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Public Serpents combine the fast-faster-fastest aesthetic of hardcore with the funky ska-core dancehall wildness of alt-pop. Very alt. Led by former Choking Victim drummer Skwert, the six-piece, from Middletown in Monmouth County, won’t have their SBAM Records debut ready until March 24, but the first single, “Not Forever,” can be streamed now. Play it loud. Very loud.

Born in 2008 with their The Feeding Of The Fortune 500 album, they’ve been featured on splits with UpperDowner and Escape From The Zoo. Skwert is nothing if not a survivor. He’s been in jail. He’s been homeless. He’s been divorced. He channeled his pain into composing all 13 tracks on the highly-anticipated new album. It’s all or nothing. As he says, “my whole life is invested in this. Artistically, physically and mentally, I’d probably die without it…there literally would be no point in living at this point.”

Last year, Public Serpents toured internationally with The Suicide Machines and Catbite hitting the Manchester England Punk Festival as well as a Hungarian bomb shelter in Budapest. Upcoming shows include 2/10 in Wallingford CT at Cherry St. Station, 2/11 in Boston at Brighton Elks, 2/17 in Pittsburgh at 222 Ormsby, 2/18 in Cleveland at No Class, 2/19 in Columbus OH at The Stoop, 3/10 in Detroit at Garden Bowl, 3/11 in Indianapolis at Melody Inn, 3/12 in Chicago at Liars Club and 4/29 in New York City at Kingsland. On April 28, the band will celebrate the release of the new album with a Jersey party in Montclair at The Meat Locker.

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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