Roses in December return with a vengeance. Their new EP ‘Divided and Conquered’ arrives November 7, 2025, and it’s a blistering, chaotic statement from one of the UK’s most uncompromising punk bands. Fueled by punchy riffs, snarling distortion, and raw vocals, the EP captures the band at their most volatile, channeling the absurdity of modern Britain through a cartoon lens.
“We decided to walk into the studio with no demos and no safety net. Just raw emotion,” the band shares. “It’s the closest we’ve ever sounded to the practice room – slightly unhinged, on the brink of collapse, but somehow holding it together.”
Recorded at Blank Studios in Newcastle with Sam Grant of Pigs x7, the EP weaponizes chaos. Tracks like “Battleship Boomer” and “In The Channel of a Hate Crime” explode with satirical fury, while “Sharks” turns tragedy into a sea-sprayed anthem. The artwork by Viz Comics cartoonist Lee Healey features a wilted red rose, nodding to Labour symbolism and Newcastle’s heritage.
The band, formerly known as Crux, has earned support from BBC tastemakers and played sold-out shows across the UK. A headline gig at Three Tanners Bank follows the EP’s release on November 8. ‘Divided and Conquered’ is brutal, relentless, and defiantly Northern—punk with purpose, and a scream into the void that demands to be heard.