Punk isn’t dead! It’s just up for sale.
Although it would seem that punk has sold out to the punks.
Colchester-based indie punkers Pet Needs have released their new Album ‘Intermittent Fast Living’. The album debuted on the 16th of February 2024 and in that time, it has already seen more online streams than their debut album ‘Fractured Party Music’ did in a year. The album is their third full-length one to date and is far and away their most successful.
The album is currently sitting at number seven in the mid-week UK charts, largely due to having a comitted, fervent, fabulous fan base. The Facebook group, ‘Fractured Party People’, has been a driving force behind this meteoritic rise, and the band themselves have a very close and direct link to the fans. Fractured Party People is more than just a standard group; it is a collective, and the band are very active in providing updates, videos, and replies to anyone and everyone within the group.
Absolutely speechless. What is happening?
Thanks to you, we are number seven in the midweek charts.
Thank you ❤️ pic.twitter.com/xRGn605YTj
— PET NEEDS (@wearepetneeds) February 19, 2024
However, take nothing away from their earlier efforts, Fractured Party Music and Primetime Entertainment. And if you haven’t heard the band before, then check them out here:
Pet Needs was founded from humble beginnings just a few years ago, and they signed with Xtra Mile Recordings in January 2019. They share a label with other notable acts such as Against Me!, Beans on Toast, and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. and, of course, Frank Turner himself having won him over with their explosive, passionate live performances.
The band comprises brothers Johnny (vocals) and George (guitar) Marriott and later joined by Jack (drums) and Ryan (bass) and since their humble beginnings, they have travelled the world and shared stages with the likes of Frank Turner, The Hives, The Lottery Winners, Skinny Lister, The Bouncing Souls, and Flogging Molly.
The band are currently on tour and can be caught here:
APR16TUE Stockton-on-Tees, Georgian Theatre
APR17WED Leeds, Boom
APR18THU Manchester, Night & Day Cafe
APR19FRI Bristol, Exchange
APR20SAT Brighton, The Hope & Ruin
APR23TUE Cambridge, The Portland Arms
APR24WED Oxford, The Bullingdon
APR25THU London, The Underworld
APR26FRI Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
APR27SATSouthampton, The Joiners
JUL07SUN Derby, The Hairy Dog
Known for their energetic, passionate, and powerful live performances, they are not a band to be missed, and it is well worth catching them at a smaller venue while you still have the chance.
The original drive for the new album was dubbed the ‘Bottom of the Pops’ campaign, but right now, they are very much not Bottom of the Pops at all.
