“I want pleasure on my French toast,” declares the opening number from Haiku Hands’ new album. “I am here to be, to be sexy and free”. In spite of its 8-second runtime, the track – aptly named ‘Pleasure’ – outlines the band’s statement of intent with a deft touch: fun,…
Belfast punks Problem Patterns are the latest band to come bursting out of the Irish and Northern Irish scene, creating a cacophonous typhoon of queer and feminist rage set to grizzly punk tunes. Overblown sat down with Bethany Crooks and Beverley Boal to talk about their new album, Blouse Club,…
Ethan P. Flynn is on a path forged entirely of his own accord. From the very beginning of his career, that has been evident – he’s never been wont to do what is necessarily expected. Yet, having released his long-awaited debut album on 6th October, it is clearer than ever…
The inside of Manchester’s Deaf Institute is like a maze. The building is an old gothic masterpiece, but as you traverse beyond the stage, through corridors and up bold metalic staircases, the array of hallways spits you out into a sparse room. A kettle and a microwave are perched upon…
When compared to what the rest of the British hardcore punk scene has to offer, Powerplant have always been something of an outlier. Generally speaking more in line with the scenes that seem to emerge from the American Midwest and acts that are for some godforsaken reason referred to as…
Philadelphia trio Spirit of the Beehive make you forget everything that you once knew about music before making you fall in love with it all over again. A decade since they first released music together, Zack Schwartz, Rivka Ravede and Corey Wichlin have shared their i’m so lucky EP to…
Their music may be steeped in metaphor, but when it comes to their message, Belfast’s Enola Gay don’t hide behind subtleties. Confrontational and explosive, their songwriting faces heavy subject matter head-on in a climate which has seen swaths of the population grow evermore apathetic; submitting to an era of political…