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UK 2022 TOUR
NOVEMBER 2022 Issue 82
RIOT 4. SLEEPING WITH SIRENS 8. PRESS CLUB 10. MARTHA 12. WILD PINK ABOUT TO BREAK 16. DEADLETTER FEATURES 18. WITCH FEVER 26. BOSTON MANOR 30. PINKSHIFT 34. BRUTUS 38. DE’WAYNE 46. BIG JOANIE
Upset Editor Stephen Ackroyd Deputy Editor Victoria Sinden Associate Editor Ali Shutler
Scribblers Alexander Bradley, Dan Harrison, Kelsey McClure, Linsey Teggert, Rob Mair, Sam Taylor, Steven Loftin Snappers Frances Beach, Kemizz, Leigh Ann Rodgers, Mitchell Wojcik, Nic Bezzina, Nick Manuell, Shai Paul, Spela Cedilnik, Victoria Wai PUBLISHED FROM WELCOMETOTHEBUNKER.COM PO BOX 420, HASTINGS, TN34 9LZ
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HELLO.
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times. Nothing beats a new band, fresh out of the traps, with genuine promise. While that might be unkind to those who have slogged their way through to album five - and they can still be thrilling, brilliant, shocking and the rest. But that first big statement. An announcement to the world. That’s something else. This month, we’re delighted to welcome Witch Fever to the cover of Upset as they
drop an album that’s sure to transcend boundries and announce itself way, way beyond the walled gardens of heavy music. They’re a band on the rise. We’re lucky to have them.
S tephen
Editor / @stephenackroyd
Riot.
THIS MONTH >>>
Aussie foursome PRESS CLUB offer up some behind-the-scenes titbits from the making of their new album. p.8
EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN ROCK
COMPLETE
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS are forging ahead with a new evolution. Words: Steven Loftin.
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MARTHA are back to turn despair into joyous defiance. p.10
WILD PINK have produced what might just be their most ambitious album yet. p.12
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LLAPSE. Upset 5
WILD
WILD PINK have produced what might just be their most ambitious album yet. Words: Rob Mair. Photos: Mitchell Wojcik.
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WORLD. Upset 13
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Dream One of the UK’s most exciting new bands WITCH FEVER are riding a wave of buzz directly towards their debut album, ‘Congregation’. Words: Ali Shutler. Photos: Nic Bezzina.
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Consistently picking apart the essence of their own musical DNA, Boston Manor refuse to play by anyone’s rules but their own. Words: Steven Loftin.
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TALE O UNE
ES OF THE EXPECTED. Upset 27
FOREV FRIE 30 Upset
PINKSHIFT‘s debut has arrived - but don’t call it pop-punk. Words: Alexander Bradley. Photo: Leigh Ann Rodgers.
VER ENDS. Upset 31
STILL Belgian trio BRUTUS are pushing themselves to the very limit. Words: Steven Loftin. Photo: Kemizz.
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LIFE. Upset 35
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SING SING THE THE BLUES BLUES With a new album to round out the year, DE’WAYNE’s fighting fit and looking to the future. Words: Steven Loftin. Photo: Shai Paul.
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