Complex sentence: The single was performed in the aggressive, minimalist style of the then-prevailing punk style, but with poppier influences, somewhat akin to the Buzzcocks and "Up the Junction" a docupop song by Difford and Tilbrook of Squeeze written around the same time.
Split into simpler sentences: The single was performed in the aggressive, minimalist style of the then-prevailing punk style, but with poppier influences, somewhat akin to the Buzzcocks. And "Up The Junction" a docupop song by Difford & Tilbrook of Squeeze written around the same time.