"Towards the end of the last millennium, Sophie and Peter Johnston placed a TDK cassette of unrealised musical ideas into a metal box. Having water proofed said box, they dropped it into the swirling mighty Wear. Resisting the pull of the Great North Sea for a quarter century, it lay on the river bed beneath the Queen Alexandra Bridge waiting.... until the Picnic children catched it upon their collective heuks, released the tape and then hoyed it doon the well of their youthful souls."

Saturday's kids live in Council houses,
Wear v-neck shirts and baggy trousers.
Pale Kids?.......they play Punk Rock.

So the hairs stand upright on the back of my neck and a tear or two snakes down across my cheeks.

Sometime around 83, we missed the Undertones playing Dunelm. It remains a haunting regret attributed to apathy and ignorance. Now 30 years on, Martha are here to destroy those twin evils.They have tunes the ONeills could have written and then they have words. Oh yes, lyrics to dance around your heart. Don't be complacent, buy the record, see the gigs, get their merchandise. Time passes and we all collect regrets like eyebags. Support this band. Martha? Imagine if Julio Arca had played Punk.

No Ditchin' are County Durham's inter-Generation X. 21st Century Punks, somewhere between romantic and platonic. DH1 shine on me.