Credit: Sansom Borthwick
Words: Sam Geary
"The NHS is going down / But Richard Branson's richer now..." So opens Leeds DIY post-punks Chest Pains' forthright new single ‘Love Thy Neighbour'.
The title track from their upcoming EP - released on November 23 - is, says the band's Sammy Robinson, "an open and honest account of the issues we feel that our generation faces. Every week there’s a new piece of bullshit in the news about the reason ‘millenials’ can’t afford housing, can’t afford education and so on. Why is the focus not on the privatization of the NHS, the constantly rising cost of higher education or the fact that the current ‘living wage’ is barely enough to rent in a house share?”
Listen below - and jump further for their dates with fellow Leeds band Treeboy & Arc.
Live dates w/ Treeboy & Arc
NOVEMBER
05 Broadcast, Glasgow
07 The Eagle Inn, Manchester
08 Lancaster, The Yorkshire House
09 Café Kirno, Bristol
11 Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton
12 The Hairy Dog, Derby
24 Elsewhere, Margate
25 Shacklewell Arms, London
27 Picture House Social, Sheffield
28 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
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