THE BRISTLES new album Bigger than Punk – out November 2 2012. The album title’s follows the Dead Prez’, but concerning punk; the music is only a soundtrack to the revolutionary struggle.
The album contains 11 tracks like “A Womans Work is Never Done” that deals with male chauvinism, “Holidays in Thailand” about western sex- and drugs tourism, and “the American Dream”, one of the biggest lies ever. The album also contains a dub song, Spirit Way, about drug abuse. An abuse the members of the band have put behind them.
The release is a cooperation between Switchlight Records, Turist i Tillvaron, Noise of Sweden and Heptown Records, and will be out both on CD and LP.
The album is produced by Tommy Tift (Sista Sekunden & Vånna Inget).
Tour Dates:
Nov 24 2012, Smash The Discos #2 @ Tangopalatset, Malmö, Swe – Projekt Ekan, The Bristles & Vindicate This
Dec 1 2012, Punk till förmån för Stockholms hemlösa @ Fryshuset, Stockholm, Swe – Bitch Boys, Attentat, The Bristles, Alonzo & Fas 3, Troublemakers
THE BRISTLES discography:
Don’t Give Up – 7”EP – (1983)
Ban The Punks Shops – tape – (1983)
Boys Will Be Boys – 7” EP – (1984)
No Future In The Past (the best and the rest) – 2CD+DVD – (2008)
No Future In The Past Part 1 (the best and the rest) – LP – (2008)
Union Bashing State – CD EP – (2009)
Reflections Of The Bourgeois Society – CD/LP – (2010)
Bristles spelar Ebba – Beväpna Er!/We’re Only In IT For The Drugs No.2 – Vinyl 7” (2011)
Bigger Than Punk – CD/LP – (2012)