Making Friends - Planet Zoo

  

  Back in June I posted a song (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/06/making-friends-atm.html) by Brighton skate punk quartet Making Friends (https://www.facebook.com/MakingFriendsBand) and mentioned they were turning their attention to the release of a debut album titled Fine Dying.

 

  Happily that album is now with us and it's a treasure chest of aural delights. The previously featured song, ATM, kicks things off in great style and the quality doesn't dip throughout. If catchy as hell melodic punk anthems are your thing then you can't go wrong. It's available on vinyl, cd and digital download here : https://makingfriendsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/fine-dying

  The track I'm highlighting laments that despite there being plenty of resources on our planet we're walking ever faster to our extinction. It's called Planet Zoo... 

 

Making Friends - ATM

  

  Making Friends (https://www.facebook.com/MakingFriendsBand) are a fast and fresh melodic skatepunk quartet from Brighton who play short songs. They've been drip feeding ep's (including a split ep with Nuneaton melodic punk rockers Shackleford) onto Bandcamp for a couple of years or so but are now turning their attention to the release of a debut album which will be titled Fine Dying. 

  Their music is quite poppy but as you'll hear on the song below it's fresh sounding and really rather infectious. I played it on this week's Just Some Punk Songs show and I wasn't the only person in the chatroom that drew comparisons to Aussie legends Frenzal Rhomb. 

  You can find it streaming here : https://makingfriendsofficial.bandcamp.com/track/atm-2 

  A tale of making do. Working hard, earning a pittance. Faking smiles and plodding on. This is called ATM...