Back in the hot seat after a week away roaming the continent, I returned to Louder Than War Radio with another full-throttle set of tunes for Show 185. Big thanks go to Wyn, who held the fort in my absence with a cracking show of his own – if you missed it, go back and give it a listen. He’ll be back later in the year to cover for me again, as will Noises From The Bottom Left Corner (who you can usually catch on Louder Than War every Saturday at 4pm). Plenty of able deputies lining up behind me – all these people jockeying for position, eh?
It was a thrill to give Lancaster’s very own TV Face an early spin ahead of their upcoming album. The track Boots Pocket Coffin is as curious as its title – which, incidentally, sounds like a What3Words location. (I did wonder whether one actually exists – and yes, there is indeed a location tagged boots.pocket.coffin in the system! Somewhere in China, as it happens).
Another highlight was Sŵn Y Môr from Scotch Funeral, lifted from their brand-new album Ever & Ever, which is out now on vinyl. The band launched it last Saturday at Rascals in Bangor to a buzzing crowd. Keep your ears to the ground – they’re lining up a Wrexham date with Eitha Da very soon, which promises to be unmissable.
One record I’ve been absolutely loving is the new single from Irked – The Hardest Man In Billingham. It comes backed with two remarkable covers, which was almost too much temptation for me not to play in full. In the end, I restrained myself and gave the originals a spin instead – Dan Sartain’s Fuck Friday and SuperCharger’s Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo. Both great tracks in their own right, but I’ll say it here: Irked’s versions are even better. Track them down and you’ll see what I mean.
To round things off, I couldn’t resist giving in to temptation one more time – this time with Pavel Chekov’s stunning Negative Progress EP. Five tracks in five minutes, the whole thing aired back-to-back. Urgent, short, and beautiful – the perfect way to close a show.
See you all next week for Show 186 – but in the meantime, here’s the playlist for this week’s broadcast:
Playlist – Show 185
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TV Face – Boots Pocket Coffin
Penny Coffin – March To The Grave
Scotch Funeral – Sŵn Y Môr
Spiteful Void – The Corpse of Hope
Osees – God’s Guts
Sweetpool – No One Believes Anything Anymore
Rotunda – I Refuse
Rotura – Al Otro Lado
Bowandarrow91 – Surge Of Chaos
Julius Seizure – I Don’t Get It
HIATUS – End Is Near
Mwstard – Scandal Broth
Irked – The Hardest Man In Billingham
Dan Sartain – Fuck Friday
SuperCharger – Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo
Mr Phormula – Penill a Paris
Big Jesse – Dave’s Song
The Crash Mats – Kirk
Pavel Chekov – Expropriate
Pavel Chekov – Reductionist
Pavel Chekov – Social Imperialist
Pavel Chekov – Left Capitalist
Pavel Chekov – Deteriorate
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