PUNCHBAG, the duo comprised of Clara and Anders Bach have announced their debut EP I’m Not Your Punchbag, will drop on May 2, 2025 via Mute Records. The duo will be playing Ritual Union Festival on March 29th before playing The Great Escape in May. The announcement follows last month’s buzzy debut single “Fuck It.” The track was released alongside an eye-catching video directed by Joe Gainsborough.

“I’m Not Your Punchbag” “It comes from a ‘harmless’ small remark made to me at a dinner table once that really cut deep,”says Clara. “From this small seed, if you like, the song grew into a kind of anthem for fighting back – a refusal to let people dump their shit on you.”

It was after writing it that they realised that PUNCHBAG made a good band name. “This song helps explain the band name and our ethos,” Clara continues. “It’s something to scream along to; a perfect therapy. ‘Don’t take it out on me, bitch!’”

The duo played their first show in the spring of 2024. Colliding the raw unfiltered energy of punk with the overflowing ecstasy of pop, from the off they demonstrated an uncanny skill for commanding a crowd. “We take it seriously,” says Clara. “We’ve thought about it a lot, and it was important that from the first time we performed it was fully formed. We’re Virgos. We’re perfectionists.”

“We’d rather someone had a strong adverse reaction to our music than it be just played in the background,”says Anders. He needn’t worry, of course, PUNCHBAG’s chaotic and utterly cathartic forthcoming debut EP is guaranteed to grab attention.

Punchbag 2025 tour dates

3/29/2025 – Bristol, UK – Ritual Union Festival
5/15/2025-5/16/2025 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival
5/24/2025 – The Hague, NL – Sniester Festival
6/14/2025 – Bergen, NO – Bergenfest
7/17/2025 – Kristiansand, NO – Ravnedalen Festival
7/19/2025 – Nordfjordeid, NO – Malakoff Festival
8/15/2025 – 8/16/2025 – Trondheim, NO, Pstereo Festival
8/29/2025 – Tromsø, NO – Rakettnatt Festival

pre-order I’m Not Your Punchbag HERE