The Fragz - Picture In A Frame/Too Much Too Ask

 

1. Who are The Fragz? 

The Fragz are a melodic punk band from the tiny towns of Keith and Buckie in the north of Scotland. They have a ukulele player and have been known to include diverse instrumentation in their songs. The Fragz have shared the stage with bands like The Cloverhearts, The Buzzcocks and The Stranglers. Picture In A Frame/Too Much Too Ask (November, 2024) is a double-A side single from their debut album The Fragz (May, 2024).

2. What kind of songs are Picture In A Frame/Too Much Too Ask?  

Picture In A Frame/Too Much Too Ask are a diamond in the rough to be sure. They combine earnest personal lyrics with the gravitas of wider worldly woes. Together they produce startling changes in direction and originality that imbue the songs with the attraction of something at once familiar and also innovative. Picture In A Frame/Too Much Too Ask are mosh pit fillers and fist-in-the-air fucking bangers. 

3. Which bands do The Fragz sound like? 

Goodbye Blue Monday, Hateful, Fall Out Boy, and Against Me!  

4. Which bands have inspired The Fragz? 

They aren't saying or no one asked. The singer is rocking a Frenzal Rhomb T-Shirt so there's that. There's a lot of American pop-punk/emo in their sound like Green Day, Blink-182 or Fall Out Boy but a bit of classic punk like Stiff Little Fingers too.

5. What have people said about The Fragz?

"A raw and melodic sound" - Havoc Underground.

"Big poppy hooks and unique transitions" - Havoc Underground.

"A clever display of songwriting" - Havoc Underground.

"Can't you see?

You're the disease,

You aren't the cure."

Sad Park - Good Luck

 

1. Who are Sad Park? 

Sad Park are an alternative emo band from Los Angeles, California. Making music since 2016 they are three albums deep at the minute and Good Luck (August, 2024) is a stand alone single. 

2. What kind of song is Good Luck? 

Good Luck is a 90's alternative rock throwback with a slight 2000's emo kick. 

3. Who do Sad Park sound like? 

Hot Mulligan, clementine, Neck Deep, Sunny Day Real Estate. 

4. Which bands have influenced Sad Park?

They have mentioned some love for bands like FIDLAR, together PANGEA, and Walkman, Pixies. 

5. What have people said about Good Luck? 

"Hard hitting summer anthem" - Thoughts Words Action. 

"Catchy" - Punk Rock Theory.

"Anthemic pop-punk energy and buoyant guitar" - Kerrang.

"Had twenty bucks,

Now I have two,

My friends all suck"

Haywire - Clocktower Place

 

1. Who are Haywire? 

Haywire are a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They have been making music since 2023 and have already fired off one album. Clocktower Place (Nov, 2024) is from their E.P. For Better Or For Worse (Nov, 2024).

2. What kind of song is Clocktower Place? 

Clocktower Place is one of the bands mellow tracks. A sweet love song with a little bit of high octane backing it is by no means a damp (or limp) squib.

3. Which bands do Haywire sound like?

Internal Affairs, End It, and Conservative Military Image. 

4. Which bands have influenced Haywire? 

I don't know. But they have a member of Loosey guesting on Clocktower Place, as well as members of Chubby & The Gang, Death Before Dishonour, Conservative Military Image collaborating on their debut album.

5. What have people said about Clocktower Place?

"Catchy and cool and so punk!" - Album Of The Year.

"Sad, catchy punk ballad" - Salad Days.

"Oddly bluesy" - Stereogum.

"I love you so much that it hurts,

All the things I should have did,

Your absence is my regret"

The Devil's Sons - Out Of Time

 

1. Who are The Devil's Sons? 

The Devil's Sons are a rock'n'roll band from Edmonton, Canada. They have punk, garage and rockabilly influences in their music and have been making music together since 2014. Out Of Time (Oct, 2024) is from their third album Now And At The Hour Of Death (Sept, 2024). 

2. What kind of song is Out Of Time? 

Out Of Time is an angry rant at today's evils from corporate media to environmental degradation but the righteous fury the singer is channeling is juxtaposed by the joie de vivre of the musicians backing the singer; particularly the keys. 

3. Who do The Devil's Sons sound like? 

The only touchstone I have for Canadian rock is The Headstones. So,that's what I'm going with. Others thought The Sonics and The Cramps. 

4. Which bands have influenced The Devil's Sons? 

I couldn't tell you. But apparently they did a cover of Elvis Presley, and another by The Quakes, so that must be some indication. 

5. What have people said about The Devil's Sons music?

"A raw and unfiltered look at the world right now" - Punk News.

"They blast out their songs with a hellish ferocity" - The Punk Site. 

"Challenging the status quo and demanding the absolute truth" - Click Roll Boom. 

"Fuck this place we'll just go to Mars"

Millington - Radio

 

1. Who are Millington? 

Millington describe themselves as a brass emo band. They are a ska, pop-punk, emo band from Albany, New York, that started playing together in 2018. 

2. What kind of song is Radio? 

Radio is an instantly likeable ska song with familiar beats from all the mainstream American post-2000's ska punk bands. It's not uniquely original but it's doing all the best bits very well. Radio is stickier than a rapist in church.

3. Which bands do Millington sound like?

Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, We Are The Union. 

4. Which bands have influenced Millington?

Some of their influences include Green Day, Dashboard Confessional, Blink-182, Less Than Jake, and Fall Out Boy. 

5. What have people said about Millington's music?

"Nostalgic sounds that blend well with their own spin on the ska genre" - New Noise Magazine.

"New ska punk saviors" - 518 Scene. 

"Nostalgic hooks that will fester in your ear for weeks" - Spinning Thoughts.

"Every time we fall in line, we fuck up the youth,

So it's time to find a different avenue" 

Les Diggers - Terre à la Lune

 

1. Who are Les Diggers? 

Les Diggers are a French surf/punk rock band from Hossegor, France, formed in 2019.  Terre à la Lune rolls off their second album Atmosphérique (March, 2024). 

2. What kind of song is Terre à la Lune? 

Terre à la Lune is the kind of playful, simple yet catchy punk that bands like The Ramones or FIDLAR set the bar for. Four to the floor, no surprises all smiles, sweet pop punk.

3. Who do Les Diggers sound like? 

Teen Mortgage, Bad Nerves, and The Ramones. 

4. Which bands have influenced Les Diggers? 

I don't know but they are chesting Nirvana and Stupeflip while sounding like The Ramones so that's a start. 

5. What have people said about Terre à la Lune?

"It's a fucking banger" - YouTube Comments.

"We want more guys" - YouTube Comments.

"Go, go, go" - YouTube Comments.

The Cloverhearts - New Couture

 

1. Who are The Cloverhearts? 

The Cloverhearts are a new generation of Celtic punk band from Australia, Italy and the Czech Republic. They have been playing together since 2021 and New Couture (Nov, 2024) is one of a handful of singles to spring off their second album Loving in Squalor (Dec, 2024). 

2. What kind of song is New Couture? 

New Couture bursts out of the traps led by the bagpipes and accompanied by gang vocals, trad punk riffs and the a timely and caustic word to say about the plague of mouth breathers who condemn others for something they once said on social media. 

3. Who do The Cloverhearts sound like? 

The Mahones, Mr. Irish Bastard, and Paddy and the Rats. Dropkick Murphys if you must. 

4. Which bands have influenced The Cloverhearts? 

The Rumjacks, NOFX, and Fiona Apple. 

5. What have people said about The Cloverhearts music? 

"Bagpipe laden, raucous Celtic-punk'n'roll" - London Celtic Punks. 

"Bounce factor inducing anthems" - Back Seat Mafia. 

"Blaring bagpipe anthems and twisted tin whistle tunes" - The Flapper.

"At the click of a button you tie your own rope"