Everything Sucks Music Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/everything-sucks-music/ New and independent music Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:09:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Everything Sucks Music Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/everything-sucks-music/ 32 32 88787050 Music We Missed in 2020 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2021/01/11/music-we-missed-in-2020/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:40:36 +0000 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=24066 One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the […]

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]]> One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the reason we didn’t reply to your email), so we decided to make a slightly different list in lieu of the usual Year End fare.

Here is a list of songs from 2020 that we liked but didn’t get around to writing about.

If you find something you like, follow the link in the embed to support the artists and labels on Bandcamp. And of course, there is a whole year’s worth of pieces on releases we did manage to write about, so have an explore through our reviews, previews and interviews from 2020.

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]]> 24066 Honey Joy – s/t https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/08/08/20170803honey-joy-self-titled/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:04:30 +0000 http://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=12902 Honey Joy are a punk band from London. After several EP releases, and a few tweaks to the lineup, they have released their debut full-length on Infinity Cat Records and Everything Sucks Music. The album was produced by Hookworms’ MJ, who’s also worked with acts like Martha and Doe, which is a pretty good illustration of the Honey Joy sound. Infinity Cat describe it as “loud, abrasive and romantic—split in two parts between discordant punk-rock and poppy indie jams.” Opening track […]

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]]> Honey Joy are a punk band from London. After several EP releases, and a few tweaks to the lineup, they have released their debut full-length on Infinity Cat Records and Everything Sucks Music. The album was produced by Hookworms’ MJ, who’s also worked with acts like Martha and Doe, which is a pretty good illustration of the Honey Joy sound. Infinity Cat describe it as “loud, abrasive and romantic—split in two parts between discordant punk-rock and poppy indie jams.”

Opening track ‘Future’ throws us into the deep end of Honey Joy’s hectic punk rock, a furious and fearless jam about facing the unknown head-on. ‘All We Need’ is equally raucous, but reveals the band’s empathetic edge, what they described to Punktastic as a song about “knowing that everything is going to be okay because you’ve got the best mates.”

“Every person has a story
but it’s not their only one and they
might need to seek help
so make sure you’re there with open arms”

‘Witches’ wigs out for just over a minute and a half, while ‘A.R.V.C’ draws on pop punk, recalling bands like joyride!. Finale, ‘Done’, closes the album with the epitome of what Honey Joy are all about, part manic punk thrash part catchy optimism.

You can get Honey Joy now on limited edition cassette from Infinity Cat Records, on vinyl from Everything Sucks Music, and as a download from the Honey Joy Bandcamp page.

photo of honey joy cassette infinity cat recordings

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