New Fuzz Club Records signing YOBS bring a fuzzy garage punk blast
Rising from the ashes like a phoenix, Liverpool’s YOBS launch their debut double single ‘Fortune Teller b/w Cemetery Man‘ upon the public this week, and announce their signing to Fuzz Club!
Emerging out of the rubble of the now-defunct Liverpool bands Weird Sex (Roadkill Records) and Ohmns, YOBS was kick-started last year and is made up of Joey Ackland (Vocals), Alex Smith (Bass/Vocals), Michael Quinlan (Guitar/Vocals) and George Gebbie (Drums).
Their debut release arrives off the back of a 2023 spent playing rowdy, ear-ringing shows with the likes of A Place To Bury Strangers, Mark Sultan, C.O.F.F.I.N, Alien Nosejob and more.
During that time, they’ve also been busy writing and recording their debut album, slated for release next year, and these two tracks are an exhilarating preview of what’s to come.
Talking about the single, YOBS’ Alex Smith said: “Fortune Teller is the firestarter you’ve been waiting for. Be prepared for a roller-coaster of high-energy riffs and pounding drums. As with most of our songs, Fortune Teller came from a bit of a warm up before practice. Usually the songs come together in between practicing the set and so they always feel quite natural to us. We know we’re onto something when Joey puts the pieces together with his wild man vocals (Yobs 5th instrument).”
Catch YOBS live:
Nov 24 – London, UK @ The Night Owl
Nov 25 – Liverpool, UK @ Round The Corner
Follow YOBS on Their Socials:
Need more Punk In Your Life?
Live review: Mexican, Israeli and Utrecht punk in Dutch Hilversum
Venue Hillyweird in Hilversum, the Netherlands, announced a concert on 19th June 2025 by Pissebed from Utrecht, Holocausts, from Israel, and Los Intrusos from Mexico.
Album review: Rival Pack – ‘Burn’
It’s only recently that I came to realise just how rich the Benelux region is in metallic hardcore. From the recent return of veterans such
EP review: Already Dead – ‘I Think It’s Time To Leave…’
Blink and you’ll miss this one! At only ten minutes long, ‘I Think It’s Time To Leave…’ doesn’t stick around, but the passion and energy
Album review: M.U.T.T. – ‘Toughest Street In Town’
Here at Punktuation, we like it when bands blend punk and rock n’ roll with a sense of humour, and in that respect, this second
Dion Lunadon/Los Pepes, London The Lexington, 20th June 2025
Be it venturing into the crowd (with his guitar, natch), inviting a random crowd member onstage to play keyboard, or even playing his own instrument
Live review: John McKay’s Reactor make their live debut at Reading’s Facebar!
One of punk’s great pioneers, John McKay has returned after 35 years in the musical wilderness. Promoting his long-lost and excellent ‘Sixes and Sevens’ album
Usually found jumping around down the front at gigs, I also relish taking photos and videos, singing, speaking with fellow music fans, and asking musicians the questions nobody else does. Writing about my favourite bands and connecting with people who love music too keeps me more-or-less sane! I’ve worked for over 25 years at a video production company, mainly filming live music events, therefore I have an additional backstage perspective on the scene.
Did you know that we are 100% DIY? We run our own game. No one dictates to us, and no one drives what we can or cannot put on our pages – and this is how we plan to continue!
