When confronted with futility, there are only two options available to you. The first results in a bloody head and a pristine wall. The second demands a speedy evacuation for the sake of your own sanity. Well, I can confirm that the first option is just plainly wrong. Life is far too short to be wasted fighting battles that you can not win. Let’s try the second and see where that leads… So I am now counting down the hours of my last week working for an organisation that is ill and far too stubborn to seek out the medicine that it so desperately needs. This means that I finally have some time on my hands. Let’s see if I can use it to find some new music that is worth sharing.

After a short search I stumbled upon ‘Sharp Ends’, a Calgary based Canadian post-punk band that has mopped the floor with the trite Joy Division hangover that was delivered to the masses via successful noughties bands like the Editors. This band has claimed something back from that manicured mass-manufacture, and it has delivered it with a contemporary style that some might describe as lo-fi, but which I would more comfortably describe as frank and honest. I can hear a few influences here. Joy Division obviously, but also late 70’s Northampton rockers Bauhaus, and more recent punk pioneers like Jay Reatard (RIP).

In short. I like this band very much.