Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Live at the Rum Puncheon’, ROCK N ROLL VOID puts its arm round The Buzzcocks, The Undertones (and maybe even The Pooh Sticks), gives them a great big kiss, and then kicks them into the here and now with a raucous, singalong, punk/pop blast.
The guitars are loud and sweet and demand your attention, while the lyrics ask profound questions: ‘Who am I? ‘Where do I come from?’ and ‘Where’s the volume control? Cos I need to play this song REALLY LOUD!’
ROCK N ROLL VOID is a good illustration of the album. Witty, sardonic, catchy, anti-corporate pop, fizzing with life. Which is perverse in a way, given that the album was recorded in lockdown without the band members ever meeting. But not quite as perverse as naming the album after a pub that was demolished in the 1980s.
SWANSEA SOUND reunite Hue Williams with Pooh Sticks singing partner Amelia Fletcher (ex-Talulah Gosh, Heavenly). Rob Pursey (also ex-Heavenly) and Ian Button (ex-Death In Vegas) provide the noise.
The album will be released on 19th November on vinyl/CD/cassette/digital.
It will not be available on streaming sites. In the UK, it is released on Skep Wax/Lavender Sweep. In the US, HHBTM/Austin Town Hall.
In Indonesia, Shiny Happy Records.
Swansea Sound are playing live:
Friday 10th December - London, Rough Trade East (album launch show)
Friday 4th February - Bristol, Zed Alley
Saturday 5th February - Newport, Le Pub
Friday 18th February - St Leonards, The Piper
Saturday 19th February - London, Hope and Anchor
Friday 4th March - The Talleyrand, Manchester
Saturday 5th March - UK venue TBC
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