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New Jersey’s PUBLIC SERPENTS (fronted by Skwert / Drummer of the seminal squat punk band Choking Victim) Release SBÄM Records Debut ‘The Bully Puppet’“Crack-Rock Steady/Electro-Rudeboy, straight outta Jersey”Playing Rebellion Festival August 2023 |
“Don’t call Public Serpents “ska punk,” because that tired term conjures up images of suburban pop punk bands with horns, and that’s not what this band is. Call them ska core, if you must label them. Their music has a basis in ska, for sure, and they’ve got the horns, but they’re much more informed by hardcore and crust than they are by pop punk.”- Jersey Beat “This is ska that has seen some shit.”- If It’s Too Loud “If you like the snottiness of NOFX and throw it in a blender with Operation Ivy and Rancid you get an approximation of this very fun new single from Public Serpents. It’s fun, it has it’s roots in The Clash but brings that 90’s punk rock energy and production value.” – Blood Makes Noise “…truly incredible…”- The Punk Site “…enthralling ska punk rock banger.”- Idioteq “A perfectly imperfect stroke of genius.”- The Whole Kameese |
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New Jersey crust-ska punks Public Serpents have released their Stream the album here: Buy the album here: Since Public Serpents first entered the scene in 2008 with their debut album “The Feeding Of The Fortune 5000”, they’ve appeared on splits with bands UpperDowner and recent Fat Wreck Chords signee Escape From The Zoo, receiving critical acclaim in the worldwide crack-rock-steady scene. After dealing with a succession of professional and personal setbacks over the last decade, including incarceration, homelessness, and the end of his marriage, Skwert says of the 13 tracks that make up the new album: “My whole life is invested in this. Artistically, physically and mentally, I’d probably die without it… there literally would be no point in living at this point.” 2022 saw Public Serpents touring with some incredible bands like The Suicide Machines, Escape From The Zoo, and Catbite in cities across America before shipping out to Europe for a month long tour over seas, playing venues ranging from the world-renowned Manchester Punk Festival to a Hungarian bomb shelter under the streets of Budapest. Shows: FRI. APR 28 The Meat Locker Montclair, NJ SAT, MAY 20 Suburbia · Southampton, UK SUN, MAY 21 Matinee Punk Show – Mix N’ Kawa – MK Bar belval · Esch-sur-Alzette Belval, Luxembourg WED, MAY 24 MS Stubnitz · Hamburg FRI, MAY 26 Wild At Heart · Berlin SAT, JUL 29 Treibsand – Lübeck, Germany SUN. Aug 6 Rebellion Fest Blackpool, UK SUN, AUG 13 AT 10 AM PDT Voodoo Glow Skulls New Cross Inn · London |
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Track Listing 01 When Pigs Lie 02 Armageddon Stomp 03 Not Forever 04 Burning My Eyes 05 Why Can’t I Tell 06 Farewell 07 Snitches Stitches 08 Irrevence 09 We’re All Screwed 10 Half Mast 11 Sorry 12 Bully Puppet 13 Spastic Plastic |
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