New Single From Abattoir Blues

Brighton five piece Abattoir Blues channel all their social injustice frustrations and emotive issues through a very distinctive wall of sound – part psych, part noise, part sludge rock, part punk. All good. The band have just shared their new track Fading. It is released tomorrow on 7” vinyl alongside lead track Sense (order here). Fading is a blistering slab of caustic post-punk, written following public and media … Continue reading New Single From Abattoir Blues

MM Shorts 604: Abattoir Blues

Brighton’s Abattoir Blues feature on Beech Coma Vol. 2,  a Leeds based label’s compilation of new acts that they describe as “negotiating a sun-bleached and apathetic world with a lazy-day quality and an old-fashioned frustration“. This track, Blinded, is firmly in the latter camp – a raw, seething explosion of bilious anger, beneath which a melody fights furiously to breathe. Cracking stuff. Download the full compilation for … Continue reading MM Shorts 604: Abattoir Blues

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014

Our first collection of free downloads from the new year taken from the best of our posts for January. Twenty tracks to tickle your fancy including, as always, a few new ones. Dig in. The Woodgrains – Nobody Too Lysergic folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. . The Rebel Set – Monster Vintage crash and snarl – a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014