Cosmic Psychos - Sin Bin

  

  I think it's fair to say that there's been plenty of exciting new Australian bands posted on here in recent times. Today you're getting a band that have influenced many of them. 

  Hailing from Melbourne, Cosmic Psychos (https://www.facebook.com/cosmicpsychos) formed in 1982 as Spring Palms before changing their name a couple of years later. As well as being one of the country's most influential acts, they're also one of the most successful. They mix "arty punk noise" and pub rock and you can check out a bunch of their releases here : https://cosmicpsychos.bandcamp.com/music 

  They've a new album on it's way, it'll be titled Mountain Of Piss and it's due out on their own label, Go The Hack Records, on July 9th. You can pre order it here : http://www.cosmicpsychos.com.au/ To celebrate the release, the band will host a Worldwide Livestream Event on July 1 before hitting the road for a bunch of tour dates in August.

  I played the title track on a recent Just Some Punk Songs show when they released it as a video with "guest appearances" from a couple of the bands that have been influenced by them; Amyl And The Sniffers & The Chats (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUj5avQPoGM&t=9s). 

  Now they ramp up expectations even higher with a brand new single. Lining up with Ross Knight (vocals/bass), John McKeering (guitars/vocals) and Dean Muller (drums), they've unleashed a beast of a song. It's a "beer soaked dig at dickhead sporting culture." It's called Sin Bin and it's by a bunch of old dogs who are still teaching the kids a few new tricks... 

Mini Skirt - Pretty

  Mini Skirt (https://www.facebook.com/miniskirt666/) are 4 blokes from Byron Bay, Australia, who play an invigorating brand of punked up pub rock. They announced themselves with a demo called Mate in 2016 and since then have released a number of impressive singles/eps and a split 7" with fellow countrymen Cosmic Psychos. The most recent of those releases is a new single called Pretty. You can find it here :   https://miniskirt666.bandcamp.com/

  Recorded by Owen Penglis, assisted by Mitch Parry and mixed & mastered by Mikey Young (a guy who's been responsible for making many of the bands who appear on here sound great, check out his credits https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mikey-young-mn0002568924/credits), the new single is a definite winner. An eruption of rage, blood vessels straining in singer on vocalist Jacob Boylan's neck as he reveals he's sick of it all. Give the whip to the whistleblower, get your facts from the phone.... It's all angst and frustration, Jacob's feeling like a stranger in the place that made him who he is.

  Pretty.....