Pet Needs Share Acoustic Version Of “Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale)”

Essex, UK’s Pet Needs break into the new year with an fresh acoustic take on Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale) that is peeled from the band’s upcoming new album, Kind of Acoustic, which is due out on the 24th January via Xtra Mile Recordings. Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale) was originally released as a single and appeared on the extended version of the band’s 2021 debut album, Fractured Party Music. It’s a track that has found the band parading their punk with pride, with tongues firmly in their cheeks, since their very earliest days.

“We tour the world making a living playing shows and selling t-shirts that proudly shout, “Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s just Up for Sale!)”…. The irony isn’t lost on us. Talk about life imitating art! We didn’t know it at the time, but by writing this song we have subjected ourselves to a lifetime of questions by punk rock gatekeepers – is punk dead? Are we punk? Is it punk if it has a guitar solo? It was a joy to revisit and reimagine the tune in a dilapidated church on the west coast of Wales. And the video of course had to be a collaboration with our amazing fanbase who keep us in a job. They’re the best.” (frontman Johnny Marriott)

Pet Needs will be touring in support of Kind Of Acoustic in fitting fashion as the band will be heading out on a run of acoustic shows around the release at the end of the month. The band are also limbering up for two special Fractured Party IV shows in London this May and will also be appearing at Rebellion Festival this Summer.