Bristol hardcore punk band Grand Collapse have released their new album, Empty Plinths. Their signature hardcore punk sounds are enriched and enhanced with some thrash, mosh and rock influences, which create, along with their direct and smart politically and socially charged lyrics, an explosive mix for all fans of bands such as Propagandhi, Conflict and Bane. The album title refers to recent historical facts that happened in their hometown Bristol, which resonated and still keep resonating across the World. “In May 2020 the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol resulted in protestors removing the statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston from its plinth in the city centre and dumping it into the harbour. This is an important day in Bristol’s history and an action I wa...
