Passionately summarizing The Bug Club: a prolific, Welsh band from Caldicot with 10 singles, 2 albums, 2 EPs, 3 unclassifiable releases, and a Sub Pop LP in 2024. Their third album, On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System, showcases their unique mix of Modern-Lovers-meets-Nuggets garage rock, complete with B-52’s fun and AC/DC power chords. From the opening tracks ‘War Movies’ and ‘Quality Pints’, the band’s dual vocals, quirky lyrics, and catchy riffs keep the energy high and the crowd entertained. And as fellow pints fan Mark E Smith of The Fall says, “Repetition, repetition, repetition” – it’s worth saying again.

1. War Movies
2. Quality Pints
3. Pop Single
4. Best Looking Strangers in the Cemetery
5. A Bit Like James Bond
6. We Don’t Care About That
7. Lonsdale Slipons
8. Better Than Good
9. Actual Pain
10. Cold. Hard. Love.
11. The Intricate Inner Workings of the System