Post-emo rising stars Hot Mulligan announce their highly-anticipated fourth full-length LP, The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still, due out on August 22 via Wax Bodega. Exclusive Australian vinyl can be preordered now. Their new single and video, And a Big Load, is out now, and is their first offering from the record.
And a Big Load is a bold, punk-infused rager that sets the tone for what listeners can expect from The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still. Fuelled by angst and frustration about the positions we put ourselves in, the track is a cathartic, scream-in-your-car first offering. In classic Hot Mulligan fashion, the lyrics bluntly capture the difficulty of being painfully self-aware, as the band laments, “Nothing good can come of me, I’m useless.” The accompanying music video, directed by Michael Herrick, captures the track’s perfectly chaotic energy with a high-energy skate park performance.
“It’s the consequences of your own actions. You could face them; you could avoid them entirely,” shares co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Freeman. “Our biggest conflicts and struggles are often self-inflicted. Drink too much? Hangover. What did you say last night? Apologize… or don’t. You could commit suicide instead. You could commit to being sober. You could commit to drinking one million beers. At the end of the day, it’ll all be left for you to deal with. It’s terrifying.”
