Bugeye – This Ain’t A Love Song (INH Records)
Ramping up to the release of their second album Croydon’s Bugeye release sneering electro-punk anti-love single This Ain’t A Love Song.
Artist: Bugeye
Track: This Ain’t A Love Song
Label: INH Records
Released: 10 October 2025
Find it: Bandcamp
What Croydon electro-punks Bugeye do well they do in abundance on new single This Ain’t A Love Song.
That sneering vocal around sharp lyrics, choppy guitars jostling with synths and beats. Sugarcoating is eschewed in favour of blunt statement, all while the melody beckons you to spin under the dancefloor’s shimmer lights.
It’s somewhere between the disco-guitars of Blondie, the industrial force of Nine Inch Nails, and the straight-to-the-point scorn of 70’s punk.
“It’s not like when boy meets girl or girl meets girl or boy meets boy / This is nothing like this at all / I really can’t stand you / Dodged a bullet there / You’re such a waste of space / And rubbish”
Bugeye’s Angela Martin (guitar, lyrics, drums, arrangements) said: “A song that challenges the narcissists of the world. It’s a sharp, sarcastic anti-love anthem that flips the breakup ballad on its head. Instead of longing or heartbreak, it delivers biting humor and raw honesty about dodging a toxic relationship. It is brutal, catchy, and unapologetically savage – it’s the sound of saying what everyone else is too polite to.”
If you’ve heard Bugeye before This Ain’t A Love Song is unmistakably them, and if you’re new it serves as the ideal introduction on what you can expect from this band.
This Ain’t A Love Song by Bugeye is out digitally now. Their second album is due shortly on INH Records.
Find Bugeye: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
More about Bugeye:
- read an interview with Angela Martin of Bugeye
- Bugeye’s debut album Ready Steady Bang was released on Reckless Yes in 2020 – available on Bandcamp
Live dates:
- 6 November – Revolut, Brighton
- 14 November – Le Pub, Newport
- 20 November – Mr Wolfs, Bristol
- 22 November – The Pump, Trowbridge
- 28 November – The Garibaldi, Northampton
- 4 December – Record Junkee, Sheffield
- 12 December – The Pipeline, Brighton
- 13 December – The Grace, London
- 16 January – The Victoria, Birmingham
- 31 January – The Castle, Manchester
- 6 February – The Grove, Nottingham
- 13 February – Poco Loco, Chatham
- 28 February – The Pipeline, Brighton
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Sarah Lay
A long-standing music journalist she's also co-founder of independent record label Reckless Yes, an author of novels, and when not messing around with words and music, a digital strategist.
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