Song of the Day: The second of four excellent, punchy, intelligent post-punk tracks by the Portsmouth-based band from their new EP, The Noise of a Firing Gun, on the theme of violent conflict in past and present, and this one referring to a key battle during Sulla’s civil war in Rome in 82 BC
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Song of the Day: New punchy, caustic indie post-punk by the Portsmouth band with a title that translates from German as ‘to throw up’’ and sharply and ironically parodies a Anglo-Saxon attitudes and picks up on various national crises and hypocrisies
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Song of the Day: As the 2022 Wimbledon tournament begins, let’s enjoy this sharp, witty new post-punk number by the Liverpool quartet, about a different form of to-and-fro ball-hitting in a dysfunctional relationship
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Song of the Day: “This modern hope, that’s all I have.” Brilliantly angry, sharp, ironic postpunk new single by the band from Dublin expressing aspirational frustration through caustic wit, passionate vocals and searing guitar
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Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Doers by New York-band Bodega, another caustic and clever post-punk song about being awash with information by the London-based band fronted by vocalist Zac Woolley
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Song of the Day: Dry wit and powerful irony by the Leeds indie band, with an apocalyptic monologue about what happens when people listen to the likes of Wallace Hartley, the bandleader of the Titanic, as a distraction to the sinking of the ship
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Song of the Day: Contrasting in apparent confidence, two powerfully acerbic, self-examining first-person perspectives by the postpunk-pop band from Portsmouth from their EP Barstool Preaching, out on Nice Swan Records
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