Hastings punk/skiffle band Fear of Last Orders release new vinyl EP
Hastings-based punk/skiffle merchants Fear of Last Orders will officially launch their new vinyl EP, “In the Last Chance Saloon” with a special show at the Jenny Lind on Easter Sunday afternoon (5th April) starting at 4pm.
The four track 7” includes the bands love song to Hastings Pier, “The End of the Pier” and the psychobilly/skiffle cross over tune “Psycho Charlie.”
With cover artwork by legendary Hastings rock and roll artist Vince Ray, the tunes were recorded at the town’s Sonic Mix Studios making the whole release very much a Hastings project.
The band are pleased to have the Jenny Lind booked for the launch party on Easter Sunday afternoon and vinyl copies of the record will be available on the day and after the launch at Pressing Matter records on Queens Road and online from the Fear of Last Orders Facebook page.
Fear Of Last Orders erupted onto the Hasting’s live music scene with all the subtlety of a bar stool lobbed through a window at 2am at a lock-in at the dodgiest backstreet boozer you ever downed a pint in.
Their mission was simple. Weld the excitement and energy of the early Clash with the beats of Lonnie Donegan and songs about characters straight out of the Sweeney. And so a new musical genre was born. Punk, Skiffle and Debt Collection.
Fending off ludicrous enquiries about the whereabouts of the proceeds of the Hatton Garden job the band have got down to serous business. Supporting the campaign to save Hastings Pier and recording an EP - In The Last Chance Saloon - that will introduce you to both the electric washboard and characters like the legendary Psycho Charlie.
Arthur Hastings, Fear of Last Orders manager, said: “We are a proud Hastings band and our record has been written, recorded, designed and released in this fantastic, creative town.
“We are not aware of any other bands playing a mixture of punk and skiffle and with our electric washboard setting the pace we guarantee a live show that will get any room jumping.”