A Brazilian summer party in London for Yur Mum's new single launch, with the wild Fantazmaz in support!
Ah, the Dev. It’s long been a rockers’ refuge from whatever musical horrors are clogging up the charts, and today it’s a punk rock refuge from the muggiest and hottest day of the year so far, with the air con cranked up to full power. Oh, and they’ve joined forces with two excellent Brazilian-origin punk bands to put on a free gig, so how could we NOT haul arse to Camden Town?
Fantazmaz have a friend covering for their usual drummer, but you wouldn’t know it from how tight they are. They play raucous street punk, veering on thrash metal intensity at times, and it’s impossible to take your eyes off livewire vocalist Thami as she scales the bar, the merch table and even people’s shoulders. Hey, singing from the stage is for past-it heritage acts, didn’t you know? Their closing cover of Turbonegro’s ‘Hobbit Motherfuckers’ is the cherry on top of the cake (is cake punk rock? Answers on a postcard, please.)
Yur Mum are a bass and drums duo, and they’ve hit upon a sound that smashes together fuzzed-up grunge riffs with the speed and urgency of hardcore punk. They use it to utterly devastating effect on the likes of ‘Guilt’, with its almost Alice In Chains-esque atmospherics, annd 100mph new track ‘Same Igual’, which incites utter pandemonium on the dance floor. It’s all so beautifully bleak and raw, and with sets (and songs) of this quality, you get the feeling that Yur Mum might soon outgrow tiny venues like the Dev.
So, have the heat of the moshpit and the fiery performances triumphed over the chill of the air conditioning and the wonderfully cold beer? It’s a close one, but few would disagree that, in combination, they’ve made for a great night out. Follow the bands and the venue if you’re up for more.
Read Punktuation‘s review of Yur Mum’s excellent new album ‘Duality‘ HERE!
Main Photo Credit: ALEX GOSMAN
Follow Yur Mum on Their Socials:
Need more Punk In Your Life?
Interview: Alex catches up with Andy Mansell of Barriers and RAD
Just when we started thinking we were a productive bunch at Punktuation, we encountered Andy Mansell, who fronts not one, but two excellent bands –
Live review: Disorder at Reading Facebar – 11th Oct 2025
Disorder, Healthy Junkies, and local punks Tape It Shut and Skinhawk brought the generations together at Reading Facebar. Disorder are still angry and all the
Book review: ‘Early Days, a conversation about art, punk & otherness’ by Penelope Houston with Maria Elena Buszek
‘Early Days, a conversation about art, punk & otherness’ by Penelope Houston of The Avengers with Maria Elena Buszek was recently published in the USA
Rats With Wings Records 5th Anniversary, The Prince Albert, Brighton 05.10.25
The Stereotypes (UK), Family Of Strangers, Noir Mates and Thee Derelique put on a punk party at Brighton’s Prince Albert to celebrate Rats With Wings
Album Review: The Menstrual Cramps say ‘We’re Not Ovaryacting’
Formed and based in Bristol, UK, The Menstrual Cramps have applaudingly never held back with their righteous manifesto. They are proudly, self described as a
Album Review: Omega Tribe prove ‘Power Pop Punk Rock’ has a future!
A particularly big fixture in the anarcho-punk scene of the early 80’s, Omega Tribe were much more tuneful than many of their peers, which made
I spend my days teaching English to foreign students, and my evenings attending as many gigs as possible. Raised mainly on a diet of 90s third-wave punk, my tastes have grown to include just about anything from trad ska to thrash metal. The Ramones are my musical gods.
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!
