Irish punk-pop act The Sussed are returning to the studio in 2023

Irish punk provocateurs The Sussed have just dropped the video for 'Drowning In Bed' via Spit Records - check it out below.

Rory Stokes, Paul Mooney, Declan Jones and John McGrath came together back in 1979, but time (and bucketloads of punk nostalgia) is on their side.

The final video for the band's remastered Don’t Swim On The East Coast EP has also been released.

'Drowning in Bed' is about a series of nightmares Rory had after a near-death drowning experience he had whilst learning to swim with De La Salle.

When The Sussed reformed a few years ago, they went into the studio and recorded a few songs for an album before Rory fell ill. Last year, the musician had a stroke and thankfully is recovering very well.

According to the band, the plan next year is to "get back into the studio and either finish off the album (40 years in the making) or at least get enough for a 6-track EP", they told Hot Press.

The band were one of the more provocative and interesting outfits to emerge from the Irish punk scene, with power-pop sprightliness and social commentary spicing up their three-chord thrash.

They also courted controversy, with their single 'Don't Swim...' being banned from appearing in chart listings by RTE for its condemnation of the nuclear waste plant Windscale, later renamed to Sellafield.

Dave Fanning, Larry Gogan and the BBC's John Peel were among the outfit's many fans. Support like this ensured that the RTÉ ban did little to harm their popularity, though the band never reached the fame level of Boomtown Rats or Radiators From Space.

The band also gained coverage for a gig poster boasting the Rolling Stones, Boomtown Rats, AC/DC and the Sex Pistols as support acts, with the Sussed as headliners – on June 31, 1982.

Check out the band's 'It's The Control' video below, also featuring a noteworthy DIY aesthetic.