The
Manchester Punk Festival is now only nine days away and the organisers
have now released the fourth instalment in a series of compilation
showcasing more of the amazing acts playing on the 17th
and 18th of April.
The
compilation begins with festival head-liners The Filaments. This
punk/ska/hardcore troupe from Essex have been going since the
early2000's and are now seen as legends in the scene. The song Once
In A While is taken from 2013's excellent album Land Of Lions and I'm
looking forward to seeing many of the songs from this release live
for the first time as well as classics from The Filaments back
catalogue. Blackpool's Boston Manor are one of the newer bands on the
scene and are rising fast. The song Peach State has the pop punk/emo
sound that is getting more and more popular with the kids these days,
even though I'm not a massive fan of the sound it's clear that Boston
Manor do it better than most of their contemporaries. One band that's
sure to draw a massive crowd are Warrington folk punks Roughneck Riot. This group of superbly talented musicians have been a band for
ten years now and have spread their own brand of punk and folk all
across Europe, earning legions of fans along the way. Sure to be one
of many highlights from the festival. For some reason Vanilla Pod's
song Best Intentions makes two appearances on the compilation series.
Not a bad thing as the song is a cracker but I am far too lazy to
review it twice. They are awesome, check them out!
In
my humble opinion Apologies, I Have None are the very best band in
the UK. Combining massive choruses with smart and brutally honest
lyrics I'm pretty sure it's impossible for them to write a bad song.
Live, there aren't many bands that hold a candle to them either,
passion and energy pours out of their performance which will make the
Manchester crowd lose their heads. Great Cynics front man Giles
Bidder is playing acoustically at the festival. Weirdly I have seen
him perform solo more times than I have seen Great Cynics live and I
always come away feeling upbeat and smiling. Playing a mixture of GC
songs as well as his own Giles performance is filled with infectious
enthusiasm as he shows why he is one of the best songwriters in the
scene. From the ashes of Hated Til Proven come new hardcore band
Jenkem from Warrington. The song Internal Warfare is a politically
charged hardcore onslaught. Playing the after party at Joshua Brooks
Jenkem are definitely a band to watch out for. Creeper are having the
year of their lives, after forming after the demise of Our Time Down
Here they have become one of the most talked about and fastest rising
bands in the scene. The song Gloom comes from their debut self titled
EP and the video for the song recently got some airtime on Kerrang
TV. Live the band are superb with front man Will being the one of the
most watchable and charismatic people I've ever seen take to the
stage. Creeper are headlining Sound Control on the Friday night.
AcidDrop are another band high on my list of must see's at the festival
having been a fan for a number of years now. Mixing together the best
parts of skate and street punk with a hint of ska Acid Drop have put
out some fantastic releases over the past few years, the latest being
the excellent The End Of Days on TNS Records. If you like The Briggs
you'll love Acid Drop. The Human Project are another band really
making a name for themselves throughout the scene. This Leeds based
brand on skate punk and hardcore has seen them rightfully become one
of the most highly respected acts in the UK's underground.
Technically they are superb, playing some of the most complicated
guitar riffs in punk rock combined with some huge fist in the air
choruses. Fair Do's are another technical hardcore punk band, this
time from Manchester. Musically they will draw many comparison's with
The Human Project, but this is by no means a bad thing. Musically
they are quite similar but vocally Fair Do's are more aggressive
compared to the Human Projects more melodic style of singing. The
song innuendo is taken from their debut EP Trying Times. The
compilation is ended by folk, blues and punk singer Sammy H Stephens.
This performer from Cheshire offers something slightly different to
many of the acts at the festival. Performing with an acoustic guitar,
harmonica and stomp box Sammy will thoroughly entertain the audience
at the acoustic stage.
Stream and download the compilation here: https://manchesterpunkfestival.bandcamp.com/album/manchester-punk-festival-vol-4
Buy tickets and get all the information you need about the festival here: http://manchesterpunkfestival.co.uk/site/
Now listening to Still Remains by Buck-O-Nine
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