Manchester Punk Festival Issues 42nd Name Your Price Compilation
Manchester Punk Festival have released the 42nd volume of their name your price compilation series via Bandcamp ahead of next year’s festival. Manchester Punk…
Chew Magna, Manchester, UK’s cacophonous craftsmen, have unleashed their blistering and diverse eponymous debut full length on vinyl via Stray Cat Records with a digital release set to follow on the 19th January 2024. More than just an onslaught of decibel-destroying fuzz, the four piece took inspiration from their vast record collections laying down an ambitious record that veers and lurches into Indie Rock, Krautrock, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Noise Rock and Shoegaze. Absorbing influences from the world around them as they navigate new sonic terrains, theirs is a melodic commotion with the thunder to lighten up even the greyest of skies.

“We wanted to create a really varied record that gives a nod to loads of our favourite bands from the 70’s onwards and isn’t necessarily beholden to traditional, vocal led song structures,” (singer Laurie).