Birmingham-based five-piece Flesh Creep describe themselves as “friendly people that make unfriendly music”; an accurate elevator pitch for a band that takes the ferocity of hardcore, underpinned by the emotion and experiences of working class upbringings within the Midlands. Integrating pop sonics, wry humour and a deliberate subversion of heavy music’s machismo finds Flesh Creep treating hardcore less as a home, and more as a foundation to build their own, constantly-evolving edifice. After making their name in Birmingham’s underground scene since their beginnings in the pandemic, the band today re-release their acclaimed debut LP We Need You To Bleed via acclaimed label Music For Nations (Tool/Hanabie/Hot Milk). We Need You To Bleed is a project that not only identifies society’s many ills from the perspectives of working class people in regional Britain, but also confronts that oppression and the oppressors themselves head on. Taking the throat-shredding war cries of a band like Gulch and the philosophical wit of Nation Of Ulysses and pairing it with references to body horror classics like The Fly and allusions to professional wrestling, We Need You To Bleed is a devastating but no less inventive opening statement underpinned by growing up at the sharper end of class inequality. Written at a time when many felt like they had nothing left to lose due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in the toughest conditions, We Need You To Bleed is a true manifestation of that mindset. Five humans with first hand perspective on the desperation facing those around them, Flesh Creep’s debut album is a stark reminder of the power of using your voice to fight back. The band’s coming together with Music For Nations will help to amplify that message even further, with more new music and an ambitious evolution of their mission statement planned in the very near future. Flesh Creep are a band for desperate times, amplifying unheard voices for a more balanced world. We Need You To Bleed is just the start. Flesh Creep
We Need You To Bleed
(Music For Nations)
Out Now 1. GOLD
2. HEADS WILL ROLL
3. LIKE DOGS
4. LEECH
5. BLEED
6. FALSE FLAG
7. INSECT POLITICS (feat shortstraw. & Evie Thresher)
8. TURF WAR
9. KING OF THE HILL
10. VIDEO NASTY
11. WET WORK To celebrate the release of We Need You To Bleed, Flesh Creep will perform at a special one-off London headline show at Blondie’s Brewery on 29th March 2026. Curated by the band themselves, the show comes complete with a line up of rising emo crew Sunday Best, Birmingham queercore band Misgendered and emerging London punks Bullet. Tickets are on sale now HERE and priced at £10 + BF. 
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