Gourds

Gourds, hailing from Great Yarmouth cross the boundaries of punk music with nonsensical lyrics touching on all the most vital world issues, such as loving their mums, murderous taco trucks, why girls don’t like you and aliens.
Gourds combine heavy hardcore punk influence with reggae, psychedelic and other switch ups to keep you on your Gourdy toes.

A gourd is a fruit from a flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, there are many species of gourd, some with hard shells and some without. They do vary a lot as most fruits do, some can be very small making the shape of a typical shaker and some can be extremely heavy and large, mainly the variety Zucca melon (the giant gourd.)

Edible gourds include the ones usually referred to as squash, whilst most are only ornamental due to their hard shells, being inedible and not tasting very nice. Pumpkin is also a member of the same family as gourds. Growing them as a plant can be possible if they are given full sun and rich well-drained soil, they do also grow very quickly and should have some type of support such as a trellis or fence.

Selected as part of our New Dawn emerging talent programme.