TV Face "Happy New Year"

Sounds from UK

12/12/2025 |

“Happy New Year” by TV Face is not your average holiday tune—it’s a blistering, three-syllable-per-line punk detonation that swaps tinsel for teeth and mistletoe for mockery. Clocking in at 4 minutes and 8 seconds of controlled chaos, this track channels post-punk angularity, noise-rock abrasion, and alt-rock urgency into a festive protest anthem that skewers hollow cheer and corporate cosplay masquerading as goodwill. Born from the trio’s self-imposed lyrical constraint, the song’s minimalist phrasing amplifies its emotional punch, charting a trajectory from childlike hope to adult disillusionment with surgical precision. Backed by jagged riffs, pummeling drums, and brigit’s snarling basslines, “Happy New Year” doesn’t just rage against the machine—it dances on its wreckage with a sneer and a strut.

Hailing from Lancaster and rehearsing in the eerie shadow of Heysham nuclear power station, TV Face—brigit (bass/vocals), sTeVe (guitar/vocals), and steeny (drums)—have long fused sonic fury with satirical bite. This third single from their critically lauded album WOLF RENTS BARK (named #7 in Louder Than War’s Top 100 Albums of 2025) exemplifies their evolution: darker, tighter, and more anthemic than ever. Recorded at Liverpool’s Whitewood Studios with producer Rob Whiteley, the track crackles with the same “ecstatic, erratic, elastic” energy that’s earned them comparisons to Therapy? and a growing cult following. With a DIY video released December 18 and a headline slot at Rebellion Festival on the horizon, TV Face aren’t just rejecting landfill Christmas schmaltz—they’re replacing it with something sharper, smarter, and wildly alive. Raise a glass of something toxic: the revolution’s got a backbeat, and it’s dropping right on time.