‘Love’ begins with a grave, dropped-tuned introduction which gives way to sparser instrumentation in the verse, where the group’s trademark yelled vocals take over. The single addresses themes of emotional toxicity and misinterpretations of love, as the band describes in a press statement: “‘Love’ isn’t a critique on real affection—it’s about mistaking toxicity for love. Like a moth drawn to a flame, unable to discern between warmth that soothes and a fire that burns you, and getting pissed off about it.”

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“When love is learned through chaos, pain feels like connection. It’s the cycle of chasing affection through suffering and holding on because you’ve never known anything else. This song conveys something that isn’t love at all; in fact, it’s the very opposite,” the statement goes on to say. The track, along with the entire album, was produced by Daniel Fox of Gilla Band and mixed by Seth Manchester, and includes previously released singles ‘Big Dick Energy’ and ‘Company Culture’. 

Formed in 2020 in Brighton, the pair quickly became known for their biting wit and provocative takedowns. The band is composed of Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Lilly Macieira (bass). Their 2023 EP, You’re Welcome, established their reputation for unapologetic, high-energy, spoken word noise punk.

The single “Company Culture” debuted in September 2024, critiquing workplace hierarchies with sharp humour and aggressive riffs. A month later, “Big Dick Energy” followed, blending sarcasm with fierce instrumentation to challenge toxic masculinity. Both tracks earned acclaim for their unfiltered lyrics and rebellious sound, with AltPress highlighting their raw, confrontational style. The duo have also gained recognition for their electric live performances, including appearances at major festivals like Glastonbury and Reading.

 

 

 

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Lambrini Girls are set to kick off a highly anticipated tour next week in London, with back-to-back shows at Alexandra Palace. Afterward, they will head to the U.S., performing in cities like Brooklyn before returning to Europe in February 2025. Their European leg includes stops in France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and more, culminating in UK dates across spring 2025, including major venues in Bristol, Leeds, and London’s Electric Brixton.

To mark the album’s release, Lambrini Girls have announced a series of in-store performances across the UK and Europe. The shows will run from 10–16 January 2025, including stops in Liverpool, Nottingham, Bristol, London, Brighton, and Berlin. These events will coincide with the band’s headline tour, for which tickets can be found here.

The announcement comes just 24 hours before the Kent double act are set to perform at download festival in Leicestershire and will see them perform 13 dates up and down the UK. Kicking off the tour in Brighton at The Dome, they will then play dates in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Norwich before concluding the run with a Halloween show at the O2 academy Brixton, in London. The whole tour will see support from Cardiff based punk band Panic Shack.

“HERE WE FUCKING GOOOO” the band said on their Instagram when announcing their first UK headline tour in six years. Fans will be able to get tickets on pre-sale on Wednesday the 19th of June at 9am BST if they pre order their upcoming album ‘Heavy Jelly’ before 3pm BST on the 18th of June which you can do here. General sale for the tour will open at 9am on Friday the 21st of June.

HERE WE FUCKING GOOOO

Pre-order Heavy Jelly from our store before 3pm on Tuesday June 18th to gain access to pre-sale for our 2024 tour – pre-sale opens Wednesday June 19th at 9am. https://t.co/nSD1ZBA1FY pic.twitter.com/tFQZLPIJbz

— SOFT PLAY (@softplayband) June 13, 2024

Check out the bands full list of dates for their 2024 tour below:

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15 Brighton The Dome
16 Cardiff The Tramshed
18 Birmingham O2 Institute
19 Bristol O2 Academy
20 Leeds O2 Academy
22 Sheffield Tramshed
23 Manchester O2 Academy
25 Liverpool O2 Academy
26 Newcastle NX
27 Glasgow Barrowland
29 Nottingham Rock City
30 Norwich UEA
31 London O2 Academy Brixton

The tour will follow a busy summer festival period for the punk duo including sets at Download festival this weekend, Glastonbury later this month and Victorious festival at the end of the summer.

The tour will support their new album ‘Heavy Jelly’, which we have already seen four singles from, to give us an idea of what to expect from the album and it’s all been very promising so far. The singles of of the album so far are ‘Punk’s Dead’, ‘Mirror Muscles’, ‘Act Violently’ and their latest release was the very emotional track ‘Everything And Nothing’ which was a bit of a switch from the slightly punchier tracks we saw recently.

Isaac Holman, the band’s singer, said that their latest single, ‘Everything And Nothing’, was inspired by huge losses that both members of the band experienced: ““I started writing the words in lockdown in the depths of a mental health breakdown, my good mate Bailey had just passed away, Laurie had not long lost his partner, Emma, to cancer. It was one thing after the next.”

He added “We demo-ed the tune and took it to the studio, lyrics still unfinished. During that stint, I kept seeing people that looked like Bailey, which unlocked the next line of the tune and allowed the rest to come out.”

The return of Rat Scabies, who replaces Will Taylor who left the band earlier this month, completes a line-up that has not performed together in a live setting since 1989, a full 35 years next December. The full line-up consists of lead singer Dave Vanian, who remains the only ever-present member of the group, guitarist Captain Sensible, bassist Paul Gray and, of course, drummer Rat Scabies.

The Damned UK Tour 2024
Performing for the first time in 35 years! With songs from The Black Album & Strawberries as well as all the classics and some surprises!
On sale this Friday at 10am
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— The Damned (@thedamned) November 21, 2023

The tour, according to a post on X, will feature songs from The Black Album and Strawberries, along with “all the classics and some surprises!”. Fans of the cult punk and gothic rock outfit would be correct in being excited about what “surprises” might lay in store for next year’s tour, and may even expect brand new material given the tour will not kick off for another 13 months, possibly allowing the band time to creatively conjure up some new tracks.

Listen to “Neat Neat Neat“, a track from The Damned’s debut album, Damned Damned Damned, below:

The Damned, a London-based band formed in 1976, made a significant impact on the music scene with the release of their debut album, Damned Damned Damned, in 1977. They have gone on to cultivate a strong cult following as they transitioned from a raw punk style in the late 70s to a darker gothic approach in the 80s. The group have gone on to release a total of 12 albums, the latest of which, Darkadelic, was released earlier this year in April via earMUSIC.

Watch the music video for “Beware Of The Clown“, a song from The Damned’s latest release, Darkadelic, below:

See below for dates for next year’s tour:

04/12/2024 – NX – Newcastle
05/15 – Barrowlands – Glasgow
06/12 – Academy – Manchester
08/12 – O2 Academy – Leeds
09/12 – Rock City – Nottingham
10/12 – The Halls – Wolverhampton
12/12 – Beacon – Bristol
13/12 – O2 Guildhall – Southhampton
14/12 – Winter Garden – Eastbourne
16/12 – Corn Exchange – Cambridge
18/12 – Roundhouse – London

Tickets will go on general sale tomorrow (Friday 24th November) and will be available to purchase here.

You can purchase The Damned’s latest album, Darkadelic, here.

Woody Guthrie, in 1940, wrote “This Land Is Your Land“, critisising the uneven distribution of wealth in the US, and in 1979 American punk band the Dead Kennedys released “Kill the Poor“, a scathing satirical commentary on the same topic. In 1977, this time in Britain, and in the same year as Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee, the pioneering punk band the Sex Pistols released “God Save The Queen“, also using satire to put their devastatingly clear point across, that the British people do not need the British Royal family, or, as Rotten sings, the “facist regime“.

Listen to “God Save The Queen” by the Sex Pistols below:

While the Pistols’ track is still, by some way, the best known and most successful anti-monarchist song, other artists have voiced their discontent with the royal elite of this nation. The Smiths, in 1986, penned “The Queen Is Dead“, while the Stone Roses, to the tune of the traditional English ballad “Scarborough Fair“, released the short, sweet and unmistakably direct “Elizabeth My Dear“, and then, in 1992, came the Manic Street Preachers with their brutally anti-royalist number “Repeat“.

Listen to “Elizabeth My Dear” below:

And now enter Scottish punk band Gutterblood, with special guest Bonnie Prince Bob, with their contribution to the topic at hand. They have released “Gardyloo“, possibly the most anti-royal, and certainly the most combative of the lot, on the eve of King Charles III’s coronation.

The track holds no bars in insults nor imagery, labelling the current king a “Royal fool”, an”inbred son“, and a “mollycoddled imbecile festooned in golden shite“. His supposed ills are called out as well, implicating that, because “Diana rode an Arab“, he “bumped her off in Paris“, and his ties to Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris are explicitly mentioned.

Bonnie Prince Bob then lyrically reminds His Majesty just why, is his opinion, the royal family is disliked so much by the dispossessed of this country: “Your riches come from workers’ toil and that’s why you’re despised“. The king, in an ongoing scene within the song, has his royal entourage rushed and is then lead to the guillotine and promptly beheaded, thereby allowing Bonnie Prince Bob a triumphant sense of justice.

Watch the music video for “Gardyloo” below:

The ‘Ban Bob Vylan’ tour, which was supposed to commence on May 12th in Boston and was set to span both the USA and Canada, and would have seen the all-female grunge/sludge/punk New York outfit Jigsaw Youth accompany them, would have been the duo’s first tour outside of the UK.

Unfortunately the America & Canada tour has been pulled due to visa issues. These things happen, it’s incredibly frustrating but there is nothing we can do at the moment. Apologies to everyone that bought tickets to see us out there with @jigsawyouthband hopefully see you soon.

— Bob Vylan (@BobbyVylan) May 2, 2023

Sadly though, Bob Vylan become yet another victim of the ever-increasingly difficult US visa processing system. Already a long, complicated and expensive process (that perhaps holds a political bias against certain acts, particularly in this case given Bob Vylan’s politically charged lyrics are at the forefront of their music), getting into the US as a non-US musician will very soon be even tougher with the announcement earlier this year that the US Department of Homeland Security plans to increase the cost of a special music visa by 250%, with the “P” visa jumping from £375 per person to a staggering £1317 per person.

The #LetTheMusicMove campaign, initially started by the Music Managers Forum and the Featured Artists Coalition in order to combat increasing tour costs due to post-brexit visa costs, has now shifted its attention to the ugly US visa price hike, with groups such as New Order, Idles and Primal Scream, to name a few, voicing their disdain for the proposed changes.

Fresh off the back of a hugely successful 2022, in which their second album, Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life, was released and capped off with winning the first ever Best Alternative Music Act award at the MOBOs in December, Bob Vylan would have undoubtedly been looking to continue their proliferating momentum with this unprecedented North American tour, introducing their wholly unique style, which incorporates hard-hitting social and political commentary with the merging of grime rap with punk rock, to the American and Canadian masses for the first time.

Watch the music video for “We Live Here” below:

While the British response to the rise of Bob Vylan in the very recent past has been a spectacularly positive one (drawing huge crowds at festivals they play and seeing their second album slot straight in to number 18 in the UK Albums Chart upon its release), the reaction from across the pond is largely yet to witnessed.

Given Afro-punk’s popularity in North America, however, with bands such as Bad Brains and Rage Against the Machine achieving success in the aforementioned alternative genre, Bob Vylan will surely be welcomed with open arms in the punk community stateside when they are eventually allowed to play there, particularly given how some of Bob Vylan’s favourite topics (police brutality, racism and income inequality) will no doubt resonate well with those who believe that said issues are strongly present in Canadian and, perhaps more so, American society.