London queercore group Shooting Daggers will release their debut LP, Love and Rage, on Feb. 16 on New Heavy Sounds. Still nearly a month away, the band has released a video for "Smug," a posi-beat track with elements of NYHC within its anthemic formula.
The band says:
We want to spread a positive message, we are challenging rage into a good force, seeking for justice and unity. Anger serves us as a bodyguard for our personal pain and suffering. But when you recognise rage within you, if you handle it with attention, love, and compassion, it can be a powerful mobilizing factor to take action in solidarity and commitment to enacting social change.
This is a time to focus on ourselves and our community. Protect our rights to be in this world and stop caring about men's validations. It's time for women and queer people to channel all our power together.
In this album we touch subjects such as Unity, sorority, self love, taking the power back, queer love and skateboarding.
The trio recently released a split with Death Pill.
The band will also support U.S hardcore outfit Spaced as part of their ‘Trippin Thru the UK Tour 2024’:
29.3 Manchester @ Manchester Punk Fest
30.3 Bristol @ The Exchange
31.3 Southampton @ The Hobbit
01.4 Brighton @ The Hope and Ruin
02.4 London @ New Cross Inn
