“Small Town Vampire – A Melodic Odyssey Of Raw Authenticity”
Dulaxi.com
“It’s like the vision that rock’n’roll is going to save us, all enveloped in a sound which weaves a seamless path from the jangling guitar of The Byrds straight through to the thunderous post-punk rhythms of the Stranglers”
Louder than War
“For a decade-and-half Mark Vennis and crew have been delivering biting social commentary that’s sweetened somewhat by a punk-infused new wave sound …‘Small Town Vampire’ chronicles the struggles we all face and then wraps them up in an easily digestible three minutes. It takes a real artist to find the beauty in such circumstances”.
Midlands Rocks
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“Short, sharp, and shockingly good, “Small Town Vampire” is the sound of the seeds of punk still finding fertile soil in the modern era”
Dancing About Architecture
“Vennis’ lyrics have a very distinctive blend of dark humour and stark sincerity to them that places them exactly at the crossroads between the classic punk snarl and a deeper, more introspective attitude”
Music is to Blame
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“It’s a song for those who refuse to be moved by hypocrisy and lies, instead choosing to embrace punk rock’s DIY ethos and the limitless possibilities of an open mind”
SWIISPA.COM
“It’s a breath of fresh air in today’s auto-tune-laden world, reminding us of the raw vulnerability and realness that music was built upon”
rockcharts.news
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FIGHTING ON ALL FRONTS (Album 2020)
“a certain cinematic quality that runs throughout this record” and “13 tracks of finely restrained
aggression that succinctly commentates on the perilous state of the nation”
Pulse Alternative Magazine
“same street fighting musical mould as Paul Weller, The Clash, Bob Marley and others” and “Maybe,
just maybe, albums like this will shake enough of us awake to respond”
Get Ready to Rock
“thirteen snapshots of overlooked lives lived in the hard shadows of contemporary Britain”
Rock n Reel Mag
“he delivers his tales of the downtrodden, the oppressed and the pissed off with a raggedy, raw and
very English delivery reminiscent of Jam era Weller or Billy Bragg” and “eclectic mix of cool tracks”
Red Guitar Music
“Lyrically shrewd and intelligent”
Amp Magazine
These songs, all written by Mark Vennis, are about the underdogs, the oppressed, the forgotten, the downtrodden and down at heel, These are the people you don’t read about: the loved, the lost, the sinking, the drowning, the burning. ‘Fighting On All Fronts’ is an album about the insecurity of modern life, tales from the end of the world, and that age-old battle with yourself. There is light and shade and there are good times and bad.
Hailing from South of Guildford and North of Portsmouth Mark Vennis & Different Place write and play songs with attitude.
“We are just trying to make sense of it all the only way we know how – through our songs.”
Mark Vennis and Different Place are Mark Vennis, Dave Sweetenham, Sean Quinn and Brian Gee.
“Fighting on all Fronts” was produced and recorded by Duncan LeFeuvre at Gravel Track Studios.
Fighting On All Fronts
Waste Away
Cut Me Loose
House on the Corner of the Road
Light Summer Rain
Messages From A Messed Up World
More In Sorrow
The Shark
Spinning Gold
The Edge Of Everything
Backwater
As The Crow Flies
Shadowboxing
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