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From Monday 29 July 2024

LIVE: 2000 Trees 2024 – Saturday

It’s July, this year’s festival season is fully underway now, and we find ourselves back in scenic Cheltenham for the ever-wonderful 2000 Trees Festival. One of the alt world’s most beloved summer festivals, this year’s bill is crammed full of up and coming talent arena-filling giants, all gathering at

2000 Trees – Saturday

Wednesday 08 November 2023

Lonely The Brave – ‘What We Do To Feel’

Lonely The Brave are determined to celebrate the small things on their new album, ‘What We Do To Feel’. After all, they deserve to enjoy themselves following a turbulent few years including a change in frontmen, recent fatherhood and day jobs pushing themselves to their forefront of their minds.

Wednesday 03 August 2022

LIVE: 2000Trees 2022 – Thursday

After three long, long years away, we’re finally back at our favourite festival. An homage to British and international artists alike, fans and band members are all in agreement that 2000Trees is the best festival in the UK and we couldn’t be happier to see its return. Despite the

Wednesday 07 July 2021

LIVE: Download Festival Pilot 2021 – Sunday

It’s been a long, long time since Punktastic have been able to cover live music as we’ve always known it, and to be able to dive back in at the one and only Download Festival is more than we could ever have hoped for. The crowd was smaller, as

Wednesday 10 March 2021

Self Care Club Presents: Collab Playlist – March ’21

What’s that peeking out from the clouds? Is that sunshine? Are we in spring? How are we already in March? Are we playing twenty questions? There’s a mild sense of optimism in the air. We’ve been given a vague timeline of when things should be better, and while some festivals

Wednesday 27 January 2021

INTERVIEW: Lonely the Brave

Just minutes into our call with Jack Bennett and Mark Trotter of Lonely the Brave, the topic of conversation has changed at least four times – and as we delve into the last two years of the band’s history, it’s looking like it’s going to take some unexpected twists

Friday 22 January 2021

Lonely The Brave – ‘The Hope List’

There can be few things more satisfying in the life of a music fan than seeing a band rise from the ashes of their previous life. For Cambridge’s Lonely The Brave, it seemed difficult to imagine anyone stepping into the place of former vocalist Dave Jakes after he left

Thursday 14 January 2021

Lonely the Brave release ‘Keeper’ documentary

Ahead of the release of brand new album, ‘The Hope List’ and in line with the release of latest single, ‘Keeper’, Lonely the Brave have released a mini documentary under the same name. The beautifully shot and incredibly touching video sees the band chatting about how this album came together,

Thursday 18 June 2020

Lonely the Brave release follow up single ‘Distant Light’

After the roaring success of Lonely the Brave’s comeback single, ‘Bound’, you’d be forgiven for wondering whether the follow up could possibly stand up to it. It was the first track featuring new vocalist Jack Bennett and it. Was. Phenomenal. Now we can finally relax and put aside any fears,