Selby's punk-charged power trio Cabin Beat's new single, "No Sympathy," is a scorching B-side listen that punches up musically and politically complex. The closing track to their fourth single is an explosive anthem of raw energy and unfiltered perspective that locks the band into the public conscience as one of North Yorkshire's most exciting underground acts.
The first chorus opens at 46 seconds, a blast at the establishment. The grease-lightning propulsion is jolted with power-pop adrenaline and righteous fury as frontman Will's electric guitar and vocals sing through the mix. You can hear the fury bubbling under every chord in the music and the track's pulse. And right when you think it's reached peak velocity, the buildup at 2:00 indicates that something wild is about to explode.
By 2:11, when "No Sympathy" plunges headlong into a punky solo that's as messy as it is life-affirming, the sort of passage that demands to be screamed along to in a cramped, sweaty club. Riley's blistering drums and Keir's dirty basslines help keep the tension mounting throughout the track, opening to closing beat. It's controlled chaos with a point.
"No Sympathy" is all uprising, a howling denunciation of the gulf between the ruling class and the working poor. Written in the summer of 2022 and not recorded until February 2025 at Gafro Studios, it sounds like it's been boiling over for years. The group members met just two years ago, in 2023, and have already found a niche with their brass-driven, socially conscious sound. Will, Keir, and Riley are making statements. Good as new and filled with stridency and contempt, "No Sympathy" is a B-side that hits, reminding us that punk still has all the more to say and to scream.
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