WASPS vs HUMANS release their new single, ‘Death Chamber Visits’ on Friday September 5th with two launch shows in Cork and Dublin. They will be joined by special guests, shelovescalpol (SLC) on Fri Sep 5th at Fred Zeppelins in Cork before heading to Dublin on Sat Sep 6th to play The Thomas House with special guests, THEWLIS.
‘Death Chamber Visits’ is a raw, hard hitting, neck breaking, electrocuting, straight through the bone track, tackling the horrors of capital punishment, American style; an execution with punk guitars, thundering base, fast-paced rhythms, urgent vocals held back behind bars, this is punk rock, Wasps’ style and it takes no prisoners.
Initially a solo project, WvHs punk poet/drummer, Carl Antony Plover has opened for the likes of John Cooper Clarke, Whipping Boy, and a daring opening set for Mark E Smith’s The Fall.
As a musician, he has released an album and single with 80’s Avant Garde band 4,000,000 Telephones, with critical acclaim in the UK national press and making the playlist on BBC radio’s John Peel show.
Having partnered up with musician wife Linda Plover, WvHs have honed a distinctive punk/folk sound over the last eighteen months, whilst promoting their debut album, ‘Scratchcard Empires’ released in October 2024. It features singles, ’20 million Andrew Tates’, ‘Price You Pay’ (Hot Press Pick of the Day) and ‘Ugly America’ – a dark take on life’s expectations, dealing with disappointment, inner city violence, an obsessive fame craving culture, with a huge dollop of desperation.
On the night of release, WvHs play Fred Zeppelins in Cork, teaming up again with bilingual electronic hip/hop duo, shelovescalpol (SLC) featuring published poet Julie Goo and Tir Na gCasta DJ/producer Mike Millis.
Award winning spoken word poet, Julie Goo is a bilingual poet, writer and singer from Cork City. Widely published, she has read/performed her work at numerous festivals & conferences and is currently compiling her first English Language poetry collection. Her debut Irish Language collection DÁNA was published by Coiscéim in 2021 with selected poems having been translated into German and Italian.
The following night, WvHs return to play The Thomas House in Dublin, joined by very special guests, THEWLIS. The Dublin-based duo, named after renowned English actor David Thewlis, are Donegal native Danny McElhinney, and Dubliner Cormac Curtis. First playing together in the indie rock band, Mahogany Men in the nineties, they convened as Thewlis in the capital just before lockdown in 2020.
They have released seven singles to streaming services, are well-received by critics and have enjoyed enthusiastic radio play both at home and abroad; their musical style encompasses alternative rock, punk, folk, and dark-toned country.
Tickets are available through EVENTBRITE priced €12 (+booking fee). Links below.
Launch shows:
LINK FOR TIX: Cork, Fred Zeppelins – Fri Sep 5
LINK FOR TIX: Dublin, The Thomas House – Sat Sep 6
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