Rough Trade Recommends presents: Real Farmer + Most Things + Oral Habit Rough Trade's monthly new music showcase returns with some of the best up-and-coming acts in the alternative scene. Real Farmer Real Farmer is an idiosyncratic (post)punk four-piece from Groningen. The name is a nod to their singer’s youth as he grew up in the Groninger countryside. What started out as a group of friends writing punk songs together one afternoon grew into a close-knit band. The band takes influences from the intensity that drives contemporary punk and blues. The intuitive way of writing behind the songs gives their music its distinctive and angsty sound. With its wonderfully infectious punk noise, Real Farmer’s debut album Compare What’s There finds its members concocting driving songs with wiry riffs, propelling drums, and winding melodies. Angular punk songs alternate with melancholic post-punk, sometimes loud and energetic, sometimes soft and ominous. The lyrics mention themes of loneliness, heartache and finding your place in the world, which are delivered with complete dedication. Most Things Most Things is a two piece band formed in London involving only bass guitar, drums and voice. Early fans include Stewart Moxham (Young Marble Giants) as well as Elias Ronnenfelt (Iceage) who they recently joined on tour, cutting the teeth of their singular sound which has been described as somewhere between Minutemen and Television Personalities. Their debut album Bigtime was released on May 23rd by So Young Records. Oral Habit The ear rattling psychic dream, of choked up acid punks. "Centred around brotherly duo Charlie and Felix Hales, Oral Habit abide by a simple, yet devastating rock dictum: play it hard, and play it loud. None more so is this exemplified then on new single ‘Sauerkraut'. Co-produced alongside contemporaries School Disco, this 2-minute punk crusade offers a loving ode to volume, to the duo’s core inspirations, and sees Oral Habit barge themselves into the fresh lineage of garage-rock noisemakers turning up amplifiers across the UK. " Elvis Thirlwell - Blue Moon Press Presented by Rough Trade. All ages