UNVEIL NEW ALBUM ‘THE SOUND A BODY MAKES WHEN IT’S STILL’ + SHARE NEW VIDEO OUT FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST VIA WAX BODEGA STREAM PHOTO CREDIT: KAYTLIN DARGEN HI RES PROMO  |  ARTWORK  |  AUDIO STREAM  |  REQUEST AN INTERVIEW

Post-emo rising stars Hot Mulligan have released their highly-anticipated fourth full-length LP, The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still, out everywhere now via Wax Bodega. Exclusive Australian vinyl of the new record can be ordered here. Alongside album release, the band premiered an official music video for the gritty and rebellious track “It Smells Like Hot Fudge Axe In Here”.  The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still is driven by a sense of fear that erupts into blistering choruses, revealing some of the most unguarded moments Hot Mulligan has ever committed to tape. At its core, the record is raw, relentless, and impossible to ignore. Packed with fight-or-flight hooks, it commands attention from the first note, while its finer details including shimmering guitar lines, subtle synth flourishes, and Tades Sanville’s gripping high notes, make it the band’s most cohesive and fully realized body of work to date. The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still, has already drawn widespread acclaim from critics across the globe: “Hot Mulligan are different, but they’re also getting better.” Kerrang! 4.5 “I love it; the LP helps me confront some things that I tend to repress. I found myself without a single song to skip.” New Noise Magazine 4/5 “The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still feels like HOT MULLIGAN leaning fully into who they are.” Distorted Sound Mag 9/10 “… quintessential Hot Mulligan; ridiculous, heartfelt, and occasionally terrifying. It proves they can grow without losing the scrappy, chaotic charm that made them the band everyone quietly cheers for in emo-pop-punk circles.” Punktastic Focus track “It Smells Like Fudge Axe In Here” pairs Hot Mulligan’s signature upbeat post-emo melodies with defiant energy and lyrics that hit with a darkly reflective edge. Accompanying the track is an official music video, directed by Michael Herrick, that features a tense Italian chess match gone wrong. The peaceful summertime courtyard scene evolves into a full-on brawl, sending both doves and spaghetti flying. Watch it here. Previously released singles gave listeners an early glimpse into the visceral and emotionally charged world of the new record. Earlier in the month, the group released “Island in the Sun” feat. Cory Castro of Free Throw accompanied by a music video featuring candid tour footage that offers a glimpse into the raw, unfiltered energy that fuels Hot Mulligan’s world – watch here. The album’s first single, “And A Big Load” is packed with bold riffs and careful sonic nuances that fans know and love alongside a pop-punk-inspired music video – watch here. The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still is out now and streaming everywhere via Wax Bodega. For more information, visit https://hotmulligan.band/ For media enquiries, please contact ophelia@bigmouthpr.com.au For label enquiries, please contact kiara@civilians.co STREAM IT SMELLS LIKE FUDGE AXE IN HERE

‘THE SOUND A BODY MAKES WHEN IT’S STILL’ OUT NOW VIA WAX BODEGA RELEASE DETAILS Artist: Hot Mulligan Hometown: Michigan, USA Album Title: The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still Release Date: Friday 22nd August Genre: Post-Emo Label: Wax Bodega MEDIA DOWNLOADS “It Smells Like Fudge Axe In Here” Audio Stream Hi Res Promo Image Album Artwork TRACK LISTING 01. Moving to Bed Bug Island 02. And a Big Load 03. It Smells Like Fudge Axe in Here 04. Island in the Sun (feat. Corey Castro of Free Throw) 05. Bon Jonah 06. This Makes Me Yummy 07. Monica Lewinskibidi 08. Milam Minute 09. Cream of Wheat of Feet New Cream of (feat) 10. Mix Master Wade On The Beat 11. Carbon Monoxide Hotel 12. This Makes Me Yucky 13. Let Me See Your Mounts 14. Monster Burger and a $5 Beer 15. Slumdog Scungillionaire 16. My Dad Told Me To Write a Nice One For Nana So This Is It

BLACKBRIAR New Album A THOUSAND LITTLE DEATHS
Is Out Now + Release Video For Fatal Romance ‘Bluebeard’s Chamber’

Blackbriar are proud to finally present their new studio album, A Thousand Little Deaths, released via Nuclear Blast Records. A modern masterpiece steeped in gothic mystique, featuring breathtaking tracks such as The Fossilized Widow, Floriography, A Last Sigh of Bliss, I Buried Us  and Harpy.

Today, the band have also revealed a video for ‘Bluebeard’s Chamber‘, the album’s opener. The track is a fatalistic romatic tale, inspied by the classic French fairytale.

Vocalist Zora Cock comments:

“Sometimes curiosity feels so strong that it’s almost as if you’re compelled to look by some unseen force, just as Aurora pricked her finger on the spinning wheel, which led her to a cursed sleep. A destructive kind of curiosity like Pandora’s, who opened the box, releasing all evil into the world. Or like Psyche, who couldn’t resist shining a light on her mysterious lover, only to lose him and be left pleading for forgiveness. Mine felt more like opening Bluebeard’s chamber, leaving me covered in blood.”

Order/stream A Thousand Little Deaths: https://blackbriar.bfan.link/a-thousand-little-deaths

Watch the video for ‘Bluebeard’s Chamber‘: https://youtu.be/3-ZNk_YqTfk

A Thousand Little Deaths

01. Bluebeard’s Chamber
02. The Hermit and the Lover
03. The Fossilized Widow
04. My Lonely Crusade
05. Floriography
06. The Catastrophe That is Us
07. A Last Sigh of Bliss
08. Green Light Across the Bay
09. I Buried Us 
10. Harpy 

Few bands are capable of conjuring up such vivid cinematic vision asBlackbriar. The band’s lavish history of evocative dark fairytale storytelling and compelling gothic soundscapes continues to expand as we move further into 2025 and experience their third full length album, A Thousand Little Deaths. Tackling themes of love, loss, and death, Blackbriar seek to take all willing Thorns on a passionate and resounding journey filled once more with mesmerizing imagery, masterful lyricism, and dark symphonic metal power.

Expect even more big things for Blackbriar as 2025 continues along. With YouTube streams now reaching 71 million views and over 253,000 subscribers, and equally massive Spotify stats including a total of over 65 million streams, with over 190,000 monthly listeners who contribute to 1 million streams a month and 12 million streams per year, the world has taken notice of their distinctively macabre yet whimsical sense of metallic storytelling. Prepare to wrap yourself up in their seductive siren songs and expect to be swept away on an unforgettable journey.

BLACKBRIAR is:
Zora Cock – VOCALS
René Boxem – DRUMS
Bart Winters – GUITARS
Robin Koezen – GUITARS
Siebe Sol Sijpkens – BASS
Ruben Wijga – KEYS

Late Night Orchestra

Northcote Theatre

Saturday August 16

After a celebrated debut last year, Late Night Orchestra are back in 2025, bringing together some of Australia’s finest musicians to pay homage to the legacy of Massive Attack and the trip hop era.

The all-star lineup of vocalists includes ARIA winners Adrian Eagle, Katie Noonan, Thandi Phoenix, and THNDO.

Massive Attack are considered trailblazers of the trip hop movement, blending hypnotic beats, brooding atmospheres, and politically charged lyricism to redefine electronic music.

To celebrate their legacy, the Late Night Orchestra will reimagine Massive Attack’s iconic catalogue, delivering a lush, cinematic take on classics while also paying homage to the artists they inspired.

A mesmerising journey through soul folk, hypnotic harmonies and open-veined lyricism, the new album Promises out today from ARIA-nominated and WAM award-winning duo Mama Kin Spender is one of those truly rare creative entities that transfixes mind, body and soul; a seismic concept album that explores every facet of love, from optimism through to decay, rage and transformation.

The opening track, Arrows is immediately captivating, and so Promises kicks off with a nod to the likes of Alabama Shakes and Pat Benetar.Swaggering melodics and resoundingly relatable lyricism: “You and me / What a team / Then something started creepin’ in / A lazy blamin’ kinda thing / Just when I, I thought that you, could be my everything”. Steeped in real-world experience, Arrows also pierces memorably with its bewitching vocal interplay between Mama Kin Spender’s Danielle Caruana and Dingo Spender, voicing universal themes of drifting apart offering an intoxicating catharsis. Next up, Bleeding Out instantly charms with a juxtaposition of melody and sentiment. With openly raunchy yet honest lyricism, unpacking passion and frustration. Love continues to thread its way through Promises in its raw title track, channeling regret and romantic despair. The otherworldly Desert Rain is effortlessly draped in humid instrumentals, oscillating melodies and swooning vocals.And finally the relief that is the sumptuous ruminations of We Are The Water.

The album’s glimmering focus track Dance With Me offers a more upbeat fare, with Danielle and Dingo both capturing a fearless and cathartic energy that powerfully pulses through the instrumentation and driving rhythms. “Dance With Me is the wild, fleeting magic of the honeymoon period—those heady moments when love surges like a tidal wave, fueled by dopamine, and oxytocin,” shares Mama Kin Spender. “It’s the hugs AND the drugs and the song that lingers in your heart after the first sleepover, a melody that tugs at your soul years later, weaving together the shimmering highs of young, optimistic love in its opening chapters. Euphoria, rapture and joyful freedom.”

Love That Will Not Die, captivates, a soulful ballad punctuated by poignant guitar lines and dreamy vocal back-and-forth between Danielle and Dingo. Promises then dives deeper into heartfelt rumination on the smoky yet serene What’s Wrong With Me. Mama Kin Spender continue to re-imagine the soul and roots space with their own brand of magic, Promises’ penultimate track Blue Belle slithers with sensual melodies and whiskey-soaked soundscapes, channelling vivid heartbreak. Danielle and Dingo deliver a final note of surrender and acceptance, with the timeless track, The Road. A cinematic end point to Promises, and one that also yet again showcases the flawless balance between Danielle and Dingo, and the broader magic wielded by this collaboration under the Mama Kin Spender moniker. The Road would happily find its place at the end of a heart-rending indie romance as it softly rolls away with the lines: “Don’t ask me any questions / I don’t need reminding / Of the road we leave behind…”

An album that captures a galaxy of vignettes of the relational experience and ultimately in the space of 10 tracks, Promises is achingly personal yet easily relatable, ultimately a diary entry about the rise, fall and transformation of love. An album that details with pure honesty every facet of matters of the heart with a compelling array of soul, folk, pop, rock and more, Promises will capture your heart, make you feel seen, and maybe – just maybe – inspire you to take great care of love.

Renowned for their raw, percussive energy and beguiling harmonies, Mama Kin Spender is the collaborative creative project from long-time friends and creative partners Mama Kin (Danielle Caruana) and Spender (Dingo Spender). With a stalwart reputation for songwriting that grips at your core, as well as their unforgettable live performances, Mama Kin Spender released their debut full-length album in 2018, with Golden Magnetic scoring an ARIA Award nomination for Best Blues and Roots Album. The pair have previously won Best Folk Act (2013) and Best Blues / Roots Act (2018) at the West Australian Music Industry Awards, and have also performed at the likes of WOMADelaide and Woodford Festival, Perth, Darwin and Vivid Festival, and toured across North America and Ireland and across Australia; with plenty more to come.

Mama Kin Spender will be taking their incredible show on the road starting next month for their Promises Tour, heading to Pomona, Murwillumbah, Brisbane, Brunswick, Archie’s Creek, Belgrave, Sydney, Milton and Dashville don’t miss your chance to catch this incredible pair and their spectacular new album live in action.

Promises is out today.

MAMA KIN SPENDER – UPCOMING SHOWS:

Tickets available from mamakinspender.love

FRI 05 SEP | MAJESTIC THEATRE, POMONA/GUBBI GUBBI QLD
SAT 06 SEP | THE CITADEL, MURWILLUMBAH/BUNDJALUNG NSW
SUN 07 SEP | LEFTY’S MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE/MEANJIN QLD
FRI 12 SEP | BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, BRUNSWICK/BULLEKE-BEK VIC
SAT 13 SEP | ARCHIE’S CREEK HALL, ARCHIE’S CREEK/BUNURONG VIC
SUN 14 SEP | SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE/WURUNDJERI VIC
FRI 03 OCT | PADDINGTON UNITING CHURCH, SYDNEY/GADIGAL NSW
SAT 04 OCT | MILTON THEATRE, MILTON/BUDAWANG NSW
SUN 05 OCT | DASHVILLE SKYLINE, DASHVILLE/WONNARUA NSW