Bedsit - Drip Feed

  

  In recent month's I've been sent the odd recommendation for bands to check out from the Humberside area by Gary Hockney who was vocalist and bassist with a band called 3-Action and who now (if I remember correctly) is involved with promoting bands at the New Adelphi Club in Hull. I asked him who the best band in that area was and he told me to watch out for Bedsit (https://www.facebook.com/bedsitband) who featured his son Tom and who had a new ep on the way. 

  The band formed originally as Tom's solo project in 2019 and released a debut ep in 2020 titled Pocket Toy. Last year, fleshed out to a 4 piece featuring Tom Hockney (Guitar / Vocals), Casey Stead (Guitar), George Garnett (Drums) & Tom Scanlon (Bass), they released a debut single titled Go Outside.

 

  That track reappears in re recorded form on the new ep. Titled Dead Bands it boasts an impressive quartet of punk meets grunge tunes 3 of which are quite lively, mosh pit friendly rockers. The title track is a more considered affair which celebrates the heritage of live music. It's available as a cd and digital download : https://bedsit.bandcamp.com/album/dead-bands

  This is the opening track, it demonstrates nicely how energetic and inventive these guys can get. It's called Drip Feed...

Rebel, re-tweet, share it, mind rot.
Anarchist page, communist plot.
Act now, your voice, stand up, slack off.
Click-through, adsense, buy now, blood clot.

Drip Feed me.
Drip Feed me something real.
Drip Feed me.
Drip feed me public appeal.

Snowflake, scumbag, slogan, fight back.
Elate, enrage, extort, distract.
Demograph outrage, kill for a safe space.
Sex sells brain cells, incest, lab rat.

Drip Feed…
Hysteria.

You’re alright.

Drip Feed…