Tag: garage punk

Anonymous Seattle Supergroup PUNKTUALS Delivers the Darkly Humorous Garage Punk Single “Death Of The Party”

PUNKTUALS< photo courtesy the artists

PUNKTUALS is an anonymous punk band from Seattle comprised of veterans of the Emerald City’s rock scene but adopting stage names for this project. Its second album Hourly Rage is out October 9, 2026 via Friendo Records but lead single “Death Of The Party” you can see for yourself right now. It’s definitely more in the vein of melodic garage punk the type that the Pacific Northwest is perhaps best known for meaning solid hooks, an anthemic energy that makes it easy to get caught up in its momentum. The song appears to be a send up of party culture and in moments its sentiments are reminiscent of songs like “Six Pack” and “Drinking and Driving” by Black Flag. In that it is honest about the down side of partying all the time and being constantly drunk and behaving shabbily toward people and generally making an obnoxious fool of oneself as “the life of the party.” Yet it’s not a preachy downer and the anonymity of the band in the music video adds a touch of mystery to music that is usually very lacking in mystique. The title of the song brings to mind the Missing Foundation logo and of course the title of the 1982 debut album by Talk Talk rendered in a more darkly humorous wording. Watch the video for “Death Of The Party” on YouTube and follow PUNKTUALS at the links below.

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The Poor Luckies Deliver Tales of Getting Through Life’s Dull and Rough Patches on Ferocious Garage Punk Single “Time’s Not Your Friend”

The Poor Luckies, photo by Laura Acton

The Poor Luckies have been at it since 2008 when they formed in San Francisco. After a 2012 debut EP the band was on a bit of a hiatus, though not a breakup, while frrontman Danny Cuts focused on raising his son and finally in 2025 the band recorded its debut album Wrong Way which dropped on March 20, 2026. Lead single “Time’s Not Your Friend” is just one of the ten stories on the record and one that seems to tell an overarching theme for the band’s existence and music about striving through adversity and meeting it with some attitude and maybe sometimes just through sheer inertia. The line “Just keep on living, just keep on burning the candle” might sound quaint but sometimes that’s all you can do to get through to the times in life that don’t feel completely devoid of inspiration and like too much static is coming down on you. Musically it’s reminiscent of the kind of garage punk of the 90s like maybe The Fluid, New Bomb Turks and Murder City Devils—emotionally often rough around the edges but honest and imbued with a rebellious spirit and willingness to break with narrow conventions. The record itself has plenty of ACAB rhetoric that comes out of being on the delivery end of abuse for looking and being different and, well, not presenting like some middle class or rich person. It may sound like borderline unhinged garage rock from another era but doesn’t come off like it’s worshiping at the altar of another band and that makes a big difference. Listen to “Time’s Not Your Friend” on Spotify.