Sarah’s abandoning Ipswich and The Smokehouse in favour of wetter, colder Northern environs AND it’s her goddamn birthday. What better way to say goodbye than with an evening of fast skate-punk madness?
You better bring a spare face, because these guys are gonna melt yours.
DARKO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ptU8OJvCM Darko are one of the finest live acts that the UK/European punk scene has to offer, and we’re proud to have them back in Ipswich. They take elements of modern hardcore and mash it up with the melodic skate-punk sound to create something truly unique. Their explosive live shows always deliver shout-along choruses, flawless technical mastery and hi-octane chaos; you’d be a fool to miss it.
ACTIONMEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLTFJrTw-c Italian legends Actionmen have been making crazy hard rocking noises since 2000, touring extensively around Europe. Their genre can be best described as melodic hardcore with lashings of funk, thrash-metal, garage rock and more thrown into the mix; "post-melodic hardcore", if you will. It’s a melting-pot of mentalness and a force to be reckoned with.
PMX https://pmxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dark-days PMX really are the crème de la crème of skate-punk. These Scottish legends have been going since 2006 and have played thousands of shows across Europe and North America, although nowadays it’s a rare treat to see them this far South. Their recent EP Dark Days is a flippin’ masterpiece in intricate, guitar-led melodic punk; every song is clean, technical and a loaded with mass-appeal. A pal of mine also once said he wanted PMX to be the last thing he heard before he died; they’re THAT good.
PESSIMIST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nYvQWdEA70 Local sad boys, Pessimist, play awesome emotional pop-punk with plenty of fast, melodic sections and singalongs. They’re perfectly capable of headlining The Smokehouse in their own right, and they’ll make your angsty 15-year-old self ridiculously happy.
£5 on the door 19:00 start 14+ age limit (Please bring ID if you’re after booze)
