Category Archives: Post Punk

SONG OF THE DAY Squid – The Blades

Posted on May 30, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

This June, Brighton’s Post-punkers, Squid, are to release latest album and second full-length offering, O Monolith. With not long to wait for this new record, the band have shared new single, The Blades. Offering just over six and a half minutes of … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Stuck – The Punisher

Posted on April 24, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Listening to this band for the first time the other day, I’d anticipated that they were going to be a British outfit, but Suck are actually Chicago-based. Formed in 2018 with a tight post-punk ethic driving them forward, band members … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Squid – Undergrowth

Posted on April 20, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Someone had written in a comment that this song gets better with every listen and I can get with that! I’m on my third listen and can safely concur that this is growing on me with each play – though … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Protomartyr – Make Way

Posted on March 8, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

The shift between the calm and the intensity in this song could be said to echo life and its never ending transitions through light and dark. It is fair to assume, or at least (what I’ve) ascertained from now knowing … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Fad Gadget – Saturday Night Special

Posted on October 22, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Better known by his stage name, Fad Gadget, Francis John Tovey was a electronic, avant-garde musician and vocalist active in the early 1980’s. Signed to Mute Records his work has been cited as ground-breaking, pathing the way for new wave … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Snapped Ankles – The Fish Needs a Bike

Posted on September 30, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

If anyone can pull off a cover a Blurt song with style, its Snapped Ankles! Equipped with all the craziness needed to do this song justice, their version of The Fish Needs A Bike draws out the quirky essence of … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Gladboy – Karloff

Posted on June 9, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

One of the many reasons I wanted to set my blog up many moons ago was to document my ever-evolving musical findings – that and to provide a platform (albeit modest) to promote new and upcoming bands. Today I am … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Blurt – Trees

Posted on June 6, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Blurt are one band that I would love to have seen live back in their heyday, for I have no doubt in my mind that this would be one show I’d not be forgetting in a hurry! When today’s song … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Sweaty Palms – Captain of the Rugby Team

Posted on March 14, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Sweaty Palms are an energetic four-piece DIY garage-punk outfit from the Southside of Glasgow who, by their own admission, make music that is inspired by drug-fuelled anxiety. Their sound is fuelled by a desire to unleash their inner demons and, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Snapped Ankles – True Ecology

Posted on December 7, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

When I think about memorable gigs, the time I saw Snapped Ankles in a nicely snug venue is one that always comes to mind. For an array of reasons this band stands way out on the fringes, making their own … Continue reading →

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