In 2025 Split Dogs played 90 shows across the UK and Europe, to audiences of over 30,000 people. This included sold-out UK headline dates, a sold-out European headline run, and 22 festival appearances. They were one of the most talked-about bands at Rebellion Festival, filling the 3,500-capacity Empress Ballroom at Blackpool Winter Gardens. They have toured with and supported Gogol Bordello, Stiff Little Fingers, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Bad Nerves, Teen Mortgage, Battlesnake and C.O.F.F.I.N. Their second album, NICE N’ ROUGH, is released on 25th September 2026 via Venn Records (Bob Vylan, Lambrini Girls, Gallows). It was recorded at Station House, Leeds and produced by Jonah Falco. A run of in-store shows at independent record shops across the UK is confirmed around release. Their debut album, HERE TO DESTROY, sold over 3,000 vinyl and CDs independently and charted in three Official UK Album Charts.

Sitting somewhere between 00’s indie and 80’s hardcore, Bruise Control have carved themselves an unlikely name in DIY punk, thanks to their catalogue of self-produced releases and a notoriety for chaotic live shows. Guitarist Niall Griffin, bassist Ru Gilfillan and drummer Tommy Victor Morris focus on creating hook-filled, razor-sharp indie punk, grounded by lead singer Jim Taylor’s down to earth lyricism and ferocious delivery.