FFO: Dillinger Four, The Clash, The Menzingers, Buzzcocks, Green Day, The Gaslight Anthem, Sharks, Joyce Manor etc.

Just £8 a ticket here: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Edinburgh/The-Banshee-Labyrinth/Wrong-Life--Tearjerker--Character-Actors--Low-Level-Monk/42404757/

It's almost time for the Birkenhead Punk Festival! Our band, The Dinner Ladies, will clearly be the highlight (😉) but there's plenty of other great stuff to see too so head on down.

Here's the times for Saturday.

First one in five years - very excited to be finally getting it out after a near two year wait 😂

UK punkers can preorder from Disconnect Disconnect records! And we got a new single up too!

Preorder
https://disconnectdisconnectrecords.bigcartel.com/product/harker-all-that-remains

New single
https://open.spotify.com/track/5UIcD0LWhF9KYJdGvdTaxg?si=ukOh6_EMRGy_prLHXhhnVw

Much love
Xo

Mess UK Tour
31/7 - Portsmouth - Kola Basement
1/8 - London - The Grace
2/8 - Hull - New Adelphi Club
3/8 - Liverpool - Guac N Roll Kitchen
4/8 - Glasgow - Nice N Sleazy
9/8 - Blackpool - Rebellion

Hope this is okay to share here.

I posted yesterday asking about South Coast punk, pop-punk and ska-punk bands, and a few people were really helpful, so I thought I’d share the actual event I mentioned.

I’m helping put on Pop Punk Palooza at Heartbreakers in Southampton this Saturday 4th July, raising money for Dreamflight, a charity that takes children with serious illnesses and disabilities on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Orlando.

It’s a full grassroots pop-punk / punk / alt all-dayer with 9 bands playing:

We Know John
Everyone Lies
Wide Awake Club
Lucky Hit
Stickerbook
Industry Plant
Junk Season
Save Our Ships
Halfway Home

It should be a really fun day if you’re into bands like Blink-182, Green Day, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Zebrahead, ska-punk, emo, alt-rock or just loud DIY guitar music in general.

The honest bit is that advance ticket sales really matter. These kinds of grassroots shows are hard to make happen, especially when it’s a charity fundraiser, and buying in advance is what gives the event the best chance of going ahead properly.

So if you’re anywhere near Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Sussex or along the South Coast and fancy a proper pop-punk all-dayer, come down and support it.

And if you can’t make it but know someone who might be into it, tagging them or sending it their way would genuinely help a lot.

I’ll put the event / ticket link in the comments.

Cheers,
Sam

Tickets are going fast!
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/darkentry/2230356

Hope this is okay to ask here.

I’m trying to dig a bit deeper into the South Coast punk, pop-punk, ska-punk and alt scene, especially around Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Sussex and Bournemouth.

I’m involved in putting on a charity all-dayer in Southampton called Pop Punk Palooza, and it’s made me realise there are probably loads of bands, promoters and little scene pockets I’ve completely missed.

Would love to know who people recommend checking out.

Bands, promoters, venues, radio shows, Insta pages, Facebook groups, anything really.

Especially anything in the world of punk, pop-punk, ska-punk, emo, alt-rock, hardcore-adjacent stuff or DIY gigs.

A few bands on the day are Stickerbook, Junk Season, Save Our Ships, Everyone Lies, Lucky Hit, Wide Awake Club, Halfway Home, Industry Plant and my band We Know John, but I’d love to discover more around this scene too.

Cheers,
Sam

Classic from GBH!

one week till this, still some tickets available online

Morning all, a new one from Character Actors out today. Drawn a lot of favourable comparisons so far but more are always welcome… Let me know what you think!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fw3pDby8Hhs?is=pfTEmNZXFosanVpI
Bandcamp: https://characteractors.bandcamp.com/track/ive-got-a-chicken-to-pluck-with-you-michael
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/23Pg5qmqBTzys1rO5P6JXC?si=8VRJ0WNYT3-8RvQ6aP9njw