New Jersey's PUBLIC SERPENTS (fronted by Skwert / Drummer of the seminal squat punk band Choking Victim) Release SBÄM Records Debut 'The Bully Puppet'
New Jersey's PUBLIC SERPENTS (fronted by Skwert / Drummer of the seminal squat punk band Choking Victim) Release SBÄM Records Debut 'The Bully Puppet'
"Crack-Rock Steady/Electro-Rudeboy, straight outta Jersey"
Playing Rebellion Festival August 2023
"Don’t call Public Serpents “ska punk,” because that tired term conjures up images of suburban pop punk bands with horns, and that’s not what this band is. Call them ska core, if you must label them. Their music has a basis in ska, for sure, and they’ve got the horns, but they’re much more informed by hardcore and crust than they are by pop punk."- Jersey Beat
"This is ska that has seen some shit."- If It's Too Loud
"If you like the snottiness of NOFX and throw it in a blender with Operation Ivy and Rancid you get an approximation of this very fun new single from Public Serpents. It's fun, it has it's roots in The Clash but brings that 90's punk rock energy and production value." - Blood Makes Noise
"...truly incredible..."- The Punk Site
"...enthralling ska punk rock banger."- Idioteq
New Jersey crust-ska punks Public Serpents have released their
new album "The Bully Puppet" via SBÄM Records.
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Since Public Serpents first entered the scene in 2008 with their debut album "The Feeding Of The Fortune 5000", they've appeared on splits with bands UpperDowner and recent Fat Wreck Chords signee Escape From The Zoo, receiving critical acclaim in the worldwide crack-rock-steady scene.
After dealing with a succession of professional and personal setbacks over the last decade, including incarceration, homelessness, and the end of his marriage, Skwert says of the 13 tracks that make up the new album: "My whole life is invested in this. Artistically, physically and mentally, I’d probably die without it… there literally would be no point in living at this point."
2022 saw Public Serpents touring with some incredible bands like The Suicide Machines, Escape From The Zoo, and Catbite in cities across America before shipping out to Europe for a month long tour over seas, playing venues ranging from the world-renowned Manchester Punk Festival to a Hungarian bomb shelter under the streets of Budapest.
Shows:
FRI. APR 28
The Meat Locker Montclair, NJ
SAT, MAY 20
Suburbia · Southampton, UK
SUN, MAY 21
Matinee Punk Show - Mix N' Kawa - MK Bar belval · Esch-sur-Alzette
Belval, Luxembourg
WED, MAY 24
MS Stubnitz · Hamburg
FRI, MAY 26
Wild At Heart · Berlin
SAT, JUL 29
Treibsand - Lübeck, Germany
SUN. Aug 6
Rebellion Fest
Blackpool, UK
SUN, AUG 13 AT 10 AM PDT
Voodoo Glow Skulls
New Cross Inn · London
Track Listing
01 When Pigs Lie
02 Armageddon Stomp
03 Not Forever
04 Burning My Eyes
05 Why Can't I Tell
06 Farewell
07 Snitches Stitches
08 Irrevence
09 We're All Screwed
10 Half Mast
11 Sorry
12 Bully Puppet
13 Spastic Plastic
