Author: Matthew Speer

About Matthew Speer

Matt has 2.1 BA in History and is most likely somewhere in his twenties.
He enjoys a wide range of music, but has a strong penchant for Punk-Rock.

Originally he hails from the Isle Of Wight off the South Coast of England, UK and spends most of his time around England's South-West.

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Here are my most recent posts

Over Time – ‘Stay Inside’ (Single).

Over Time – Denver, Colorado, USA. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Over Time are a band from Denver/Brighton Colorado and a band with many healthy obsessions I’m sure, however it is but two that are remotely relevant as of this sentence. Over Time enjoy the melodic and moody...

Hush Mozey – The ‘Tales Of Bigotry’ EP.

Hush Mozey – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Bristol, a city with various strong sonic-traditions from Punk-Rock to Indie and from Metal to Reggae and beyond. A day’s walk in the city will yield innumerable variations and combinations of any of the above...

Phantom Sea – ‘Vulture Down’ – 01/08/2018.

Phantom Sea – Blackpool, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Phantom Sea are a band that to cope with the dreary skyline of their Blackpool home, have like many of the region’s stellar bands elected to play as loud as is doable just to forget....

Fair Do’s: ‘Leopards’, Fivers, Punk and Trusty Shorts.

Fair Do’s – Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Through our friends at Lockjaw Records and Shout Louder, we sit down with Manchester‘s Fair Do’s ahead of the imminent release of their first full-length album via Lockjaw Records, entitled Leopards.  Fair Do’s are known for their fast and weighted Melodic Hardcore Punk-Rock, precision...

Consumed – ‘A Decade Of No’.

Consumed – Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. Catch our interview with Guitarist Will Burchell prior to release – Here. Nottinghamshire‘s Consumed are a band that during their initial explosion on to the UK Punk scene quickly became household names. A band that in the fifteen-ish years lapsing between Pistols At Dawn, their return to the...

Only Strangers and The Debut Self-Titled.

Only Strangers – Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom. Melodic Punk, a genre classification that many hate passionately for far less than the more than reasonable reason of personal preference, despite Punk’s early and dare-I-say pop-fulled and melodic charge. In truth, some the most emotively charged, genuine and indeed popular Punk-Rock bands...

The Clinch – ‘Our Path Is One’.

The Clinch – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A Melbourne band with solid genealogy from the local area, The Clinch are not one to be passed off as “just another Punk band”. The band’s debut album released back in June gives a classic, reminiscent yet also freshly churned rendition of UK-esque Street...

Sorry For Escalating – ‘Losing Sleep’

Sorry For Escalating – Karlsruhe, Germany. Sat somewhere between Pop-Punk, Emo and early 2000’s Alternative Rock, Germany’s Sorry For Escalating have just released their second EP via Horn & Hoof Records (UK), Chorus Of One (US) and iwishicouldstay (EU) and it could arguably be the largest four-track EP you will hear...

Northern Horizon – The ‘Blues and Breakdowns’ EP 09/07/18.

Northern Horizon – Newcastle, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Returning with their third EP this time 100% a product of their Newcastle based creative minds, Northern Horizon are heading in a new direction which they themselves describe as ‘interesting’. The band’s Easycore Pop-Punk...

The Phosphorus Bombs – ‘Blank States’ EP.

The Phosphorus Bombs – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Sydney Punks The Phosphorus Bombs are sonically comprised of two things, visceral up-tempo Hardcore Punk and equally as fast melodic Skate Punk. The band mix these two colours into varying shades but are always...