Bruise Control have carved a niche in DIY punk for themselves, thanks to their catalogue of self-produced releases and a notoriety for chaotic live shows. Niall Griffin (guitar), Ru Gilfillan (bass) and Tommy Victor Morris (drums) focus on creating hook-filled, razor-sharp indie-punk, grounded by lead singer Jim Taylor’s down-to-earth lyricism and ferocious delivery. Today, the Manchester quartet release their brand-new single, ‘Spinners Mill’, taken from their forthcoming self-titled EP set for release on the 20th of February.
Talking of their new single Vocalist Jim Taylor shares:
“‘Spinners Mill’ is another sense of apathy (bit of a theme of how I’ve felt as of late) and anger at day to day life. It’s near impossible to go about a daily task without getting wound up or annoyed at something cause absolutely everything has turned into one giant squeeze – from balancing finding time to see friends and family, trying to keep happy in a job which helps pay increasing bills and rents, trying to help out people who are in need of it, or feeling guilty that its hard to help others out because I’m struggling so much to keep afloat myself.”
Bruise Control will celebrate the release of their EP with a headline UK tour this March. Dates start in York on the 5th before stopping off in Sheffield, Margate, Tunbridge Wells, Reading, London, Kingston, Newport, Exeter, Hull and Edinburgh before concluding in Birkenhead on the 21st. The band will also be joining The Dirty Nil across the UK this June and July.
Bruise Control Live Dates
March
5 – YORK Fulford Arms
6 – SHEFFIELD Hallamshire Hotel
7 – MARGATE Where Else?
8 – TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum Basement
9 – READING Facebar
11 – LONDON Victoria Arms
12 – KINGSTON Fighting Cocks
14 – NEWPORT Le Pub
15 – EXETER Cavern
19 – HULL Polar Bear
20 – EDINBURGH Legends
21 – BIRKENHEAD Navigations Festival
June (with THE DIRTY NIL)
27 – BIRMINGHAM Castle & Falcon
29 – BRISTOL Exchange
30 – NOTTINGHAM Bodega
July (with THE DIRTY NIL)
1 – LONDON 100 Club
3 – BRIGHTON Green Door Store
4 – MANCHESTER Rebellion
5 – GLASGOW King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
7 – LEEDS Key Club
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