Isolation - Reach Out

    

  One band that have been proving popular on recent Just Some Punk Songs shows (so popular I'll be featuring them again next week) have been Falmouth trio Isolation. They feature Charlie Murphy (who's band Freak Genes have just released a rather good new album called Hologram which you can get here : https://freakgenes.bandcamp.com/album/hologram) on guitar & vocals, Rob Camp on bass & vocals and Jo House on drums.

  One thing about featuring so many bands on here is that I'll start writing out an update and then realise I've featured them before. In this instance I posted a track by Isolation from their 2019 debut ep where I sounded pretty impressed  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/12/isolation-bad-data.html

  If anything this new release is even better with several of the 5 tracks on offer vying for the title of "most impressive song." Whereas the Bandcamp tags for the debut ep were suggesting we were listening to dark punk and goth (my review mentioned I didn't entirely agree... "don't let that fool you into thinking they're serving up an atmospheric gloom fest"), this time around the tags are for hardcore punk and punk rock which I think is a bit nearer the mark but still not totally accurate. It is hard hitting but there's plenty of hooks for you to hitch your wagon too. It's one of my favourite eps of the year and it's available in 7" teal vinyl (ltd to 250 copies) from Crew Cuts Records :  https://crewcutsrecords.limitedrun.com/

  For the digital version head this way... https://isolationfal.bandcamp.com/album/fabric-tear

  So, my favourite track. Probably this. It's called Reach Out... 

Isolation - Bad Data

  You may have heard of Charlie Murphy, he's featured on here previously in a couple of cool bands (Freak Genes and Internal Credit). Now he knocks up an impressive hat trick with Isolation, a Falmouth based dark punk trio in which he contributes guitar & vocals alongside Rob Camp (bass & vocals) and Jo House (drums). Not sure if they take their name from the classic Joy Division song but it'd be nice if that was the case.

  They've recently released a debut Self Titled ep, it contains 6 tracks and it's an excellent calling card. First impressions are "wow, that's energetic." A couple of the tags on Bandcamp are dark punk and goth but don't let that fool you into thinking they're serving up an atmospheric gloom fest. From first minute to last they've treated us to a punchy banquet sparking with vim and vigour. There's nods to his other bands but I'd say it's more manic. You can find out for yourselves by snapping it up name your price : https://isolationfal.bandcamp.com/album/isolation

  This track is called Bad Data...