Press

"GALLOWS might be leaders of the UK's punk scene right now, but if you like your anti-establishment ear candy a bit more upbeat, you might want to consider this fast-as-fuck Yorkshire four-piece. Focusing on pure energy, Disarm hurtle through 12 tracks of molten punk 'n' roll mayhem with a bloody-knuckled flourish. Opener The River City Ransom Death pact comes on like a heart attack, all squealing guitars and bolt-gun adrenaline, and then just keeps on coming. Bark.Bit.Scream sounds like the soundtracks to a getaway, while Sirens Machines could be the bastard offspring of Turbonegro and Backyard Babies. The noisy, roughed-up production brings a convincing live energy to proceedings, and while there's zero deviation from their full-throttle formula, they capture your attention with ease." Catherine Yates

"Rock and roll isn't built on originality. It's not about using your brain. In it's greatest, grandest form r 'n' r is less about the sound of the music than the size of the firework the band have brought to the party, concealed in their pocket. So it goes that the debut from youthful Yorkshiremen Disarm is full of other people's music, but that doesn't matter because it's full of energy that's come wholly from them, sweating and spitting over their punked-up, dirty rock, bringing sleazy, badass tracks like The River City Ransom Death Pact to life in the finest possible style. And that's what makes this such an irresistibly charming, scuzzy, riotous noise." Nick Ruskell

"...with glam to produce an album that sounds like Backyard Babies, Guns 'n' Roses, Turbonegro and The Misfits in a knife fight. Songs like 'Bark. Bite. Scream' are bursting with attitude and energy and the Mighty 'She's my Disease' is a riff monster. If you wish rock bands still sounded dangerous then Disarm are the band you've been waiting for."

"If you love your tunes big, dumb and rocking South Yorkshire punk 'n' rollers, Disarm, might just be the ones for you. With the force of G.U. Medicine, the hooks of The Wildhearts and the swagger of Zico Chain, theirs is a type of rock positively lacking in subtlety and nuance, but one that will pick you up by the neck and shake you until you're having fun. The riffs are all simple, the lyrics all superficial and the overall product is as highly evolved as a hungover man on a Sunday morning, but damn, if you can dismiss this, you're way stronger than we." Chris Hidden

"You might be sat thinking that they're that glam band that have been on the road for much of the last few years, and you'd be half right. They have been on the road a lot. But no matter what people might try and tell you, this isn't glam, not even in the Motley Crue sense. Disarm have far more in common with the likes of the Backyard Babies and their Scandinavian punk n rollers; they are sleaze merchants, but dirty, heavy and full on like a dirty needle plunging in your arm. Forget everything you've heard, forget what people will try and tell you, and pick up this album, tie yourself down, and get ready for a ride to hell and back at 100mph. If you like your rock n roll dirty, if you like the Babies, or Crashdiet, or Bullets N Octane, then Disarm are right up your street. If you hate that stuff, you aint gonna want to get anywhere near this rock n roll disaster."

"Disarm has a thrash punk-ish style with a 'who gives a shit' attitude, but they have certainly hit a nail on the head with this album. All 12 tracks are different; all sung with a great deal of effort, but played with a great deal of talent. This is a band you WILL want to see and buy every single, album, and gig ticket for their next tour. Disarm are as addictive as beer and I love the golden stuff. What Disarm put into their music is pride, passion and pure punk rock that this type of music has been missing for a long, long time. The drummer, Ant, has an element of thrash metal in his style of play and the lead guitar from Brad and Jamie could rock all day and my head will still be banging. Brad's vocals could crack the world open with a talent like he possesses and I wish you guys luck! You all flow with talent that is unbelievable, a dream of a band that will someday make it in this crazy faddy world of music. Disarm are a band that put this genre of punk into a new age, a true tribute to new punk/metal after all these years proving that the music still lives on. A vocal talent from lead singer Brad, that words can't praise enough. The power, the harmonics mixed together with this pure vocal talent is something I haven't heard in a very long time. The rest of the band play their instruments like demons, they must have been good because the truth of the matter is it kept my wife quiet - fuck me that's a first - she usually hates rock/punk/thrash, but it opened her eyes to a music that's fantastic and it will grow on you."

"The band opened up in ferocious style with 'The River City Ransom Death Impact' and from here on in it was full steam ahead, as frontman Brad took centre stage and pummelled out the relentless riffs and angst filled vocals, that have become the bands trademark sound. The short but fast and furious pace set really got the crowd hot a sweaty with songs like '!Resistancia!' and 'By Any Means Necessary' just two of the many highlights from their no holds barred set, which rounded of a quiet eclectic night that Riot Productions are famous for, giving the little guy a chance to get on the road and deliver their music to the masses and long may it continue, SEE YOU ALL AT TRASHSTOCK!"