Happenings are happening

Matt and I started working on this music a whole decade ago.

Then we released our first E.P., ’Ouroboros’ – 38 minutes of fuzzed up feedback and fury and feeeelings ❤️‍🩹 – in 2019.

We’re still really proud of it.

So, despite 6 and a half years of health issues and plagues and multiple attempts at putting a full band together, we’re still here.

And this time we mean business.

Obvs.

We have an awesome new drummer, Jack Camp (of Redshift and Betrayers).

We have 4 new songs in the works.

The Beginning and the End 2026

And we have a gig. Our first real one (we did do a trial run as a 2 piece back in 2023 but decided that wasn’t the way forward).

Saturday 4th April, 2026
The Royal Oak, Bath
Free entry
8pm
More info here

We’re opening for super fun Bath-based female-fronted punk/rock band
T.A.T (THERES ALWAYS TIME) Bandcamp Instagram

Although we shout about it in slightly different ways, we share a similar attitude to social consciousness and animosity towards the political establishment haha

If you’re in the Somerset area on Saturday 4th April, please come down to the Oak, support the Bath music scene and have a fun noisy evening with us.

Either way, stay tuned for more live dates and more music in 2026.

Have a extraordinarily pleasant day,

Jamie
The Beginning and the End

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‘Superego’ Single Release Day

I guess it’s kinda funny, really. In a way…

We had pressed pause on our band with the first lockdown, back in ‘20. We had recently grown into a 4 piece and were pretty much ready for live shows.

I was being super cautious of the plague, as Crohn’s Disease had been a fecker to me for so long and no-one knew how C19 would affect that.

So, the band were understanding and kept things on the back burner. (Still proud of our lockdown Tool cover). Matt the drums moved away, so then we were 3.

But it’s been a long coupla years, so we decided, hey, let’s get things going again. Let’s relaunch ourselves by releasing a single! 

So we got it all arranged; paid for and booked in. ‘What about Friday 13th?’ I said. ‘Wouldn’t that be funny’…

And then, last week, I got COVID for the first time. 🤦‍♂️ 9+ days today and still going strong… hahaha…

All of which is to say, today we relaunch The Beginning and the End with a single we should’ve released 2 and a half years ago!

If you wanna help us out, please add this song to a playlist on your streaming service, share it around, play it loud in your car on your way home from work, etc.

We made a handy page with all the links you might need to find it for streaming, right now: thebeginningandtheend.co/superego/

Thank you! Love from

Jamie (and Matt and Andy)

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Tool Cover – ‘H.’

Hey-ohhh! It’s been a while, huh? Matt and I planned to do this for Robb’s Gig 2020, back in December, but workloads, health-troubles and general life busyness delayed getting it finished… UNTIL NOW. Hope you like it! 🤞✌️

H. (Tool Cover) by Matt J. and Jamie F. of The Beginning and the End

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‘Terminal’ Single Release Day!

We were originally planning to release this on Friday, but we thought we’d give Tool a break and let them have their day. They’ve been waiting 13 years. We’ve only been waiting 4.

We’re super psyched and also incredibly nervous to share this with you!

If you enjoy it, please share it with a friend!

If not, maybe you’ll like some of our other songs; stick around and find out… 🙂

‘Terminal’ is the first single from The Beginning and the End’s upcoming debut E.P., ‘OUROBOROS’, released Sept 13th 2019.

https://thebeginningandtheend.bandcamp.com

Play on Apple Music or buy in iTunes!

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Pre-Order ‘OUROBOROS’ on Bandcamp

‘OUROBOROS’Our debut E.P. is now available to pre-order on Bandcamp!

https://thebeginningandtheend.bandcamp.com/releases

Now, before you ask yourself ‘why would I pre-order an E.P. by a band I’ve never heard?’, let’s take a look at some of the reasons why you would do such a thing:

Love

You can’t help but love our oddly-arranged facial features and quirky personality traits.

Trust

You have judged that based on our previous output, this one will be right up your alley, and of sufficient quality to warrant owning for yourself.

Guilt

You feel you owe one or both of us something (you don’t, but go with it if you feel that buying yourself something will lighten your burden).

Pity

You’re worried no one else will buy it and you’re such a sweetheart that you don’t want us to feel bad after all we’ve been through to get to this point…

Rich

Your name is Rich.

If you’re more committed to the iTunes or Amazon shopping systems, hold tight! We’ll have pre-order links for them in the next week or so.

Wanna support the independent spirit of creativity, anti-corporate resistance and handcrafted art (#damntheman #savetheempire), right now? Click here!

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