CHUB’s “Microwave Dave” is a glorious, beer-soaked Punk rager
Where polished pop and algorithm-chasing singles flood the airwaves, sometimes all you need is a three-minute, high-octane blast of beer-drenched, middle-finger-waving punk rock to remind you what it feels like to be alive. Enter CHUB, the feral South Coast quartet who’ve been carving out a reputation as one of the UK’s most unapologetically raucous live bands — and with their new single, “Microwave Dave,” they’re throwing down one of the most infectious, adrenaline-charged anthems of the year.
Fresh off a scorched-earth set on the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Festival, CHUB are riding the kind of chaotic momentum most punk bands only dream about. And “Microwave Dave” — an irreverent, high-speed homage to a local Wetherspoons regular (whose lore may or may not be entirely made up) — captures everything that makes this band such a thrilling proposition.
From the opening seconds, “Microwave Dave” hits like a skateboard to the teeth. It’s a white-knuckle blast of soaring, distortion-drenched guitar riffs, machine-gun drum fills, and bass lines that thrum with drunken abandon. The track moves like a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater session cranked to 11 — an apt comparison given that the band cites those early-2000s soundtracks as a formative influence.
But CHUB don’t just play at punk nostalgia; they weaponize it. The production here is tight where it needs to be and ragged in all the right places — a perfect balance of classic pop-punk melodies and snarling, circle-pit energy.
What really cements “Microwave Dave” as a CHUB classic-in-the-making is its offbeat sense of humor. The track’s namesake is supposedly a local legend of questionable origin, a Wetherspoons regular whose backstory is half local myth, half beer-fueled invention. Whether or not Dave actually exists is beside the point; it’s the kind of inside joke turned anthem that thrives in punk rock culture — a shared laugh screamed in unison across sticky-floored venues and festival fields.
Like all great punk songs, “Microwave Dave” is more than the sum of its parts. It’s a sonic rallying cry for misfits, pissheads, skaters, and anyone who still believes in the redemptive power of noise. It’s the kind of track that demands a circle pit, a raised pint, and a knowing grin exchanged between strangers mid-song. In a scene where too many bands chase trends or rehash safer versions of rebellion, CHUB sound gloriously unfiltered, unpolished, and real.
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