PUPPY

grove sTreeT faMilies LE PUB, NEWPORT

“This one’s for the moshers!” barks guitarist Lewis Lennaneemm as GROVE STREET FAMILIES

[8] initiate a call to carnage. The crowd quickly gives in to the uncompromising thrash-inspired hardcore. Then… DUH-DUN, DUN-DAH-DUN! It can only be the Terminator 2 theme that ushers in PUPPY [8], who make their way through the restless crowd to the stage, tongues firmly in cheek. Marking their first headline tour before that hotly anticipated debut album, The Goat, gets dropped next January, our patience is pre-emptively but duly rewarded. rolling out some fresh new grooves, Just Like You has all the charm and power of a Judas Priest/Weezer team-up, concentrated into a shed-sized space. Black Hole tips the balance, sending the room into a frenzy results in one seriously messed up mic stand. They peak with the neo-power-ballad Arabella, whose lyrics become a communal chant. There’s nothing that can stop them now. 2019, just hurry the fuck up already!

HYWEL DAVIES