Recorded at Subfrantic Studios in Bromley, the new single channels heavy fuzz guitars and layered shout tracks into a story of crime, podcasting and old age

Next To Nada are a four-piece fuzz-punk band from London, half-transfem in lineup, built around heavy guitar distortion, bass-forward arrangements, and punk-rock vocals.

Title: Nan's In a Punk Band
Artist: Next To Nada
Release Date: 2026-03-27
Genres: Garage Rock, Punk Rock
Description: Next To Nada release fuzz-punk single Nan's In a Punk Band on 27 March 2026, recorded at Subfrantic Studios with producer Liam Gunning.

The band, half-transfem in lineup, operate in the noisier end of the UK punk underground, stacking fuzz guitar layers over bass-heavy low end and punk-rock vocals. The cannibal vicar at the centre of ‘Nan’s In a Punk Band’ is not incidental detail: he ruins the band, gets exposed, and leaves Nan with no option but to launch a true crime podcast about his crimes to keep herself financially afloat. The song doubles as a comment on grifter culture and economic precarity, wrapped inside a story about refusing to accept that there is an age at which a person is supposed to stop caring about loud music and circle pits.

The single was recorded at Subfrantic Studios in Bromley in a single session, with Liam Gunning handling engineering and production. Guitars went through a Fender Hot Rod Deville and a Fender Deluxe; Leah‘s bass ran through an Ampeg SVT 3 Pro head into a 6×10 cabinet. Jason‘s drums were tracked in a slate-walled room using a Pearl Masters maple kit with a FreeFloater snare, the snare signal subsequently fed through a Yamaha MT4X tape recorder for saturation. Mixing was handled on a Midas H3000 analogue console. Gunning described working from very specific sonic references, targeting heavy fuzz guitars, a Meg White-style drum approach, and stacked vocal shout tracks. The artwork references early 2000s Britpop aesthetics.

‘Nan’s In a Punk Band’ is available on Spotify and Bandcamp from 27th March 2026.

‘Nan’s In a Punk Band’ is available on Spotify and Bandcamp from 27th March 2026.

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