Fightmilk + Slash Fiction + Post Archives

MMIS is deliriously happy to bring together this dream bill to Sidney & Matilda's intimate factory room. Featuring purveyors of sweaty, loud, shouty pop songs Fightmilk, alongside fuzzy queer emo heroes Slash Fiction and powerpop legends Post Archives.

FIGHTMILK
Fightmilk was formed in 2015 in a Brixton pub garden by Lily and Alex, who had both, separately, just been dumped and thought being in an angry punk band would cheer them up. Then they found Nick and Healey to hold the rhythm down and make them sound good. With three albums under their belt, they’ve perfected their chaotic, melodic brand of joy and rage-filled pop with full-throated yelling and sparkling guitar riffs as their trademark. They’ve graduated from angsty whippersnappers in their mid-twenties to overgrown teenage 30-somethings with mild ongoing back pain.

The band quickly drew attention with their debut album Not With That Attitude (Reckless Yes, 2018) - singled out by Drowned In Sound for its “package of massive, Godzilla-heft hooks”. Gaining support from 6Music and Radio X, the band swiftly hopped in the van to play shows with the likes of Art Brut, Desperate Journalist and Nova Twins, as well as touring Germany.

Not letting a seismic global clusterfuck stand in their way, the band released their second LP Contender in 2021 via Reckless Yes. Described as “a joyous riot from start to finish” by Kerrang! Magazine, it was an album with something to prove, adding stacked harmonies, analog drum machines and even heftier riffs to the band’s arsenal, while still remaining decidedly true to the band’s spiky indiepop sound. As soon as they were released from lockdown they began a near relentless gigging schedule, taking in multiple trips around the UK, support slots with Johnny Foreigner, mclusky and Problem Patterns, plus a sold-out 2022 headline slot at Norway’s Indiefjord Festival, where a sweat-soaked Fightmilk crowd-surfed their way offstage at midnight only to find it was still light outside.

The band’s eighth year in action has seen them writing and recording their third album, to be released in late 2024 on Fika Recordings and INH Records. Fightmilk have turned the distortion up and the indiepop down with rougher and rawer songs about body image, death, and being fired from bridesmaid duty.

SLASH FICTION
South Yorkshire’s premier exponents of “queer emo noise", fresh off the release of their second full-length album "We'll Hold This Line Until Hell Freezes Over". Never ones to shy away from big sounds with bigger feelings, Their lyrics deliver their distinct heart-on-sleeve emotion, backed up with soaring guitars and driving drums. Slash Fiction are a band best served live and loud, having shared stages with the likes of Fresh, Riley!, Proper., Nervus, Blvck Hippie, I Feel Fine and more. They pride themselves on making someone cry at almost every show they ever play. Expect powerful odes to solidarity, a signature three-way vocal arrangement, and a healthy mix of intensely personal songs with equally anthemic rallying cries. 

POST ARCHIVES
Post Archives are four pals (Priya, Peter, Kev and Alfie) who play power pop. Based in Sheffield but from all over the place. They write short songs about the small moments. A small talk friend, the fear of being trapped in an endless q&a, the constant belief that in two weeks everything will just settle down and the fear that our favourite DIY spaces will be taken away from us. Think Elvis Costello writing songs with The Cars and you won't be far off.