Chubby and the Gang ‘Lightning Don’t Strike Twice’ / ‘Life’s Lemons’ 7"

Made up of musicians from across the consistently thriving and criminally overlooked UK hardcore scene (featuring The Chisel, Big Cheese and more), West London five-piece Chubby and the Gang marinate its characteristic speed and sick-of-it-all energy in a mixture of 50s pop sounds. The result is a prickly take on the older, more melodic genres that punk derives from, chewing them up and spitting them out into something mangled but revitalised.
Through sheer force of strength, their 2020 debut album ‘Speed Kills’ pummelled its way out of the local hardcore scene and across the Atlantic, where it was met with a landslide of critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone.
Available to independent retailers, this double A-side 7” contains ‘Lightning Don’t Strike Twice’ and ‘Life’s Lemons’ and is released via Partisan Records (IDLES, Fontaines D.C., Fela Kuti). Both tracks will appear on the band’s highly anticipated second LP due out later this year.
“A record that in some ways has its core spirit somewhere in the early 80’s but very much in the now” - Steve Lamacq
“Punk’s most vital new band” - The Guardian
“The scene’s clear front-runners” - NME
 
Catalogue number: PTKF2198-7

Condition: New

Label: Partisan