Neck Deep is a Welsh pop punk band formed in Wrexham in 2012 around brothers Ben and Seb Barlow, a cornerstone of the 2010s pop punk revival. Life's Not Out to Get You (2015) is the breakthrough and the obvious starting point, with The Peace and the Panic (2017) close behind. Shop Neck Deep vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Neck Deep formed in Wrexham, Wales in 2012 around brothers Ben and Seb Barlow. They are widely cited as one of the foundational acts of the 2010s pop punk revival, with commercial breakthrough through their 2015 album Life's Not Out to Get You and 2017 follow-up The Peace and the Panic. They moved from Hopeless Records to Run for Cover Records for their 2024 self-titled album Neck Deep. They have continued releasing material across multiple decades.
Neck Deep's sound combines pop punk, easycore, emo, melodic hardcore, alternative rock, and skate punk with Ben Barlow's distinctive vocal delivery and arrangements drawing on classic 2000s pop punk (Blink-182, New Found Glory) alongside contemporary easycore and emo influences.
Hopeless Records and Run for Cover pressings of the Neck Deep catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Neck Deep typically start with Life's Not Out to Get You (2015) or The Peace and the Panic (2017).
