Pessimistic Pizza by My Best Unbeaten Brother

Debut mini-album from My Best Unbeaten Brother, released via Audio Antihero. Three men from Croydon. Former Nosferatu D2 / Superman Revenge Squad / Tempertwig / The Jonbarr Hinge.

Track by Track @ THE ALTERNATIVE – https://www.getalternative.com/track-by-track-my-best-unbeaten-brother

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“Seven songs by three men from Croydon. Inspired by getting older, getting sadder, getting angrier with a post-Brexit world where The Smiths have been ruined by the actions of the ex-singer. Learning to let go; learning to be Spider-Man; trying to understand The Fall; trying to understand life and death, and trying to understand records by The Steve Miller Band.” – Ben Parker (Guitar & Vocals)

Praise for My Best Unbeaten Brother:

“My Best Unbeaten Brother triangulates a space between the baritone-led post-punk revival of Alligator, the quirked-up indie pop of Waited Up Til It Was Light, and the math-tinged emo of Charmer. In other words, Pessimistic Pizza is an absolute must-listen.” – THE ALTERNATIVE

“It’s a refreshing plea in a world obsessed with irony and curated authenticity…There is an urgency to take care of the people around us, rather than a navel-gazing angst.” – POST TRASH

“After a ten-year hiatus, the much-lauded Parker brothers return to their literate and urgent oeuvre with a new band and a new album.” – ELECTRIC SOUND OF JOY

"Urgent guitars, so wiry Fugazi would be proud of them, meet clattering drum rhythms as Ben’s sing-speak vocals yelp urgently with all the emotional intensity of Los Campesinos! or even a touch of early-Bloc Party." – FOR THE RABBITS

"They’ve quickly become one of my favorite new acts...Frantically delivering line after line as it was the last thing he might ever say. Everything is catchy and crunchy, and there’s even a bit of Morrissey slander." – AUSTIN TOWN HALL

"A mid-to-late-00s style indie rock song electrified with desperate emotion...A mixture of sadness, sincerity and frustration sit just below the up-tempo surface." – VARIOUS SMALL FLAMES

"A brilliantly bleak song...musically it’s sprawling post-rock, post-everything with guitars that swing between spindling and chugging, fantastic pummelling drums: a plaintive trawl through the detritus of post-Brexit Britain..." – GOD IS IN THE TV

“…Laconic vocal delivery against the spiky, agitated riffs that made The Fire Engines 1980’s Postcard Records legends as the tight angularity simply heaves with the best kind of faux jangle.” – JANGLEPOPHUB

“For anyone who’s ever stood at a crossroads, contemplating the leap into the unknown, let this album remind you that your choices are valid, your doubts are shared, and your paths are worth treading with a soundtrack as thoughtful as this one.” – JESSE’S BASEMENT

“The main point to take away from Pessimistic Pizza is that life changes; it has its difficulties, but it also has beautiful moments where we thrive and grow, with every story being different. That’s the beautiful part of being human.” – DISTORTED SOUND MAGAZINE

"Should you have doubts that there’s life in guitar music yet, here come My Best Unbeaten Brother..." – FRESH ON THE NET

A three-piece band from Croydon. Two Bens and an Adam. Ex members of Tempertwig, Nosferatu D2, Superman Revenge Squad, Jonbarr Hinge

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