Never ones to shirk their New Year responsibilities, glowering post-punk experts DESPERATE JOURNALIST launch themselves out of the 2018 traps with a brand new single release called "It Gets Better" and a brace of shows in Europe. A fulsome year on from the timely alt.pop meltdown of "Resolution" and the appearance of second album "Grow Up" the crunchy quartet - comprised of Jo Bevan (vox), Rob Hardy (guitar), Simon Drowner (bass) and Caz Hellbent (drums) - are now releasing a brand new EP called "You Get Used To It". Culled from the "Grow Up" album sessions which took place at Dean Street studios in Soho Village in the comfy company of Keith Top Of The Pops, the "You Get Used To It" EP extends to both ends of the Desp J spectrum, with the brazenly nifty "Nothing Happens" and "About You" powered along by clanging guitar and crashing drums, while "The Bomb" and "Incandescent" are sultrier and expansive, both breaking the five minute barrier. The "It Gets Better" single meanwhile is Smiths-esque salty shakiness to the max, all savage 12 string Rickenbackering and lovely gothic bass haranguing and all wrapped up in 2 manic minutes and 49 frazzled seconds.
