CLUB BRAT TO RELEASE ‘FOUR SONGS’ EP ON SEPTEMBER 12TH VIA VENN RECORDS
UK TOUR CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
CLUB BRAT is a high-intensity punk/noise pop band defying traditional labels, blending jagged guitars, bass-heavy dissonance, and volatile rhythmic urgency. Originally from Peterborough and now split between Bristol and London, the five-piece formed in 2023 and quickly earned a reputation for unpredictable live shows and a relentless DIY ethos, while still working with some of underground music’s most respected engineers.
Their upcoming EP, ‘Four Songs’ (out 12th September via VENN Records), was recorded at HUMM Studios with Dom Mitchison and Archie Jones, and mastered by Bob Weston of Shellac – a clear nod to the Albini school of stark, unvarnished production. But the EP isn’t political in content – it’s political in form: concise, deliberate, and unapologetically direct. Yet CLUB BRAT resists comfortable interpretation. Their songs provoke, not preach – inviting listeners to draw their own conclusions and turning each encounter into something personal and open-ended.
Following on from their ‘Goodbye Pop Culture’ single released last month (and scoring plays on BBC Introducing West ‘Artist of the Week’, KEXP, SiriusXM, Radio X, RTE2 and Alex Baker ‘Featured Artist of the Week’ Kerrang! Radio, among others), Club Brat are set to reveal another track from the EP titled ’25 Cameras’. Perfectly compressing the bands discordant, uninhabited sound, ’25 Cameras’ is wiry, jagged and deliberately feral.
“With ‘25 Cameras’, we wanted to capture the feeling of being constantly watched – the claustrophobia, the urgency, the tension that never lets up,” explains guitarist Joe Smith. “It channels the nervous system of Gang of Four through the brute force of METZ. At its heart, it’s a hymn to media culture – restless, uneasy, and impossible to ignore.”
“It’s about scrutiny – about being watched and inspected, “adds vocalist Ike McCormick. “Whether it speaks to an individual, a collective, or an authority. It is left open to the listener.”
Club Brat previously worked with Don Zientara of Inner Ear Studios – legendary for his work with Fugazi – who described CLUB BRAT as: “A locomotive… who can REALLY put it into song”, and they’ve shared stages with Scream and HR (Bad Brains) and appeared at Rebellion Festival.
Drawing from Fugazi, Idles, and The Pixies to Drum ’n’ Bass and early 2000s Alternative, CLUB BRAT refuses to be boxed in by genre. What defines them isn’t style – it’s urgency: raw, confrontational, and constantly evolving. Or, as Steve Ignorant of CRASS puts it: “Miss out on this band at your peril – inspiring, entrancing and unstoppable – they are coming your way!”
Catch Club Brat live at the following dates:
September
18 September — Leeds, Headingley Social Club
19 September — Stamford, Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge
20 September — Bristol, The Golden Lion
25 September — London, Hope & Anchor
26 September — Nottingham, JT Soar
October
2 October — Sheffield, The Washington
9 October — Birmingham, The Rainbow
10 October — Brighton, The Pipeline
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