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Fresh from supporting Australian heavy music royalty Mindsnare on their first voyage across the Bass Strait in 20 years, Nipaluna/Hobart horticulturally-tinged hardcore heroes, Threats, have shared the first single from their soon to be released second album.

On Hurricane, Threats are in full flight as the cathartic maelstrom music lovers from all corners of Lutruwita/Tasmania have come to hold close to their hearts. Anchored buoyantly by Kane Parsell’s supple bass and Matt Cocks’ thunderous percussion, Bek Binnie’s guttural roar and Dale Evans’ churning guitar bluster tumultuously as Binnie declares “I will bite”. Throughout Hurricane, Threats provide chances to step back from the turbulence; lulls in the squall allowing space to recover until the next cresting wave of anguish rolls through. 

Hurricane arrives paired with an enthralling video produced by Nipaluna/Hobart gothic icon Black Paul (delivered to the band rural spy-ops style via a chook feed silo), and the much-anticipated news that Threats are ready to share their second album, ‘Backward Alchemy’, due out independently on November 15th – PRE-ORDER HERE.

ABOUT THREATS

Based in Nipaluna/Hobart, Threats combine dizzying drums, primitive riffs rendered at hyper-speed, and words of introspection, subversion and gardening into a cathartic maelstrom of fun. Dancing around a bonfire of hardcore punk since 2019, the four friends throw in scraps of thrash and noise/electronics to singe some eyebrows.

Threats rapidly established themselves as one of the most beloved bands in Lutruwita/Tasmania, and have played everywhere from the scrappiest house party through to the decadent Odeon Theatre. The band has performed at Mona Foma, Dark Mofo and Vibrance Festival, and has accumulated an impressive list of support slots including A Wilhelm Scream, Mindsnare, Lagwagon, Full Of Hell + Thou, Frenzal Rhomb, These New South Whales and A.Swayze & The Ghosts. In 2023, Threats were finalists in the Best Live Act in Tasmania category at the National Live Music Awards.

In 2021, Threats released their first album, ‘I’ve Been Disappointing Lately’ – recorded in a dank rehearsal room housing the city’s oldest toilet – and followed up the next year with a split 7-inch featuring fellow Hobart noise merchants and musical BFFs Smug Anime Face. Always searching for new thrills, the two bands teamed up for what would become an iconic launch show – running two stages at the same time, playing song for song like a twisted game of hardcore ping pong.

In 2023, Threats were invited into the inimitable Frying Pan Studios at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), working with world-renowned engineer Chris Townend to record their second album, ‘Backward Alchemy’, due for release in November 2024.

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