About
Shelf Lives is an Electro-Bass Punk band which is definitely not a real genre. After a few years of creating, releasing and caring-ish what everyone thinks, they now don’t (at all) but are obsessed with experimenting and embracing authentically whatever they feel. The objective is clear and the boundaries intentional; the…
Shelf Lives is an Electro-Bass Punk band which is definitely not a real genre. After a few years of creating, releasing and caring-ish what everyone thinks, they now don’t (at all) but are obsessed with experimenting and embracing authentically whatever they feel. The objective is clear and the boundaries intentional; the point is to get every listener to feel something whether it’s bad or good, whether they want to or not.
On the face of it, Shelf Lives make catchy, energetic tunes that bring the abrasiveness and physicality of punk back to a small, cramped house party setting. It’s music so rowdy you can practically feel the sweat on the ceiling and the sound of crushed cans under your feet.
Though Shelf Lives haven’t been a band for long, they’ve already played acclaimed sets at Glastonbury, Boomtown, Kendall Calling, TGE, SXSW, New Colossus, 2000 Trees, YNOT and headlined the Rising Stage at Green Man, have supported the likes of Skunk Anansie, Lambrini Girls, Sprints, Panic Shack, Jehnny Beth, The Kills, Lynx and more.
They also joined fellow confrontational noise-makers Bob Vylan and HO99O9 on the cover of Gigwise, had a spread in NME and praise and features in Clash, DIY, UPSET, Dork, Line of Best Fit and on BBC R1 Jack Saunders, Jess Iszatt, Steve Lamacq and more.
They ended 2024 by lighting a match; second EP ‘No Idea’ dropped and London’s MOTH Club sold out. Just when you think you’ve figured them out… they slip into the next phase with a grin and no intention of slowing down.
With a countdown on their website running for “They Only Care About What They Hate”, something exciting seems to be on the horizon for Wednesday, 19 November.
