PET NEEDS break into the new year with "Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale)" (Acoustic).

The track is peeled from the upcoming new album ‘Kind of Acoustic’, which arrives on 24th January.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

A track that has found the Essex four-piece parading their punk with pride, with tongues firmly in cheeks, since their very earliest days; this January the band deliver us a fresh rendition of this favourite cut. 

Of this new acoustic reworking of “Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale)”, Johnny of the band says:

“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?..."
 
While the original version of “Punk Isn’t Dead (It’s Just Up For Sale)” was written many years ago after Johnny spent a morning on a train to London alongside tattooed commuters rolling down their shirt sleeves to go work in the city, fast forward to 2025 and its lost none of its zest or biting commentary in its stripped-back form. Arriving complete with a new official video, Johnny adds:

“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.”

The new single follows recent release ‘The Burning Building’, both of which will form part of a special acoustic album, ‘Kind of Acoustic’, coming out at the end of the month on the Xtra Mile Recordings label. Decamping to the tiny Welsh village of Borth, the band worked with producer Mike West, where they spent four frantic days reworking favourites from their repertoire to date them and performing them live in the village’s deconsecrated church, Our Lady Studio. 

Amongst its twelve tracks, listeners can expect smash singles (“Get On The Roof”, “Ibiza In Winter”, “Fear For The Whole Damn World”, “Punk Isn’t Dead”), alongside a smorgasbord of fan (and band) favourites from their debut “Fractured Party Music”, fiery follow-up “Primetime Entertainment”, and Official Top 20 Album ‘Intermittent Fast Living’. 

‘Kind of Acoustic’ will be released on 24th January 2025, via Xtra Mile Recordings. 

Supporting the release in fitting fashion, PET NEEDS will also be heading out on a run of acoustic shows around the release at the end of the month - tickets on sale now. The band are also limbering up for two special FRACTURED PARTY IV shows in London this May, with the support acts just confirmed. Sonic Boom Six are special guests at the full band electric show at The Garage on 4th May with Shed and Pageant Mum also supporting. And Generation Feral has been added to the two acoustic shows on 3rd May at The Church in Stoke Newington. With the two acoustic shows on 3rd of May already sold out, final tickets are remaining for the band’s headline show at The Garage and can be grabbed now. 

Catch them at these venues as follows: 
 
JANUARY
23 - The Salty Dog, Northwich 
24 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh 
25 - The Hairy Dog, Derby 
28 - The Parish, Huddersfield 
29 - Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln 
30 - The Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham 
31st - In Cider Festival 
 
FEBRUARY
1 - St Stephen's Church, Ipswich

MAY
- FRACTURED PARTY IV -
3 - THE CHURCH, Stoke Newington, London - SOLD OUT 
w/ Generation Feral
4 - THE GARAGE, London
w/ Sonic Boom Six, Shed, & Pageant Mum