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British/Irish post-punk albums

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Joy as an Act of Resistance
The Overload
This Could Be Texas
Below the Waste
Forever Howlong
All That is Over
Ants From Up Here
Skinty Fia
Dogrel
When I Have Fears
Glutton for Punishment
Secret Love
Stumpwork
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Gigi's Recovery
Bright Green Field
The New Eve is Rising
Where's My Utopia?
Cowards
O Monolith
New Long Leg
Blindness
From the Pyre
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Songs of Praise
Prelude to Ecstasy
Letter To Self
For the First Time
National Average
Moisturizer
Goat Girl
Passenger
Pain to Power
Romance
Food For Worms
Cutthroat
Real Deal
A Hero's Death
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Brutalism
Drunk Tank Pink
Crawler
Tangk
Postindustrial Hometown Blues
Wet Leg
On All Fours
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Ultra Mono
Hellfire
Honeyglaze
Schlagenheim
Cavalcade
Created Jan 24, 2026
A comprehensive ranking of the British and Irish post-punk revival that has dominated the 2010s and 2020s alternative music scene. This collection spans the genre's heavy hitters—from IDLES' politically charged anthems (*Brutalism*, *Joy as an Act of Resistance*) and Black Country, New Road's experimental epics (*Ants From Up There*, *For the First Time*) to Fontaines D.C.'s Irish literary punk (*Dogrel*, *Skinty Fia*) and Shame's raw intensity (*Songs of Praise*, *Food For Worms*). The list captures the movement's diversity, including Squid's art-rock explorations, Wet Leg's indie-pop crossover appeal, Black Midi's chaotic brilliance, and Yard Act's sardonic social commentary. These albums represent a golden era of guitar-driven music that reinvigorated post-punk with fresh perspectives on politics, identity, and modern British and Irish life.

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