A two minute cacophony of corrosive riffs, breakneck beats and direct vocals, Essex-based punks Suspects have shared their latest single ‘Ring Fingers Blues’. Released via Southend-based independent label Cool Thing Records, the track is an abrasive, anti-love anthem that acknowledges the…
Four minutes of unfiltered, cathartic despondency, Essex-based punks Suspects have shared their latest single ‘Wasted Precious Time’. Released via Southend-based independent label Cool Thing Records, the track is a self-explanatory anthem acknowledging the frustrations that come with a dispiriting lack…
Released to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK (10th-16th May), Essex-based punks Suspects have shared their latest single ‘The Mental Health Act’. The title track from the band’s upcoming EP, which is set to be released…
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…
Southend indie punks Asylums will be headlining The Sebright Arms on Friday 23rd March, with support from Cool Thing Records label mates Suspects & Brighton duo SONS. It’s set to be an adrenaline-fueled frenzy of punk and alternative sound, and the ideal warm-up…
Southend punk duo Suspects recently shared their second single ‘Anaphylactic Shock’ with the world, accompanied by a knockout music video that’s an assault on the retinas. Now, the band have given Gigslutz exclusive access to a ‘Making Of’ video, which…
Southend punk duo Suspects have shared a video to accompany their second single ‘Anaphylactic Shock’; and it’s a thrashing, manic, visceral assault on the eyes and ears. Shot and directed by Kana Waiwaiku, the video shows Thomas Prescott (vocals & guitar)…
Almighty Essex rockers Asylums returned to Chinnerys on Saturday night to perform their first show at a local venue in over a year; and the band were received by their loyal following with waves of energy and enthusiasm. The Cool Thing Records…
After a busy year of promoting the artists on their DIY label Cool Thing Records (Beckie Margaret, Suspects, BAIT), Southend’s Asylums are stepping back in to the spotlight this winter with news of a second album, and their first local live…
Thomas Prescott and James May met in 2010 in Southend-on-Sea, and they’ve been causing trouble ever since. Now, as members of the Cool Thing Records family and signed to the independent label, the pair are channelling their raucous behaviour into more…