Punch-in

Punch-in are an alt-rock four-piece, featuring friends who’ve made music together to various degrees of non-success since their early teens. Careers, distance, and eventually fatherhood pulled Jack, Oliver and Declan apart.

After finding themselves together in the right place at the right time again – their hometown of Warrington – they replaced all the gear they sold years ago. In late 2025, another old friend, Jonny, joined them on the keys, and Punch-in was born.

Blending elements of new wave, post-punk and indie rock, Punch-in create catchy yet introspective songs. They reflect on and poke fun at their own trivial places in a messy modern world, with a sprinkling of social commentary from that same blinkered perspective.

The band's instinct for melody, emotional honesty and a sense of the absurd is shaped by a shared love of artists like Talking Heads, The Cure, Pixies, Grandaddy, Reuben, XTC and Eels.