2021 (part 2)
Spells / Custody split 7in (Brassneck Records) The observant amongst you (realistically who is even paying attention to any of this and does it even
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Premiere: Clayton – Escape EP (Disillusioned Records, 2021)
Apathy and Exhaustion in association with Disillusioned Records are proud to present a premiere from CLAYTON (a punk rock band from Nantes, France). Their debut
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Ship Thieves – Irruption (Chunksaah Records, 2021)
Pretty recently I was quite blown away by Ship Thieves’ split 7in single with Reconciler. I believe at that point in time I said I
Read more7in and EP round-up: January 2021
Custody / Bear Away – split lathe cut 7in (Brassneck Records / Disillusioned Records) Custody (Helsinki, Finland) and Bear Away (Scarborough, UK) are releasing a
Read moreBilly No Mates – S.F. Sourdough (Unless You Try Records / 10 Past 12 Records, 2020)
I saw Billy No Mates years ago on a tour with Frankie Stubbs of Leatherface. In the changeover, The Piss Mops performed which was a
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