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Leeds’ second most handsome punk rock band. Music, gigs, stuff 👇

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Hello, we’re a band called Character Actors. We have lots of fun playing gigs. You should come along and see us sometime 👋

Find gigs and music and that via the link in our bio 🖤

📹 @visualsby_cw

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#LeedsPunk #LeedsPunkRock #LeedsMusic #LeedsBand #LeedsBands #YorkshirePunk #YorkshireMusic #YorkshireBand #UKPunk #UKPunkRock #NewMusic #PunkGigs #PunkShows #UKPunkGigs #YorkshireGigs #LeedsGigs by @character_actors

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3 years ago

🧦Boy oh boy are we excited to get our travelling socks on for another trip to Peterborough! 🧦

The lovely folks at @socks_on_records and @theostrichinn are having us back for this half-Italian extravaganza, complete with authentic Italian… burritos, from our favourite thing in the world, @tacosandflipflopsfooduk 🌮

I’m sure you’ll agree this is shaping up to be un concerto bellissimo 🇮🇹

(📸@beardedpunkphotography captured Winnie thinking intensely about burritos, clearly) taken in The Ostrich Inn by @character_actors

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2 days ago

🎥 NEW MUSIC VIDEO! 🎥

Yes, Most Kinds of Dirt has been out for about 2 years. But the release of A History of Crashes (go get your CD, link in bio) and the magic of a solar eclipse made us realise that what the song really needed was four daft bastards swapping places and costumes in a practice room 😈

Watch the full thing now on our (and, if the collaboration function works, @engrecsguy’s) YouTube! 🖤 taken in The Rock & Roll Circus by @character_actors

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7 days ago

Here are some of this week’s new punk rock releases! For the full schedule, check out the New Music Friday playlist from @punkrockradar. For even more choice cuts, check out the @threestarpunkbar Happy Hour playlist, updated with an hour of new punk tracks.

Now available on Spotify, Amazon Music, TIDAL, YouTube Music, Deezer, Qobuz, SoundCloud, and Pandora.

Albums/EPs:
@mad__tab "alas! the bomb voyage…"
@character_actors "A History of Crashes: Selected Songs 2019-2024"
@Tides_Band_Fl "How To Survive A Fall"
@theslurmies "Total Mess"
@rad_skulls "See You In Hell, Poser"
@thedrowns "Harsh Reality"
@pointradar_ct "Doppler"
@glooband "From Littlehampton"
@slowdragtx "The Ghosts Inside Our Home"

Singles:
@hellbeachband "Snakeskin"
@hrkruk "No Radio"
@middleoutmi "Pipe Wrench"
@k7spunkrock "Too Much Weight to Carry"
@haywire617 "Sincerely Yours"
@officialdeadair "Fallout Flex"
@thebarstoolpreachers "Want to Know"
@nobromusic "Girls Like Us"
@rcsullivan "Chuck Roast"
@massivenightmares "Ain't My World" taken in PUNK ROCK Museum by @character_actors

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13 days ago

A HISTORY OF CRASHES: SELECTED SONGS 2019-2024 IS OUT ON CD TODAY! 💿

Ain’t it beautiful? Withers is clearly dazzled by it.

10 of the best-loved songs from our first 5 years as a band are now yours to handily handle in your hands. The perfect way to catch up before we unleash a new album on you next year. Immense thanks go to @someduderecords, @engrecsguy, @scene_police_records (Germany) and @punkrockradar (USA) for making this happen 🤍

To grab a copy, head to any one of those fine labels, or order via our Bandcamp. I’m busy today writing thank you notes to you lovely lot who pre-ordered 😊 taken in Leeds, United Kingdom by @character_actors

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14 days ago

📺 Yorkshire’s finest…

Withers told the rest of us he spent ages making this, and we believe him.

Hallelujah II and 9 more of our best efforts will be available in a physical format for the first time tomorrow! Head to our Bandcamp to grab a copy 💿 by @character_actors

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15 days ago

💿 The CDs are here! And just look how happy Alex is 💿

They’re officially available this coming Friday, so head to the link in our bio, or @engrecsguy, @someduderecords, @punkrockradar (USA) or @scene_police_records (Germany) if you fancy picking one up! 🖤 by @character_actors

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17 days ago

Leeds' friendliest and handsomest British-Dutch-Seychellois T-shirt salesmen masquerading as a punk rock band: @character_actors

We're releasing 10 of the band's favourite songs from their first 5 years, on a physical format for the first time!

Pre-order the CD via #scenepolicerecords (🇪🇺+🇩🇪), @someduderecords & @engrecsguy (🇬🇧), & @punkrockradar (🇺🇸).

#scenepolice #punkrock taken in Bonn Musikerviertel by @character_actors

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22 days ago

CHARACTER ACTORS

Leeds' only British-Dutch-Seychellois band have spent the past few years playing across the UK with the country's best punk artists and bashing out some well-received DIY releases on the way. In publications from Distorted Sound to Punk Rock Theory, they've been compared to The Menzingers, Jeff Rosenstock, PUP, Joyce Manor and more. In September, they released A History of Crashes, a ten-track CD documenting their first five years, ahead of a new album in early 2027.

WE CAN’T STAY SAFE

Carving out a space where towering emo melodies collide with the heavy, distorted punch of late-90s/early-00s alternative rock.
They’ve quickly caught the attention of the Northern DIY scene with their debut single, Death By Misadventure. Their music is defined by a brilliant contrast: bright, infectious guitar riffs and driving rhythm sections that back raw, stark lyrics exploring the anxieties of modern life.

Drawing comparisons to torchbearers like The Hotelier and Spanish Love Songs, We Can’t Stay Safe build songs around the catharsis of a breakdown and the soaring relief of a massive chorus. Live, they channel that collective stress into a heavy, hopeful, and incredibly high-energy set.

GAMBLING WITH DOGS

A Post-Emo band that effortlessly blend the bright twinkly guitar stylings of Midwest-Emo with the High Energy of Pop-Punk. Their latest project “A Place That You Left Haunted” showcases the bands ability to fuse intense instrumentation with themes of melancholy and loss. Each song has an edge that cuts deep and infects audiences with danceable grooves and hard hitting lyrics, that is shown on latest release “Fragments”. Recently, The Dogs have headlined shows in Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent, along with notable gigs supporting bands such as Hot Mulligan, Death Lens and Clay Lake.

NO ONE’S DAUGHTER

A Leeds-based alternative-rock / grunge band you can't get out of your heads; are a fast up and coming band, inevitable to become a well established name in the alt-rock scene. Inspired by Paramore, The Amazons, and Deftones, they create effortlessly enticing songs that pull you in from the first

#punk #emo #alternativerock #grunge #gig taken in Leeds, England, UK by @character_actors

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25 days ago

This one’s a proper honour! ✍️

I first encountered @johndavison82 many moons ago at Wharf Chambers (a Nice as Pie weekend perhaps?), and loved what he was doing, capturing all the chaos of a punk gig in his unique and joyous style. To be invited to be part of his exhibition opening all these years later really is something special. And what better place to host it than the magnificent @1in12club 🖤

Hope to see all you Yorkshire folk there for what I’m sure will be an awesome evening. Ticket link in our bio!

📸 Photo by @beardedpunkphotography taken in The 1 in 12 Club Bradford by @character_actors

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a month ago

A couple of months ago, our good friend Wayne was shocked to learn we hadn’t ever released anything in a physical format.

We’re incredibly grateful to him for asking, as through @someduderecords and @engrecsguy (UK), @punkrockradar (US) and @scene_police_records (Germany), that changes on Friday 18th September 🖤

Double check your car stereos and dust off your walkmen and discmen, because you can now enjoy 10 of our favourite songs from our first 5 years on the apparently resurgent format of compact discs 💿

A History of Crashes: Selected Songs 2019-2024.

It’s the perfect way to catch yourself up ahead of our new album next year. You can pre-order now through our Bandcamp (link in bio) and when it comes out, you’ll be able to pick one up via any of the fine labels above.

Cool as hell, right? 😎 by @character_actors

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a month ago

Here’s the poster for my forthcoming exhibition at @1in12club. Unfortunately Captain South America have had to pull out, but we have a great replacement, making makes the final lineup for Friday Sept 11th: @lewispugh777 , @character_actors , @blue_orchid_reactionband and @rabiesbabiespunk . @youralrightyouare is planning to come down at make aome art people can art to during the exhibition, there’s 25 #cartoonsfromthepit going up on the walls in the club from then until 22nd November. A zine is going to print along with a 25 track compilation album, all profits going to the 1in12. Also we’re planning at art afternoon on Saturday 10th Oct with @go_mug_yourself . Also a closing event with some chilled acoustic vibes and chance to open mic upstairs. Loads more to come, but for now, it’d be class to get more people coming to the opening for these great bands! Ticket link in the comments, scan the QR code or go to Moist Tiger’s link in bio. #exhibition #1in12club by @character_actors

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