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This week’s featured artist: pop-punk trio Project Revise – new single out 19th March

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Taking their cues from the classic pop-punk anthems of the late 90s and early 00s Project Revise are a three-piece from Worcestershire inspired by bands such as Blink 182, Goldfinger and Less Than Jake. Project Revise regularly feature on Spotify playlists like ‘New Punk Tracks’, ‘Skatepark Punks’, ‘Pop Punk’s Not Dead’ and ‘Punk Unplugged’. The band performed a live session for BBC Introducing which was broadcast back in January 2019.

​Their latest single ‘Hold Your Ground’ is released on March 19th, immediately qualifying them as this week’s featured artist. A catchy, hard-hitting and instantly-memorable slice of pop-punk is all about everyday struggles in life, according to the band, and how to overcome them while still trying to remain true to yourself.

Guitarist/vocalist Chris Tamburro tells Darren’s Music Blog:

“Hold Your Ground really pulls together all the old school punk rock and emo influences we have between us. We really feel as though our musical direction has been progressive over the last year with our previous few singles, but this song really pushes things even further! We genuinely cannot wait for everyone to hear it and are excited to finally get back into the rehearsal studio again to work on some more new music!”

The video for ‘Hold Your Ground’ features almost 70 of the band’s followers from social media joining in with the lyrics, including an appearance from Bowling For Soup front-man Jaret Reddick.

Project Revise are:

Richard Marshall – Bass & Vocals

Chris Tamburro – Guitar & Vocals

David Yarnell – Drums

‘Hold Your Ground’ released 19th March 2021

https://www.projectrevise.co.uk/

News: Honestly, Anywhere channel noughties emo vibes with four-minute pop punk roller-coaster

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Honestly, Anywhere a four-piece emo pop punk band based in Suffolk release their debut single ‘Dead Friends’ on 1st June. Infectious and angst-ridden in equal amounts the band describe it as a four-minute roller-coaster of 00’s inspired pop punk deals that with themes of mental health and suicide.

Vocalist, Elliott, fills us in on the band and the single: “Honestly, Anywhere are a 4 piece pop punk band from the south of England. Channelling the vibes of 00’s emo culture, HA bring a sound similar to Blink-182 circa self titled with angsty lyrics, fast paced drums, dirty bass lines & punk fuelled guitars. The band are a reincarnation of 2007 pop punk band It’s Not Me, It’s You which disbanded in 2009 due to members pursuing other projects. After over 10 years of going back and forth and a new bassist, we decided to get back together, release some old music to a high standard and see what happens.”

Dead Friends band

Honestly, Anywhere are:

Jamie – Drums
Austin – Bass
Mark – Guitars
Elliott – Vocals

Dead Friends is released 1st June 2020

Dead Friends Artwork

https://www.facebook.com/HonestlyAnywhere/

News: Drew & The Devotees ‘Hard Working People’

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With the general election coming Drew and The Devotees have re-released their single ‘Hard Working People’. A slice of pop punk influenced by the early work of Billy Bragg and The Clash, the song rails against poverty and injustice with all proceeds from the single going to the food poverty charity the Trussell Trust.

Drew Howgill: “Hard Working People was written in 2014/15 inspired by (Green MP) Caroline Lucas’s book in which she criticised politicians for the over-used phrase – which by implication excluded carers, students and others unable to do the 40 hours a week grind. The song is about poverty and observations of increasing use of food-banks. 41,000 in 2010 now up to 1.6 million.”

Drew and The Devotees were formed in 2006 as a songwriting project band, initially with Alef Ahmed in 2008 and from 2010 onwards with US producer Jeffrey Teruel of STIC Studio, Manchester. A follow-up single is due next year with an album out later in 2020.

‘Hard Working People’ is available via digital platforms including Spotify, Amazon and Soundcloud https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Working-People/dp/B00WITORFK

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