PLAY DEAD (uk) - THE RATS

PLAY DEAD The ‘less is more’ garage punk motif of the three-piece bursts at the seams in ‘Thameslink’ - channeling the immediacy, wit and raucousness of Amyl and the Sniffers, The Chats and early Arctic Monkeys in a pacy 3 minute stretch. Explaining the frustration with everyday life that embodies ‘Thameslink', singer Joe Blair reflects on the song’s composition as "essentially nailed on after I paid about £7 for a pint at my local pub. So I guess it’s a bit of a diss-track on London - being fed up with the trains, the price of beer and the day-to-day habits of the miserable commuter…” https://weareplaydead.bandcamp.com/ THE RATS https://theratsband.bandcamp.com/