CARSICK

"I'm obsessed with this." - Gemma Bradley (BBC R1)
"What a great band...a memorable slice of life in the raw." - Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music)
"Absolutely exploded my brain with their first tune…I love it." - James Threlfall (BBC Intro)
“A debut EP that’s already raring for some big-time exposure” - The Soundboard
"A rowdy affair...punk rock rap vocals delivered with venom" - Louder Than War
“So infectious it’ll be buried in your head immediately” - Rock Regeneration
"Unfiltered, undiluted and a catalyst for blurry-eyed bedlam" - Noizze
"Not to be missed...full of angst and wit." - GIGWISE

Salisbury punk rockers CARSICK are pleased to announce their return this year with raucous new single ‘Pub Watch’, set for release on 1st April 2025.

Fresh from supporting hot property Essex Brit-punk duo The Meffs on their recent runaway success live dates, CARSICK will embark on their own run of EU headline dates this April 2025, with tickets on sale now.

The band are also delighted to announce today select UK headline dates and a packed festival schedule for the summer, including appearances at Rebellion Festival, Boomtown, Sziget, Bearded Theory Fest and more (see below for listings).

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sam Winfield and Tom Millar at Studio 91, Newbury, ‘Pub Watch’ is yet another strong foot forward from the rapidly-rising quartet, and the first taste of a larger body of work coming later this year.

Their haywire live shows and no-holds-barred approach to the party lifestyle have garnered the band both notoriety and an increasingly ardent young fanbase, as evidenced by their notably packed out festival appearances last summer, with ‘Pub Watch’ serving as yet another nihilistic anthem for the late stage capitalism generation.

Commenting on the single, the band say: “Pub Watch is the soundtrack to the most chaotic piss-up of your life. From hammering too many pre-drinks to sneaking contraband into the bar to being kicked out for getting too rowdy, we've all had nights which have landed us in the town's bouncers' bad books. This is a track which has been a staple in our live set since the early days of the band and is a guaranteed pit-starter, so we're buzzing to finally have it out there for people to hear."

2024 was CARSICK’s biggest year so far, and saw them embarking on UK and EU headline shows, plus festival appearances at Reading & Leeds Festival, 2000 Trees, TRUCK, A Stone’s Throw, and more, with the band releasing their music-industry-baiting standalone single ‘Gig Tax’ to round out proceedings.

The band’s debut EP Drunk Hymns was released in 2023 in a standard digital edition and an extended 12” vinyl on Salisbury orange, featuring an exclusive Side B which contains all of the band’s previously digital-only release tracks.

Already marking themselves out as one of the keenest, hardest working new young bands on the indie circuit, it seems CARSICK aren’t about to put the brakes on their impressive work ethic or equally impressive dedication to the boozer any time soon, with further new music and live dates TBA for 2025.
 

CARSICK are:

Joe Richardson (Vocals)
Jack Richardson (Guitar)
Jack Hardiman (Bass)
Tom Armstrong (Drums)

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A band formed over pints in a small English pub in late 2021, CARSICK take influence from a range of different artists and genres—from indie rock to post-punk to hip-hop with electronic elements—but their tongue-in-cheek lyrical approach directly tackles the trials and tribulations of life as a young adult, and especially the drinking culture which dominates the band's demographic.

Their energetic and unpredictable live shows match that theme: this is music about living for the weekend; about the desperate chaos of small-town nightlife and about forgetting what happened last night. 

More than anything, CARSICK have rapidly made a name for themselves through their rowdy live performances. Since their debut show at Southampton's Joiners in November 2021, they have supported artists like Knuckle Puck, Salem, NOISY, Enola Gay, Narrow Head, and Beach Riot across the South of England. Their hometown gigs in Salisbury are the stuff of local legend, including a sold-out show at the 300-cap Chapel supported by borts and Binboy (ex-Gnarwolves).

In April 2022, the band caught the attention of the Marshall Live Agency, and were quickly signed to their growing roster of the country's most exciting young bands. In July 2022, they played two sets at Oxford's Truck Festival, opening both the Main Stage on the Thursday and the Market Stage on the Friday.

2023 saw Salisbury genre-hoppers CARSICK make a proper name for themselves; they embarked on a two-month-long UK/EU headline tour, recorded a live session at the BBC's Maida Vale, signed to Alcopop! Records, dropped their debut EP Drunk Hymns, and solidified their growing reputation as one of the UK's most energetic, unpredictable, and all-around wild live acts.

Their music—a blend of raw punk, 90s-inspired indie-rock, UK hip-hop, and irresistable electronic elements—is all about living for the weekend; about the desperate chaos of small-town nightlife and about forgetting what happened last night.

Support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, Tom Robinson at BBC Radio 6 Music, and John Kennedy on Radio X, has ensured that their "anthems for the pissed-up and pissed-off" are reaching an ever-expanding cult following. If the band are to be believed, this is the downfall of British music at terminal velocity. Get on board while you can.

Previous single ‘Anaconda Frank’ saw the band picking up speed at radio with support from BBC R1 Future Artists with Nels Hylton, made John Kennedy’s X-Posure Hot One on Radio X and added to the X-Posure Playlist, recording a live session at BBC Maida Vale with BBC Introducing, plus more support from Total Rock, Amazing Radio, Idobi Anthm and many more specialist stations and shows.

‘Gig Tax’ is the first new material from the band since previous 2023 standalone single ‘Put It Down’ which came off the back of a stunning run of live shows at 2000 Trees, Truck Festival, Boomtown, Barnstomper Festival, Attitude Festival, Left of The Dial and the band’s own Sep/Oct 2024 UK headline tour dates.

New single ‘Pub Watch’ is released 1st April 2025 via Alcopop! Records