There’s a buzz around town!

Leeside punk/folk outfit WASPS vs HUMANS are launching their new single this evening, Thursday, with a special pre-release gig at the Crane Lane Theatre in Cork city.

The new single, ‘Price you Pay’, is an ode to existential crisis; a depiction of life in the rat race, caught in the rut that is ruled by money, social standing, and the realisation that you are yet another lemming in the cog.

Gaining a reputation on the live circuit for their high-octane performances, WASPS vs HUMANS (WvHs) are an anarchic mix of drums, bodhrán, whistles, punk poetry, songs, and beats, featuring punk poet, drummer and guitarist Carl Antony Plover and singer, bodhrán and whistle player Linda Plover.

Describing themselves as “a sonic assault”, no subject is out of bounds for this husband-and-wife duo, from celebrity presidents, celebrity culture, cheap meat, consumerism, social media trolling, to inner city violence, it’s all there.

In a previous incarnation, they performed under the name Chunky Planet, releasing a number of tracks and receiving Pick of the Fortnight in Hot Press magazine for their single 'Pensioners Watch TV' in 2004.

Their highly-anticipated pre-release gig is on tonight, 29 February, at Crane Lane Theatre from 8pm. Entry is free.