PET NEEDS

In association with NMC Live.

Colchester four-piece PET NEEDS return with their fourth studio album ‘Elbows Out! This Is Capitalism’, on 27th Marchvia Xtra Mile Recordings. The album was written throughout 2025 in a busy year that saw them zig zag across the UK, US and Europe in a relentless schedule of headline tours, support tours and festivals. PET NEEDS never stay still for long, driven by their enduring pursuit of being creative, the pull of playing music and connecting with fans. But touring is also a financial necessity. Being a punk band building things up from the bottom is hard graft in an industry dominated by streaming, social media saturation and big marketing budgets. It is fitting then that their new album tackles some of these themes head-on -a satirical look at the pitfalls of trying to make it as a DIY punk band. The album charts the exploits of the band buying a second-hand punk rock career at auction and trying (and failing) to make it

work. Over the course of the genre-spanning 12 tracks, the story unfolds with a mix of freneticpunk rock defiance; reflective melodic introspection and beat heavy party anthems alongside guest appearances by CJ Ramone, legendary auctioneer Eric Olson and friends The Whops and Jess Guise whose interludes help the story develop. It is their most creative and bold album so far. Recorded by George Perks (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Mogwai, Skindred) it follows the release of their Top 20 album ‘Intermittent Fast Living’in February 2024.

The band will be giving fans a chance to hear some of the album’s tracks ahead of release when they tour throughout March. Playing across the country in grassroot indie venues, the band will be performing the songs for the first time ever to introduce their fervent fan base to the new album and we can't wait to welcome them to our stage at Applestump Records.