'In Southend, not being glassed was an achievement': the might and misfortune of UK rockers Understand | Punk

Signed as the ‘Backstreet Boys of emo’ in the 90s major-label boom, the band became hated by the scene they spawned. Two decades later, they explain why Covid and grief spurred them to finish their second album

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