Gimp Fist are one of those bands that aren't trying to reinvent the wheel. They know what they're good at, knocking out excellent punk songs and

so that's exactly what they do. It's a way of life, it's in their blood. The Darlington trio (Jonny Robson , Chris Wright, Michael Robson) have been releasing catchy street punk singalongs since 2005 and with an impressive 16 songs on their new album it's a knack they aren't losing the hang of. The album's titled Blood and it's available on cd and coloured vinyl from Sunny Bastards https://shop.sunnybastards.de/

The lyrical themes are familiar staples of the genre; "just a bunch of kids with nothing to lose", "not enough hours in the working week", "dirty tricks won't tear us apart," "I've taken all that I can take" etc and in lesser hands they could sound tired but that's definitely not the case here. This is the sound of a band that are going to whip a packed Empress Ballroom crowd up into a frenzy at next week's Rebellion Festival. You can get more info on them here : https://www.facebook.com/gimpfist/

The song I've chosen to highlight is the one they've made a video for. this is Easy Target...