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Sep 15, 2021
20 min

WISHFUL THINKING: Destiny Pt.1, RUOK? Day, and Wishful's 2019 Comeback | INTERVIEW w/ Carl

Wishful Thinking really makes you think with their latest 6 minute epic track Destiny Pt. 1 which was released alongside RUOK? Day in Australia. I had a chat with the band’s frontman Carl about the song’s relationship with mental illness, and we also chatted about Wishful’s return to the punk music scene in 2019 after a 13 year hiatus. Interview Date: Tues 31 August (pre-release date) Okay, Wishful Thinking, you guys are releasing a new single on the 9th of September and it l

Sep 7, 2021
13 min

DRUID: Cheeky Chats about 'The Beauty In The Decay' | INTERVIEW

The best band chats involve banter, laughs, and discussing random birds noises in their new album...YES I’m talking about the band of misfits that make Melbourne’s metalcore outfit Druid. Before dropping The Beauty In the Decay last week, I caught up with the band to have a cheeky chat about their genre-blended album. DRUID are: Chris - Vocalist Jordan - Vocalist Bob - Guitarist Tim - Bassist & Backup Vocals Dale - Drummer Interview Date: 1 Sept 2021 (few days before album re

Sep 3, 2021
16 min

EVERLYNE: New Single 'Deranged' | INTERVIEW

Oh Honey, we’re all mad here!?! But at least we’ve got tunes like Everlyne’s Deranged to feed the insanity…. I mean to help cure the insanity *insert nervous laughing*. Before their big release I caught up with the Melbournian alt rock outfit to chat about their groundbreaking new single. Interview Date: Mon 23 August 2021 (few days before release date) Everlyne are: Mac - vocals Nathan - guitar Sam - drums Jordan - bass -- Alright let’s go! So, Nathan and Jordan you guys are

Aug 31, 2021
3 min

LOOSE END: Autopilot | REVIEW

When an alt/rock metalcore Melbourne band is called Loose End you know that their music is gonna to be as gangster as their name is, and this time around the band aren’t leaving any loose ends lying around or any stone unturned in their new track Autopilot, which raises awareness towards mental health and wellbeing. So let’s review it! Immediately Loose End gave me some Foo Fighters vibes with Autopilot! The guitars are like a grungier, slower version of the Foo’s 2011 track

Aug 27, 2021
15 min

WOLF & CHAIN: New Single 'Taste of Blood', plus Vampire Chats | INTERVIEW

Instead of pinching me, just BITE ME instead! And I’m telling you now, this was not a dream but instead pure reality as I caught up with Jack, Harry, Joe and Sam from the Adelaidian theatrical, vampire-y, emo pop-punk band Wolf & Chain who chatted all things about the Taste of Blood song/video, vampire love metaphors and myths, and even some tour shenanigans! Interview date: Monday 16 August 2021 Now guys have released a new single, and being Wolf & Chain you’re known as a ve

Aug 22, 2021
12 min

SOSO: 'I Wouldn't Call This Success... But It's Close Enough' EP chats with Rhys & Tom | INTERVIEW

SoSo y’all should like um totally check out this cheeky interview feat. vocalist Rhys and drummer Tom from the slightly unhinged- probable lunatic pop punk band SoSo from Sydney. The boys shared some goss about the band, new EP ‘I Wouldn’t Call This Success… But’s It’s Close Enough’, Rhys’ dirty song secret and their upcoming plans including a second mystery EP being in the works. Interview Date: Monday 9 August 2021 To start things off, where does the name SoSo come from? Rh

Aug 19, 2021
4 min

WITHOUT BELIEF: Everlost & 19/08 |REVIEWS

Without Belief are without a doubt one the most honest and realest bands out on the market today. Expanding on their mission of “you are not alone” the Melbourne Prog Metal band have released not 1 but 2 new singles drawing attention to supporting mental health. It would be an absolute crime to let these singles slip through the cracks without a Moody Music Review, so sit your fine ass down and have a read. *** WARNING this post talks about death and mental illness. If this p

Aug 14, 2021
14 min

AGAPANTHER: 'Last Legs' & 'Pseudo' singles, Tattoos and Vinyl Chats | INTERVIEW

How does one join Agapanther? According to Coen all it takes is getting a panther tattoo to be part of the band. I caught with Kyle, Harry and Coen from Adelaide’s 4-piece punk band Agapanther to chat about their latest tune Last Legs, their upcoming second single for 2021 Pseudo, tour stories and special vinyl collab with Grizzlyshark. Interview Date: 5 Aug 2021 Agapanther are: Kyle- Vocals & Rhythm guitar Coen- Guitar Harry- Drums Kenny (Dylan)- Bass Player How did you guys

Aug 8, 2021
14 min

CLAY J GLADSTONE: Crazy Deep Chats about their Debut EP | INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: “I wanna crowd surf, I wanna bite somebody and I wanna run across the bar. They are the three things on my to-do list. I wanna run across a bar, WHILST biting somebody...” that's just a taste of the crazy deep chats I had with Clay, Cole and Maz from Sydney punk band Clay J Gladstone just before the band released their debut EP Dead Friends. Interview Date 22 July 2021 So the band initially started as ‘frenemies’ or rivalries merging, right? How did this come toget

Aug 6, 2021
2 min

SEIRAN: Latest Single 'Dismember' | REVIEW

ICYMI: The Aussie/ Japanese metalcore band Seiran have released their second single Dismember as a follow up tune from The Void which has just hit 10k plays on Youtube and Spotify in the last 24 hours. First of all congrats on the 10k, and secondly another single release calls for another Moody Music review of the band’s new track. Dismember starts off gentler than The Void, which I love because of the sunrise aural ambience this track opens with, the warm up intro in the son

Jul 28, 2021
8 min

HELIGAN: Chatting about Debut Single 'Castaways' with Miles, Josh & Sean | INTERVIEW

Straight outta Perth, I present to you the 3-piece progressive punk band named Heligan. I caught up with Heligan’s very own Miles, Sean and Josh to chat about the band’s humble beginnings (including their quirky band name), their debut single Castaways and their very bright future plans! Okay, first thing I want to ask you is about the band name. It seems like it’s a little bit quirky. and originally, when I first got your email Miles, I read it as ‘Helican’, like a pelican f

Jul 25, 2021
2 min

ALL REGARDS: Where Were You | Single Review

You know what! ‘Where Were You’ !? and YES that question is as confrontational and savage as it sounds, or at least this is the case with All Regards new single. This Melbourne Pop-Punk-Rock trio just released their second single last Friday, this track captures feelings of determination, growing band confidence and a little bit of experimentation with their music. Where Were You is the follow up track from All Regards debut single Trainwreck that hit airwaves (or should it b

Jul 19, 2021
3 min

SNARK: New Single 'Pressure' | REVIEW

Call the coastguards cause Snarky Snark are back with a Snark Attack! The Melbourne punk-rock trio Snark dropped their new track Pressure last week, and it could possibly be the band’s best song unleashed to date. Snark enlisted Darren of Kisschasy and Jack of Paradise Club to co-write and produce the new single. Immediately when this song kicks off, Pressure opens with some strong Slowly Slowly Race Car Blues album vibes. Besides the Slowly Slowly influenced intro, Pressure

Jul 16, 2021
2 min

MASS SKY RAID: Arrows | Single Release

ICYMI: South Eastern Queenslanders Mass Sky Raid released their latest cinematic single Arrows, and let me tell you this, it’s like you are being shot through the heart by 4 progressive rockers. The band describe the new track as a “lyrical journey” paired with a very scenic video clip. So, grab your backpack and snapback, and let’s take these Arrows on a Moody Music review journey. The first thing I noticed was the lyrical imagery in Arrows, it is as cinematic as the actual

Jun 29, 2021
2 min

FRONTIER SEASON: Wasteland | Single Review

What’s better than Snow White and the seven dwarfs? How about Melbourne having a metalcore band with 7 members and a Moody Music REVIEW about their new song?! Frontier Season are back with their eco-inspired track Wasteland which attacks the concept of greed and selfishness being the reason of why the planet is so f*cked up! David Attenbrough would probably approve of this track’s mission. Wasteland as a track is very interesting, it’s a journey and it takes you on an experie

Jun 26, 2021
17 min

WITHOUT BELIEF: Band, Acceptance Pt.2 & Upcoming Music Plans | INTERVIEW W/ Ralph & Jake

Get ready for some deep chats and a little bit of dark humour, because I caught up with Bromantic Besties Ralph Brown and Jake Kershaw to chat about Without Belief, their latest song Acceptance Pt.2 The Prolonged Goodbye and their upcoming new spiteful deathcore plans. Get ready to laugh and might I add I love how many times the word mood/y is mentioned, new drinking game maybe? **SERIOUS WARNING** Dark humour is used as a coping mechanism to deal with death and grievance by

Jun 24, 2021
2 min

COLOUR & SHADE: Hostile Grounds | EP Review

Back again reviewing more from Colour & Shade, because this Melbourne band is as golden as their new EP Hostile Grounds. With fun cover art and dynamic contrasting music style, no wonder this band is called Colour & Shade, as they melt styles from bouncy punk rock to a touch of metal in their latest work. Phoenix, Therapy and Equilibrium had previously been released off the EP as singles prior to dropping the full ‘Hostile Grounds’ EP earlier this month. But, let’s crack into

Jun 18, 2021
6 min

OBSERVIST: From The Ashes EP | INTERVIEW w/ Chris

Before hitting the stage TONIGHT with their shiny new EP ‘From The Ashes’, I caught up with frontman Chris from the Melbourne Metalcore band Observist to suss out their new tunes, reasons for rebranding the band, and what to expect at their upcoming shows. Will they bring the fire? Interview on 3rd June 2021 (day before EP release date) Are you ready for some questions? So, Observist’s debut EP drops tomorrow, called From the Ashes, and you've already released Atlas and Fragm

Jun 15, 2021
2 min

SPIRITBOX: Secret Garden | Single Review

Is it too late to jump on that Spiritbox train? What no? Great I’ll go grab my Ouija board, tarot cards and jar of salt aye, and let’s get into the Canadian trio’s new heavy but melodic track ‘Secret Garden’. Can we just please adopt these post-metalcore three? They would be absolutely perfect and kickass on an Aussie stage. As someone who is very picky about female vocalists, I was surprised by Courtney LaPlante’s pipes. Now in preparation for this review of course I’ve suss

Jun 4, 2021
11 min

WISHFUL THINKING & DRASTIC PARK: Vinyl & Tour Collab | DOUBLE INTERVIEW

Drastic Thinking or Wishful Park? Ship them however you like to ‘cause regardless these Aussie pop-punk bands are teaming up for an AVVC collab and a national tour! I had a chat with Carl from Wishful Thinking AND John from Drastic Park about the double release of their new singles ‘You Can’ and ‘Meltdown’ (both dropped yesterday). Plus I found out about their plans for upcoming tour shenanigans #AllBandsWillBeHeckledTheSameAmount #fuckdrasticpark #fuckwishfulthinking Interv

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