Do Nothing have just dropped a live session of ‘Summer of Hate’ through SubCat Studios, and it’s a good reminder of why they’re worth paying attention to.
Recorded at the East London studio on 12 November 2025, the session puts them in their element. Four people in a room making a racket that’s tighter than it has any right to be.
Chris Bailey’s half-spoken delivery still cuts through everything else (the same voice that made Zero Dollar Bill so good), and the rest of the band are fully dialled in.
Andrew Harrison and Charlie Howarth hold it down while Kasper Sandstrøm does his thing around the edges.
The track itself, originally released as a single back in October 2024, captures a particular kind of wound-up energy without tipping into anything too preachy.
It’s direct, a bit restless, and the arrangement gives each part room to breathe instead of piling everything on top of each other.
SubCat’s setup works well for them. There’s nowhere to hide in these sessions, and that suits Do Nothing perfectly. The production is raw but not sloppy, and you get a good sense of how they operate as a unit.
Since their 2020 EP and the 2023 album Snake Sideways, they’ve kept moving without just repeating themselves. This session is another example of that.
Still recognisably them, still rooted in post-punk attitude and Bailey’s sharp observations, but looser and more willing to push at the edges of what they do.
Worth watching the full video to see how it all locks together.