To coincide with making their long-awaited triple j Like A Version debut today, putting a horn-infused punk-goes-pop twist on Tate McCrae‘s 2023 chart-busting single Greedy, Eora/Sydney-based alt-rock shapeshifters RedHook have officially announced their sophomore album, ‘Mutation’ – out Friday November 22 (independently in Australia and internationally via Adventure Cat Records).
Following on from their debut 2023 LP ‘Postcard From A Living Hell’, ‘Mutation’ was produced by the band’s good mate Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic) with assistant production from RedHook‘s own Craig Wilkinson and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore).
The record will be stacked with previous singles Pyromaniac, Cannibal feat. Alpha Wolf, Breaking Up With, Scream 2 and Tourist and see RedHook double down on everything that makes them one of the most paradigm-shifting bands in the modern heavy space.
Frontwoman Emmy Mack comments: “Mutation felt like the perfect name for this record because we wanted it to feel like an evolution in every single way, not just in RedHook’s sound, but also in the culture around us. We’re here to shift narratives, offer new perspectives and dismantle old ways of thinking. RedHook has always felt like a bit of a misfit in the heavy music space. A lot of people don’t quite ‘get’ us. But we didn’t make this record for those people. We made it for the ones like us. The misfits, the outliers, the weirdos. We can’t wait for you to hear it.”
The news comes as RedHook gear up for their biggest Australian headline shows ever this August and September. The tour package is bursting with femme power, with the band to be joined by Naarm/Melbourne melodic rock force The Beautiful Monument and Mulubinba/Newcastle pop-punk stalwarts Eat Your Heart Out, with Boorloo/Perth metalcore rising stars Patient Sixty-Seven opening the night.
‘Postcard From A Living Hell’ peaked at #10 on the ARIA Album Charts and was triple j‘s Feature Album of the Week. Previous singles off ‘Mutation’ have been added to full rotation on triple j, and playlist support has been seen from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Deezer. The band has also been featured on the cover of Spotify‘s ‘All New Rock’, ‘Rock Out.’, ‘Homegrown + Heavy’, and Amazon Music‘s ‘Breakthrough Rock’.
‘Mutation’ will be available on Friday November 22, 2024
REDHOOK
BREAKING UP WITH TOUR
Tickets available from weareredhook.com
FRI 30 AUG | UC HUB, NGUNNAWAL/CANBERRA ACT
SAT 31 AUG | THE STATION, NGARIGO/JINDABYNE NSW
THU 5 SEP | AMPLIFIER, BOORLOO/PERTH WA *
FRI 6 SEP | 170 RUSSELL, NAARM/MELBOURNE VIC
SAT 7 SEP | UNI BAR, KUWARNA/ADELAIDE SA
THU 12 SEP | KING STREET, MULUBINBA/NEWCASTLE NSW
FRI 13 SEP | MANNING BAR, GADIGAL/SYDNEY NSW
SAT 14 SEP | THE TRIFFID, MEANJIN/BRISBANE QLD
* The Beautiful Monument not appearing in Boorloo/Perth
With thanks to Good Intent
