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(news) Lockjaw Records signs bort!

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borts are a 3-piece punk band formed out of long-standing friendships and a mutual love for music, films, games, and good chilled out hangs. 

After years worth of experience with household names (Your Demise, Tireless & more), the 3 borts joined forces to record a full length of reflective and catchy anthems for us all to enjoy and we can’t wait to share it with you.

They’ve been getting some airplay on the BBCR1 Rock Show and are Kerrang! Radio’s Fresh Blood pick.

We look forward to getting to know more about them and releasing some new tunes to get excited about. 

New song The Nurse is due for digital release on the 20th October.

https://www.facebook.com/bortstheband/

(news) Milo from Descendents seven inch punk ukulele!

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Message from Fat Wreck Chords: Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new release by the indomitable Milo Aukerman, from the Descendents! Introducing RebUke, Milo’s politically focused ukulele project featuring three singles that utilize an array of ukuleles, table drums, and a cowbell!  

45…not a LP examines our current political state, and the feeling of outrage and uncertainty that has escalated over the years. Initially written for the next Descendents record, Aukerman felt the tracks were too time-sensitive and needed to come out before the upcoming November 2020 election. For a deeper dive into Milo’s latest project, read what he had to say about it: 

I’ve spent most of my punk rock life avoiding the temptation to write political songs; it always seemed like politics is the obvious go-to subject of punk and thus not of interest to me. Unfortunately, after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, I find myself virtually unable to write songs about anything else. If you believe, like me, that 45 is not a LP, we ALL need to VOTE to make that a reality. Only then can we hope to see a return to sanity, a turning of the page. These songs are my personal attempts to turn the page on our national nightmare…if only I could will it through music. 

We’ve teamed up with our allies over at Epitaph, who are releasing the digital, and we’ll be taking care of the vinyl! Pre-order is live, and in case you missed the message: VOTE

Brightr / H_ngm_n UNITE FOR A split EP-HERE IS THE NEW SINGLE

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EP out 23/10/2020
CD pre-orders available now

Brightr and H_ngm_n have teamed up to make an incredible split EP, recorded during lockdown and celebrating a friendship years in the making. Featuring goosebump-inducing acoustic tracks from each artist as well as a cover of one another’s songs.

Each limited edition pre-order CD will feature one of the Polaroid photos as seen on the EP cover art.

ABOUT THE RELEASE AND ARTISTS

Brightr (Laurie) on the how the split came together:

We’ve been talking about doing a split for a while, then lockdown
came and it seemed ideal for a bit of DIY creativity. It’s all
come together pretty quickly which has been brilliant. In my view
H_ngm_n are one of the most essential UK bands around at the moment,
when they’re full strength (with James battering the skins) it’s
incredible. However, solo, the songs take on an awesome different
force altogether and having seen Chris do it on so many nights
I’ve felt for a while it needed to be recorded and out there for
all to hear.

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/iambrightr/

(Chris from) H_ngm_n on covering one of each other’s songs:

I’ve been trying to learn a bunch of Brightr songs throughout the
last few months (no chance I could learn the guitar parts!) but
yeah, touring together loads, I know the songs really well and so it
just made sense. It’s really strange hearing someone else cover
your song, but when Laurie sent over his version of
“Matchsticks” it was really humbling, and just kinda makes you
grateful for the good friends that can come out of playing music
together. Well excited for people to hear both covers!

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/hngmnuk/