Various Artists – NBQ Sampler Vol 2
(Never Be Quiet)
CD available here
Out Now
A new sampler from reinvigorated Dorset label Never Be Quiet Records introduces you to their roster.
With the relaunch of Never Be Quiet Records in 2025, they have brought out a bargain sampler CD (less than the price of a pint in most music venues) to encourage you to get more acquainted with their roster. With the focus on digital downloads and videos these days you don’t see so many sampler CDs so it’s a bit of a novelty.
The 20 songs give a taste of the variety of bands and artists who’ve had releases on NBQ or have played any of the NBQ Festivals. Some I’m well aware of as I’ve experienced them live, with a considerable Dorset contingent including the folk-punk cross-over Sinful Maggie, fuzzed out sub-pop C30s, punk rock from Mistakes, Meat Sweats, Crash Landings and Portsmouth’s Uncivilised plus a few bands newer to me.
Vying for pole position is a song from Wonk Unit taken from the recent NBQ cassette release, but truth be told the value of compilation albums is that with repeated listening you get attuned to stuff you might not otherwise have stopped to listen to. While there is still a button you can hit on CD players I think it takes more effort than hitting skip on a digital device.
Track listing
01 Sinful Maggie – Better Off Dead
02 Alexz Allen – Black Feathers (Demo)
03 Dirt Box Disco – Cinderella’s Motörhead Tattoo
04 Shannon White – Crossroad
05 Vinaya – Go Away
06 Plasticgold – Insomnia
07 When The Walls Fell – Into The Tempest
08 Wonk Unit – Luxury Flats (Live)
09 Something Bitter – Milo Goes To Fight Club
10 Not The Face! – Not The Face!
11 Kill The Colossi – Outsiders
12 C-30s – Pleased To Meet You (Live)
13 Meat Sweats – Psycho
14 The Surge – Rich Girl
15 Uncivilized – Section 6
16 Love Spit – Share The Blame
17 The Mistakes – The Pit (Demo)
18 Defblonde – Today
19 The Crash Landings – What Goes Round
20 Down Yer Pint – Your Name
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All words by Nathan Brown. You can read more from Nathan on his Louder Than War archive over here.
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