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

The Phosphorus Bombs – ‘A Bruise’ A/B Single.

The Phosphorus Bombs – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. With a new EP entitled Blank Slates EP set for release at the end of this month, Sydney Punks The Phosphorus Bombs have treated us or rather made a move to entice us with their...

Stella and The ‘Career Suicide’ Release.

Stella – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Stella, a three-piece from around Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio that are in short, a little weird. Now, don’t let that throw you because it really is in a wonderful, discordant, progressively-toned way. Imagine The Shape Of Punk To Come-era Refused mixed with elements of Big...

Holy Pinto and The ‘Gold Leaf’ Single.

Holy Pinto – Canterbury, England, United Kingdom. Album art photography: Cody Furin – Click Here. You sit and listen to any of the releases via the Canterbury two-piece Holy Pinto and you sit relaxed, surprised but comfortable that they tick as many boxes as they do. Release #5 is actually...

Smiley In A Suit and ‘Grandmas Patience’.

Smiley In A Suit – Delbrück, Germany. Pop-Punk, the genre that simply won’t die. Now, I don’t mean that in a negative light wholly as despite a great deal of cookie-cutter bands there is some strength and variety and even bands who are very samey or generic can often do...

Picasso The Banshee and The ‘Think It Through’ Single.

Picasso The Banshee – Southern California, USA. Hailing from sunny Souther California, as you would likely expect, Picassio The Banshee play Pop-Punk music as a result of and designed for such sunny weather. The band take you back to early mid-career Blink-182 when they were somehow getting away with touring...

I Ignite – ‘These Lessons Learned’.

I Ignite – Long Island, New York, USA. To Long Island now for the latest from I Ignite, a band slogging it out since 2014 via their mix of Nu-Metal appreciating early 2000’s Post-Hardcore and Melodic Hardcore hybridised in style with Pop-Punk, Emo and general melodic riff-fery. In short, to...

Carter Daze – The ‘North Korean Democracy’ EP.

Carter Daze – Woking, England, United Kingdom. Intelligent but Nihilistic Indie-Punk that sounds like mid-to-late 90’s Ash crossed with elements of The Jam and a generally bleak heavily-Punk orientated approach to life and music. Review over, see you next time. No, not quite. Carter Daze hail from Woking and very...

Hummer – The ‘Budweiser and Butter’ EP.

Hummer – Warrington, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photo Credit: Scott Bradley – Click Here. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Hummer are one of those bands who are very switched on. They know their vices, they are aware of their surroundings and it really very well shows through...