Austerity Brighton, UK
Austerity are a three-piece post-punk band from Brighton (UK)
Citing XTC, Scritti Politti and Wire
as influences, but frequently compared to Gang of Four, A Certain Ratio and Fugazi... Austerity's sound is a high-octane collision of swaggering bass & drum grooves, scratchy, chaotic guitar and snarling vocals, spitting bile on complex political ideas, but always remaining rooted in everyday life.
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