The new tracks sound fantastic with a highlight being the band's final song, Father's Day. How he manages to continue singing while going so crazy is beyond me. If you've seen Throwing Stuff before you know you're in for a set full of fast hardcore punk music whilst lead singer Ben throws himself around the stage and the pit screaming his songs. Fresh off the back of their excellent TNS release Fine, Fit & Well, Throwing Stuff were guaranteed to be one of many high points of the weekend. Featuring one of MPF's organisers Kieran Kelly on guitar, this was the third year running that Throwing Stuff have played the festival.
We hung around after Petrol Girls to make sure we got a decent spot for Throwing Stuff. They left the stage and I left deeming Petrol Girls my favourite of all heavier punk bands. In fact, I loved the band’s set so much that it was over all too soon. I’ll make it no secret that I don’t generally enjoy punk bands that are more on the hardcore or generally ‘shoutier’ side of things all that much, BUT I love a Petrol Girls live performance – maybe it’s something to do with the sense of female empowerment that frontwoman Ren gives me. With their strong feminist, humanitarian and anti-fascist views, they are a band that needs to be heard – and a band that is best heard live too. Petrol Girls have got to be one of the most talked about bands not only in the punk scene but in the wider alternative music world. We managed to edge halfway into the room but there were plenty of packed in punks ahead of us all eagerly awaiting the band so we settled to one side. Like for Nervus downstairs, the top floor space was also getting pretty darn busy. Leaving the downstairs stage behind, we went back upstairs (lots of flights were logged on our Fitbits this weekend) and were just in time for Petrol Girls. I’m keen to see Nervus again as soon as possible and until then I’ll be listening to their debut album, Permanent Rainbow. There were certainly a lot of other keen punk fans there to watch the band, as we ended up standing at the back of the room – and Sound Control isn’t small. It was great to be able to catch them at MPF, even if we only really saw the last few songs of their set. They play with such a charm and it's clear they love doing what they do.Īfter watching Bear Trade upstairs in Sound Control, we quickly headed downstairs to catch whatever we could of Nervus before Petrol Girls were due to kick off upstairs – it was non-stop punk rock from the outset! Nervus are a melodic indie punk four-piece from Watford who I’d heard a lot of good things about but not had the chance to see live. Bear Trade are one of those bands you can't help but want to sing along with. The Northern gruff punks' set was comprised mostly of songs from the new album and they all sounded ace. Bear Trade had also just released their awesome new album named Silent Unspeakable, on Everything Sucks Music, the same day so in a way MPF was also their album release show. If memory serves me correctly they were also the first band to play on the Saturday at the first MPF. If you're ever in Manchester and you are in need of food then we thoroughly recommend it - whether you are vegan or not! On with the punk rock!īear Trade were tasked with the job of opening up the festival's main home base for the entire weekend, Sound Control. With some time in the day to kill we hit up three of Manchester's record shops and got some food at the awesome V-Rev Vegan Diner, a place that does amazing vegan junk food. After a fantastic opening night of MPF, Emma and I were out and about quite early for the second day of Manchester Punk Festival.
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