UV-TV - Go Away

 

  One of the best albums of 2017 thus far is Glass by Gainesville's C86 influenced punks UV-TV. If you haven't heard it yet then you should check it out... https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glass.

  Not letting the grass grow under their feet, they're back with a new EP on Emotional Response Records. It's titled Go Away and the title track is also available on this rather nifty 23 track label compilation : https://emotional-response-recs.bandcamp.com/album/23-bangers-the-casual-lurkers-guide-to-emotional-response-2017

  Buzzsaw guitars, shoegazing, female vocals, catchy tunes, The Shop Assistants.... all the phrases used in summing up their debut album are also applicable to Go Away.

  Clocking in at just over 1 minute, this is a modern day indie punk classic by a band we definitely don't want to Go Away.....
 

UV-TV - Wasting Away

photo : Arlington Garrett III


  If, like me, you like fast, catchy, scuffed up female fronted pop songs with buzzsaw guitars and frantic drumming, you're in for a treat today. UV-TV are a trio from Gainesville, Florida and are a band that have the delightful knack of being able to transport us back to a time when the likes of The Shop Assistants, The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Primitives etc were churning out barbed wire kisses bathed in a sun drenched haze.

  The line up of UV-TV sees Rose Vastola on vocals & bass, Ian Bernacett on guitar & vocals and Ryan Hopewell on drums. Their first release was a 2014 demo on High Fashion Industries (https://youveeteevee.bandcamp.com/releases) and this was followed a year later by a split 7" with L.A. band Shark Toys. Earlier this month they released their debut album, Glass, and it's available on Deranged Records..... https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glass

   Glass has been described as "shoegaze stripped of it's fat and it's fluff." Check it out, it's great. I played Only Matters When a couple of weeks ago on the Just Some Punk Songs show and it went down a storm so today I'll post the 62 second opening track, Wasting Away....