The Cactus Farm: 05/01/2009

Last Under The Sun

Primary Genre: Rock

Secondary Genre: Punk

Contact Name: Mark at Iron Man Records

Phone: (+44) 07974 746810

Email: info at ironmanrecords.co.uk

Last Under the Sun : Fast Chaotic Hardcore Punk Rock from Birmingham England.

Artist Information

Biography

Last under The Sun was put together in Birmingham by Mark Badger in 2000. The band has had several line up changes over the years and Mark remains the only one who has been in every line up.

Last under the Sun played its first gig on 9th October 2001, at Manhattens, Hereford, UK with Eggraid and Redshift. The band is based in Birmingham and plays a mixture of punk and hardcore. The band has played all over the place gigging up and down England, Wales and Scotland and in 2004 and 2005 the band went to mainland Europe visiting Holland, Belgium, France and Germany with Sensa Yuma. At the start of 2008 the band ended up working with Pid and Chris and toured Europe as half of the new line up of a reformed Police Bastard.

Last under The Sun found a new drummer in 2008 called Simon (ex-Rivers Edge and current Police Bastard stick man), and the band has started to work on new material and all the rest. The band hope to release some new recordings in 2009 and tour Europe next.

A good friend of the band called Mad Pete has put together a video for "Reversa" and "Summers Day" from the album "Gone" which was recorded in 2005 and has used music by Last Under the Sun for a short film called DIVIDERS.

Instrumentation

Mark - Guitar and Vocals (2000-present) - Police Bastard / The Hot Tortoise

Simon - Bass (2002-present) - Police Bastard / Damn Dirty Apes / Lickavicar / Bear Garden / Lokey

Sean - Guitar (2008-present) - Police Bastard / Jilted Generation / Depth Charge / Sensa Yuma / Dogshit Sandwich / Fatal Impact / Freebase / Set Against / Hardcore (That Became Mangled) / The Dangerfields

Simon - Drums (2008-present) - Police Bastard / Rivers Edge

Discography

"All Agents Defect" 30 song Demo 2001 (Digital Download only Last.FM)

"Windfall" 8 Song Album recorded 2001 released May 2004 (Iron Man Records)

"All Empires Crumble" recorded 2004 released May 2005 (Iron Man Records)

"Gone" recorded Sept 2005 for release 2009 (Iron Man Records)

You can hear and download all the recordings on Last.Fm

Website Links

http://www.myspace.com/lastunderthesun

http://www.last.fm/music/Last+Under+The+Sun

http://www.reverbnation.com/lastunderthesun

Press / Promoter Kit

http://www.sonicbids.com/LastUnderTheSun

Press Reviews

Selection of Quotes

"..it seems only fitting that their debut CDEP be a focused, uncompromising attack on callous warmongers everywhere.... the importance of the message being delivered utterly eclipses the medium that delivers it." Ian Glasper - Terrorizer Magazine - Issue 132 June 2005

"..a bass and rhythm section as tight as eberneezer scrooge.....Too short by half, this is nonetheless essential and extreme." Positive Creed fanzine

"..hardcore punk rock in total English style: fast and chaotic and like a fist to the head.....This will fuel you like Crazy." No Front Teeth Fanzine

"Last Under The Sun are one of the best hardcore bands around they create songs with a clear message and deliver them in crushing and uncompromising style." Will Munn Rhtyhm and Booze Fanzine

"..great hooks and a furious sense of energy driving the whole thing. This is one of the best punk rock records I've heard recently from Britain (Birmingham)" Reason to Believe #10 Fanzine

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'All Empires Crumble' CD

Terrorizer Magazine 2005

This Brummie trio have apparently been working closely with the Stirchley Stop The War group since their inception in 2001, so it seems only fitting that their new CDEP be a focused, uncompromising attack on callous warmongers everywhere. Musically they sound like a tight-as-arseholes reincarnation of the English Dogs when they had Stu Pid fronting them; this is classic anarcho punk, in that the importance of the message being delivered utterly eclipses the medium that delivers it. Peace out! - Ian Glasper

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'WINDFALL' CD

No Front Teeth

This actually reminds me of a heavier, more commanding NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN which is a compliment, because they were a really unique band who were so important and it's fantastic to hear that sound again but in this completely different realm. Melodic hardcore can be pretty boring if it's not approached correctly and LAST UNDER THE SUN have created their own approach that works like a charm.

NFT / PO BOX 27070 / LONDON N2 9ZP / UK

http://www.nofrontteeth.co.uk

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'WINDFALL' CD

Black Velvet

There might be just eight tracks to grapple with, but the quality of the music more than outweighs the accompanying quantity as the harsh riffage of 'Threads' hears this Birmingham-based trio pummel into a severely attention-demanding strain of punk hardcore with a definitive melodic edge.

Bizarrely, the actual line-up of the band is being kept secret and band members - allegedly - always seem subject to change� a line-up that has, at one time or another, seen a Pigfish member join in with

the fun.

While the singer sounds like The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell being ravaged by a shoal of flying piranha fish, come 'Ride Your Ride,' the aggressive-sounding front is down and it's time to get genuinely poetic.

In fact, 'Ride Your Ride' is an incredible song, starting out with a dead-fast punk jolt before a sublimely bittersweet and acoustic- primed interlude startles the senses. The extraordinary song arrangement echoes the style of hardcore metal band PSP who use similar, breathtaking dynamics from hard-&-fast beginnings to slow-&-soulful mid-eights.

In their anti-corporate prime, these guys are passionately imbued with the spirit of Jet Plane Landing, before 'This Business' further impresses with a strong melody and sublime harmonies� and while 'Days' starts out slowly, their over-riding love of heavy hardcore soon wipes that out. Still, 'MIR' - the final track of this, the band's debut LP - is atmospherically chilled to the sounds of some more clashing acoustic chords and compelling samples. A windfall like this is surely worth investing in. Steve Rudd 'Black Velvet' magazine.

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'WINDFALL' CD

Metal UK

Metaluk.com Publication date: 15 May 2004, 17:33:14 | Author: Stuart A Hamilton

An interesting one this, as Last Under The Sun attempt to straddle a fence somewhere between emo and hardcore. Something which must be uncomfortable, but when it works, it makes for a very interesting ride.

Unlike a lot of bands from those camps, they remember that writing a good song is the all important factor, and there's plenty of hummable melodies contained here, with "This Business" being the undoubted highlight.

The easiest link to make is to a pop oriented Fugazi, which makes more sense than you'd think. They've a fair bit of pedigree having worked their way through former members of Stepback, Eastfield, Eggraid, The Hot Tortoise, Pigfish and Damn Dirty Apes, before settling on their current 3 piece lineup.

They're going for a moody vibe, which they prefer to term melodic punk influenced post hardcore. However, it's far removed from anything else with the words 'melodic' and 'punk' attached which brings to mind the horrific image of Sum 41, and Last Under The Sun couldn't be further removed from that particular nightmare, with every song taking a distinct stance, separate, yet part of the same audio blast.

There is a lot to recommend this release, and with fresh recordings in the bag and a growing reputation for their live work, they could be ones to watch, especially with a bass player named after a

Hawkwind song! Review from: http://www.metaluk.com/reviews/viewReview.cfm?iReviewID=341

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'WINDFALL' CD

Reason To Believe

I saw this band at the Cardigan Arms recently and they were fucking ace(they reminded me of MANIFESTO

JUKEBOX in terms of intensity - with a bit of LEATHERFACE and FOUR LETTER WORD thrown in.) This cd is really really fucking good - and on this they sound great - and like their own band ie not a clone of another band. Excellent coarse singing - great hooks and a furious sense of energy driving the whole thing. This is one of the best punk rock records I've heard recently from Britain (Birmingham). Go buy this now... (RPS)

http://www.rtbzine.ndo.co.uk

LAST UNDER THE SUN- 'All Empires Crumble' CD

Positive Creed

This is a 4 song anti war/anti everything, speed punk stomp. Everything on here is a winner....a bass and rhythm section as tight as eberneezer scrooge and a guitarist with more about him than just thrashing away at chords. Song 2 "Bring me their heads" is an anarcho masterpiece as is the relentless "not in my name." Musically intriguing "last under the sun" also make use of samples, intercutting them to great effect. Had crass started out now in modern times, they might have ended up sounding a bit like this. Too short by half, this is nonetheless essential and extreme.

Setlist (30-45mins)

Time for your leaving

Summers Day

Reversa

The Don

The Shed

Lost Yourself

Out My Way

Count To Ten

Captain of My Soul

Inside out

Fuck The Government