Suspects release debut EP ‘Recovery’ on Cool Thing Records

An exploration of personal fragility documented through visceral guitar riffs and powerful percussion, Southend-based punk duo Suspects‘ debut EP Recovery is an aural uppercut that demands your listening attention. Released via Cool Thing Records today (May 31st), Thomas Prescott (guitar/vocals) and James May (drums) have created four songs designed to tear down feelings of anxiety and frustration.

Produced by Thomas Mitchener (Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Gallows, The Futureheads, Asylums), Recovery begins with its title track. The calm, emotionally charged opening verse soon bleeds in to Suspects’ trademark furious punk sound. The track laments a dark time in frontman Thomas Prescott’s life, which he explains further: “’Recovery’ was written…when my drinking took over everything and was severely affecting my relationships with my friends and family, it was time for a change. Seeking help from AA, I was able to go sober for the first time in my adult life. It was during this clarity that I was able write ‘Recovery’”

The intensity of this clarity is embedded in following track ‘Anaphylactic Shock’, which like its namesake, is a thrashing, manic assault on the senses. It’s a two minute blur of aggressive punk vocals propelled by relentless beats. The blistering desperation in Prescott’s vocals shines through on the EP’s last two tracks, ‘Innocence’ and ‘Armageddon and Me’. Both are riff-heavy, anthemic offerings reminiscent of early Queens Of The Stone Age.

Championed by Kerrang!, Louder Than War, John Kennedy (Radio X) and BBC Introducing, Suspects’ debut EP Recovery is what happens when someone is brave enough to face their pain, and put in the hard graft in order to turn it in to music that transcends it.

Listen to Suspects debut EP Recovery on Spotify now.

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Kate Crudgington
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Kate Crudgington

Kate Crudgington

Assistant Editor for Gigslutz (2015-2017) Now Co-Founder, Co-Host & Features Editor for @getinherears