DFR Welcomes Bonny Lad!

We are beyond stoked to officially welcome Bonny Lad to the Double Felix Records roster. Get ready because their upcoming EP is going to melt some faces!

Bonny Lad is a new British melodic hardcore project featuring members of The Human Project, Bear Trade and Tripdash. Comprising guitarists Matt Collins and Callum Goldsbrough, vocalist Johnny Walker, drummer Joe Dimuantes, and bassist Jonny Rob, the band channels the speed and melody of early-2000s skatepunk staples like Slick Shoes and Rufio, infused with the social conscience of Propagandhi, and delivered with a uniquely Northern edge thanks to the experiences, and distinctive regional accents, of its members.

The group’s debut EP Hard-fought – recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonny Rob at his Sunderland docklands-based studio, Deptford Sound – delivers breakneck skatepunk anthems marked by technical precision, big choruses, and introspective lyricism. The songs, inspired by personal and political struggle, speak broadly to the resilience shown by communities across the world in the face of discrimination, subjugation, and militaristic aggression.

Fittingly, the EP takes its name from propaganda used by the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1980s, paying tribute to the North of England’s working-class communities and Old Labour’s fight against the boot-licking individualism of Margaret Thatcher’s neoliberal agenda. The record laments how these struggles remain unresolved in Starmer-era Britain and beyond, and that working-class solidarity is as vital today as it has ever been.