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The Über Rock Singles Club – Febrile February (Part One)

There may be storms raging outside the window, but it’s nice and cosy inside ÜRHQ, where the bar is open again for our Singles Club feature: so, it’s time for you to come on in from the cold and warm yourself up with our pick of the best new singles doing the rounds at the moment. It’s DJ Astrocreep back behind the wheels of steel, with one of the hardest jobs around, cutting down almost 250 tracks to the shortlist below. Place your orders… it’s time to spin the music!

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Loathe/God Complex/Phoxjaw – Liverpool, O2 Academy – 7 February 2020

A local show for not just local people, Liverpool up and comers Loathe were moved to the O2 Academy from their original venue due to demand – a good show of intent for the band! With listed support from three bands, it should be a long evening of good music. On arriving at the venue, our resident gigaholic discovered there was an issue with the fire doors, leaving a couple of hundred people stood waiting. An hour late, everyone wea finally get in, with the first support for the evening coming on very shortly after, though one of the bands don’t make an appearance, no doubt due to the delay.

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Voidlurker – ‘Industrial Nightmare’ (APF Records)

If you’re feeling particularly bunged up right now and don’t fancy guzzling prune juice to resolve it, ‘Industrial Nightmare’ may well be the solution to your problems. This four track EP from Birmingham-based trio Voidlurker is doom of the most bowel-shaking variety. The grooves are slow, it’s monstrously heavy and the bass has been down-tuned so far that the strings are hanging slack. Play it through headphones and your entire body vibrates, so if you ate a ten-ounce ribeye steak four days ago and still haven’t seen it emerge, this’ll be just the thing.

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