If you know your punk rock history you'll already be aware that the South East London town of Bromley has long been a hot bed of punk rock fandom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromley_Contingent). Well, 40 odd years on from the days when Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol, Sue Catwoman etc were traipsing over to watch the Pistols at the 100 club there's a new generation of locals jumping around in sweaty local pubs to hometown heroes The Ugly Scenes (https://www.facebook.com/TheUglyScenes).
I featured the old school trio last year when they released their debut ep https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-ugly-scenes-action-man-eyes.html
They return today with a song from ep number 3. The ep's titled The Cats Whiskers and it's another collection of observationally humorous punk rock. Oi Oi Oi style bangers about characters encountered on the daily commute to work, the corruption of the political system, fake people etc...
You can get the ep here : https://theuglyscenes.bandcamp.com/album/the-cats-whiskers
This is the closing track, it's about those orange hued, mutton dressed as lamb types that seem to constantly crave attention. It's called Gym Kit Mums...
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