borts new single The Nurse and ep out with Lockjaw Records! Watch the video here

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Freshly signed to Lockjaw Records, borts are getting to business and have released the imaginatively titled, EP1, featuring the single The Nurse.

Produced by Lewis Johns (Muncie Girls, Gnarwolves), the track is an ode about self-loathing and love liking, beer drinking and collar bone breaking.

“‘The Nurse’ was actually written about the nurse that looked after Tom when he broke his collarbone by backflipping (half naked, of course) on Bournemouth beach after a NOFX show, no less.”, guitarist, Dom, explains.

This fun anthemic listen got the band searching for creative solutions in the studio. “It’s a song that Tom has had knocking about for a while, and has gone through several iterations before we settled on this sound for the version we recorded. It’s the only tune on the album that uses an acoustic, and when we were recording it, we dived head-first into creating a tune that highlighted the contradiction between the acoustic, honky-tonk first half and the full-on second half. We just kept saying honky-tonk to Lewis and we got there eventually. And it has a glockenspiel in it.”

EP1 is available on all digital platforms from the 20th October. Watch the video here:
borts, are a 3-piece punk band from the South West of England, formed out of long-standing friendships and a mutual love for music, films, games, and good chilled out hangs.

They’ve been involved with other bands (Your Demise, Tireless & more), and have decided to come back by recording an EP, and a new album.

borts have been produced by Lewis Johns (Palm Reader, Muncie Girls, Gnarwolves) at The Ranch, which we’re happy to say sounds pretty fresh!

They’ve been picking some airplay on the BBC1 Rock Show and are Kerrang! Radio’s Fresh Blood pick.

Nice news from NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords!

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Word from Fat Wreck Chords:

Huzzah! Here’s one thing happening in 2020 that doesn’t suck: being able to celebrate 25 years with NOFX! We’re ending this year’s 25th-anniversary series with their illustrious “I Heard They Suck Live,” release. You can pre-order the limited colored vinyl, with a foil accented cover, right now. It’s also available in a limited bundle with a T-shirt inspired by the album artwork! We expect to ship the vinyl in late January.  

If you missed out on ordering the other anniversary pressings: Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, or Good Riddance, you’re shit out of luck! So, don’t sleep on it. 

PRE-ORDER NOW!

(review) Attic Salt – get wise (jump start records)

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Time for beautiful pop punk/melodic punk rock to grace the pages of this zine again. Attic Salt are from Springfield, IL and this is their second record. This one contains 10 songs of awesome, uplifting melodic punk with lost of pop punk influences, yet remaining enough energetic not to get boring. What immediately catches my ear and heart is fantastic dual vocals, Alyssa Currie and Andy Harmon complete each other with their voices perfectly, thus creating sonic landscape that takes you to some other level totally. The songwriting is catchy, harmonies are superb and the songs remain in your mind making you hum and sing while smiling at the same time. This is great, uplifting, inspiring and record with songs that make you wish that you wrote them. Favorite songs: Last Song, MOD, Washington Street.

https://atticsalt.bandcamp.com/music