{"id":12621,"date":"2025-10-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=12621"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:27:22","slug":"isle-of-wight-streetpunks-grade-2-return-with-new-single-hanging-onto-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=12621","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight streetpunks Grade 2 return with new single Hanging Onto You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the UK’s brightest modern punk bands, Grade 2<\/strong>, today released the first taste of their new material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Over the course of four albums and countless live shows, the Isle of Wight trio have forged a reputation as one of the best new bands on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their last two albums, 2019’s Graveyard Island<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>) and 2023’s Grade 2<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>), have seen them working with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now they have unveiled new single Hanging Onto You<\/em>, via Hellcat Records, which blends their signature raw energy with a fresh, vulnerable honesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is inspired by the heartfelt, emotional intensity of traditional Latin and Mexican love songs, and the classic punk love songs of bands like the Buzzcocks, The Rifles, and the Ramones.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“We wanted to create a song that is honest and vulnerable, something that everyone can relate to,” say the band. “The song portrays a position I\u2019m sure we\u2019ve all been in \u2014 not being completely perfect, but always willing to give your all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single was self-produced by the band, and features Kevin Bivona (The Interrupters) on Hammond organ, synth, and piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track arrives with a video which captures the raw, unfiltered energy of a live Grade 2 show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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