British power trio Sharp Class play The Piper with Medway's Dead Star Boys and the Brighton ska Mod band XLNTS.
Sharp Class headline The Piper on Saturday 5 December, with Dead Star Boys and The XLNTS on the bill. It's a three-band night that pulls together a few different corners of the South Coast scene.
Sharp Class are a British power trio who pull from a fair few places at once: the raw energy of punk, the groove of soul, and the hooks of power-pop, all with the anthemic swagger of Britpop and classic rock 'n' roll. They've got two albums behind them and have played across the USA, headlined a stage at Splendour Festival, and played BBC Introducing at Y NOT Festival. Green Day have name-checked them as one to watch, so they're coming in with a bit of a reputation.
Supporting them are two bands that both got going late last year. Medway's Dead Star Boys formed in late 2024 and have been compared to The Buzzcocks, sitting somewhere between the '79 mods revival and early punk; they'll be playing tracks from their new album RATS. The XLNTS are young Brighton faces who also formed in late 2024, billed as 'the best Ska Mod band on the South Coast' with a debut album The New Generation to their name. Between the three, you've got the Britpop-leaning power trio, the punk-inflected sound of the Dead Star Boys, and the ska-mod of The XLNTS.
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The night runs from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM at The Piper in Hastings, TN37 6NH, and tickets are £11.
