Another punk and rock originals line up for a Friday night at Scarborough’s Cask Club blended bands from Whitby, Hull and Bridlington and brought plenty of pogoing to the dancefloor. 19th September 2025.
Breaking Suns brought a slice of Whitby’s alternative rock scene to start proceedings. Having recently played at the Neil and Ed Festival, a fundraiser for cancer research taking place annually at Whitby Brewery, the band were in fine form. The overall tone is good fun, heavy beats, with a danceworthy rhythm; there’s plenty of sweary, funny banter and the songs take you from Point in Space “about how f*cked the universe is” to the hopeful refrains of a track that (I think) was named Shine for Me. They blended some different styles, sometimes even within the same song, and it works; a strong opener and setting the tone – and the space on the dancefloor – well for the evening ahead.
The Black Ravines amped things up another notch in short order. Self-described as eighties-inspired rock with a dark post-punk edge, I find no flaws in this description. I want to compare them to some other bands for you, but even Depeche Mode with a nod towards Deadletter wouldn’t be cutting it, and perhaps defying comparison is exactly why they hit home. All I’ll add is, I was sober (driver), but I was dancing (jumping) almost constantly, and despite the occasional (one other) recent foray into such behaviours, it takes something special to make that combinaton occur, so whatever hocus-pocus this lot can cast was both strong and ultimately compelling. It was clearly compelling for many others too, as I had a wave of people suddenly putting their hand on my camera arm to check, “What are these lot called again?” (You can usually rely on us at YCG to remember such things, after all). Recently they’ve graced the stages at Humber Street Sesh and the Queens in Brid, so now with this Scarborough gig under their belt too, let’s hope it’s not long before you can check them out for yourself again somewhere close to home – though I suspect they’ll soon be further afield – and get listening on the usual platforms, too.
Tempersflare might sound like they’re ready for a fight, but they are in fact three friendly fellas, some of whom were also dancing during The Black Ravines; and their popularity as a band was evident; they had a dancing crowd happily thronging and thrashing along to their super-fast punk-rock stylings. Those stylings take on board a plethora of influences within the facets of the genre, but the consistent element you can count on is fun in full effect. If I had thought the dancefloor shenanigans had peaked with The Black Ravines, I was wrongity-wrong-wrong. A crowd of followers and first-time fans from home and away were making dancefloor acquaintance, and whilst my own feet had retired by this time (cameras are heavy, you know) it was as much a joy to crowd-watch as it was to band-watch. Such union is what live music is all about and good tempers blended with playing flair was the sort of marriage which music venues, musicians, and music lovers all pray for; a holy trinity delivered on this night by a trio of talented acts.
Links:
Breaking Suns: Facebook : Spotify
The Black Ravines: Facebook : Instagram : Spotify
Tempersflare: Facebook : Bandcamp
Cask & Keg Scarborough: Facebook : Instagram
