Two For The Weekend: Cream Soda

UK garage punk trio Cream Soda kick out two Medway-style rockers "Excuses" b/w "Mrs. Barker" on a limited lathe-cut single.

Cream Soda are a trio of late teens hailing from the Medway delta. They offer Punk Rocked Power Pop, fused with 60s Freakbeat and Garage, as well as the late 80s indie stuff.

Respecting the past, with eyes firmly on the road ahead, they echo the classic Medway sound, like The Prisoners and Thee Milkshakes, whilst also incorporating more recent influences.

The idea behind Cream Soda started in late October of 2023 when singer/guitarist Tom Page and drummer Tom Emerick, accompanied by one of Page’s mates on bass, started playing original material in various garages after becoming acquainted through Music GCSE at Rainham Mark Grammar School, Medway. Due to creative disagreements, the bass player left and Jack Etheridge – another one of Tom Page’s mates joined the band; a guitarist by trade but was happy to pick up the four-stringed instrument.

Playing their first gig on 1st December 2023, Cream Soda have played throughout Kent and the South East since then, and continue to make noise on stages wherever they can.

With the help of Zach Moon (of Mitchell Lane and The Critic), Cream Soda recorded a version of their Song ‘Mrs Barker’ and made it available on Soundcloud. 

A few months later, they went into Ranscombe Studios and recorded five more songs. One of which ‘Someone I’m Not’ was released on Dammit Records’ October 2024 compilation via Bandcamp.

On Cream Soda's lathe-cut 7-inch – released in a numbered limited edition of 20 copies (now sold out) in a generic brown paper sleeve – ’Excuses’ is the second of the Ranscombe Studios songs to be revealed to the public, as well as a remaster of ‘Mrs Barker’ on the flip. 

Hopefully Spinout will press up a proper vinyl edition of Cream Soda's savage seven with a picture sleeve, but until then, have a listen to both sides below.