Club Brat are a high intensity clash of Punk and Noise Pop that defy traditional labels with their blend of jagged guitars, bass-heavy dissonance and volatile rhythmic urgency. Originally from Peterborough, UK and now split between Bristol and London, the five-piece formed in 2023 and quickly earned a reputation for unpredictable live shows and a relentless DIY ethos, while still working with some of underground music’s most respected engineers. Their upcoming EP, 4 Songs, that was recorded at HUMM Studios with Dom Mitchison and Archie Jones and was mastered by Bob Weston (Shellac), is a clear nod to the Steve Albini school of stark, unvarnished production. But the EP isn’t political in content, it’s political in form: concise, deliberate and unapologetically direct. Yet Club Brat resists comfortable interpretation. Their songs provoke, not preach, inviting listeners to draw their own conclusions and turning each encounter into something personal and open-ended.

The lead single from 4 Songs, Goodbye Pop Culture, is out now with a video by Chris Hugall (Split Dogs), and it’s a jarring, yet infectiously pulsing and rhythmic clamour that plugs directly into the electronics of dance as much as it does the discordant guitars. Drawing on everything from Fugazi, Idles and Pixies to Drum ’n’ Bass and early 2000s Alternative, Club Brat refuses to be boxed in by genre. What defines them isn’t style, it’s urgency: raw, confrontational, and constantly evolving. 4 Songs will be released on the 12th September via Venn Records and Club Brat will be tour in the UK following the release of the EP.

“Goodbye Pop Culture lives in the tension between form and collapse, tradition and mutation, the past and what’s next. It’s concise, deliberate, and unapologetically direct. Club Brat doesn’t preach. We resist easy interpretation. This song won’t tell you what to think – it invites you to feel, to sit with the discomfort, and come to your own understanding.” (guitarist Joe Smith)

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