Regulars on these pages, 9 o’clock Nasty return with latest single from upcoming album THIS IS CROWLAND, Bad Vegan.

By Graeme Smith

Artwork by Addermyre

The tongue-in-cheek track about the contradictions of modern life is perhaps the band’s edgiest effort to date. As they describe it themselves, they “threw away the rulebook” for this track, then “got [it] back from the trash, because rules add Craft to Art.”

Rulebook or no, Bad Vegan is a cacophonous 95-second punk track with plenty of surrealness in its lyrics. Growling vocals share the platform with singalong harmonies in a number with plenty of textures.

The provisionally-titled THIS IS CROWLAND is set to be with us early in 2025. While we wait, you can give Bad Vegan a spin, and check out its video below.