Not Last Orders Yet
GEOFF MARTIN
Fear Of Last Orders erupted onto the Hastings 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 early Clash with the beats of Lonnie Donegan and sing 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 serious 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. The band made news last year when they released their single, The End of the Pier, as part of a campaign to keep the pier open. Now they will officially launch their new vinyl EP, which includes this love song to the pier, with a special show at the Jenny Lind on Easter Sunday afternoon (5 April).
The four-track 7” also includes 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.
Vinyl copies of the record will be available on the day and afterwards at Pressing Matters Records on Queens Road, and online from the Fear of Last Orders Facebook page.
Launch is 5 April at the Jenny Lind, 4 pm. Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id= 61568028768000 Pressing Matters: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554899543370
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