Sword II
the hope & ruin
tue 8 sep · 8.00pm
£13.50
SPY + Dry Socket + more TBA
sat
12
sep
Burning Water PresentsSPY SPY is a five-piece hardcore punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area, formed in 2020, known for raw, distorted, and fast-paced music. Merging 80s USHC with modern, abrasive DIY punk, they released notable EPs Service Weapon (2020) and Habitual Offender (2021) before their debut LP Satisfaction (2023) on Triple B Records. + Dry Socket + Aku+ Mashaal+ Wiseguy+ Stranglehold+ Backhand
about the bands
SPY
hardcore punkhardcorebay area, california
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A bay area hardcore punk band signed to closed casket activities, who followed their debut album with the 2025 ep seen enough. The songs are short and fast, six of them inside ten minutes on that record, built to be played loud in small rooms. The brighton date closes out a uk and ireland run in september 2026.
Dry Socket
hardcore punkhardcored-beatpunkportland, oregon
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A portland hardcore band who have built a real reputation on relentless touring and a run of splits, eps and a debut lp, 'sorry for your loss'. The sound is a frantic, blown out attack, d-beat propulsion cut with breakdowns and a genuinely desperate vocal. The album 'self defense techniques' landed in march 2026.
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Osaka Sun
band · surf rock · dream pop · shoegaze · brighton, uk
A brighton band who put bright surf guitar against hazy dream pop and a wash of shoegaze. Their debut ep is out in september 2026 and gets a launch show at the folklore rooms, with the set built for the immersive end of that sound.