Austerity - Am I Trending Yet

   

  A song today that went down very well with the listeners in the chatroom on this week's show. They seemed especially keen on the lyrics. 

  Austerity (https://www.facebook.com/austeritypunk) are a three piece post-punk / dance-punk band from Brighton. They want to make nerds dance and we want to make punks join unions. They list amongst their influences the likes of XTC, Scritti Politti and Wire and are often compared to Gang of Four, A Certain Ratio and Fugazi. I played a couple of tracks from their excellent 2019 album Anarcho Punk Dance Party on the show but this is their first time on here. 

  A couple of months ago they released a song about social media commentary and how the likes of Katie Hopkins can make cash from spewing out mock outrage which is lapped up as fact by the easily led ("What do you pay to see them get outraged every day? What will we pay, dividing our nation every day?"). It's not without humour but is also biting and sadly all to true. It features Rhi Kavok from Gulls on backing vocals. You can find it here :   https://austeritypunk.bandcamp.com/track/am-i-trending-yet

  It's called Am I Trending Yet... 

 

Special Interest - Don't Kiss Me in Public

  Special Interest are a funky punk band from New Orleans who featured on here a couple of years ago with a track from their impressive Spiraling album (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/04/special-interest-young-gifted-black-in.html).

  They formed in 2015 as a duo, Alli Logout and Maria Elena "playing guitars and power tools over the beat of a 70’s Univox drum machine" before being joined by Ruth Mascelli on electronics and Nathan Cassiani (who you may know from Patsy and Mystic Inane) on bass. This month sees them coming over to the UK to play a bunch of shows :
05 Mar LONDON Static Shock Fest SOLD OUT
09 Mar BRIGHTON Pipeline
10 Mar MANCHESTER Yes
11 Mar GLASGOW Nice n Sleazy
12 Mar BRISTOL Exchange
13 Mar CARDIFF Tiny Rebel
14 Mar LONDON Peckham Audio

  They've also released a song as a taster for an upcoming new album (the album will be available via Night School Records and Thrilling Living). It's punk that you can bust some moves out on the dancefloor to. It's bass and synth led anarcho glam. It's fresh and vital. Check it out : https://specialinterestno.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kiss-me-in-public

  Don't Kiss Me In Public...