Melbourne rock outfit Torrential Thrill have always conveyed the sound and image of life.
While undoubtedly deep in terms of lyrics, the band has never proclaimed to have an agenda despite the fact their subject matter has roots in events that affect each and every one of us on a daily basis.
After teasing their potential with two previous albums, Torrential Thrill have taken their first major steps on the road to the holy rock kingdom by going all out on album number three in terms of EVERYTHING.
Cited as the band’s “most prolific and ambitious album yet”, Torrential Thrill’s new album, State Of Disaster – which is due out on April 1 – is an opus more than five years in the making and one which promises greater production, greater songs and more substance.
They will launch new single High Society on January 20, a song which reflects the bands new-found outlook and paves the way for a collection of tracks that looks set to introduce the Melbourne rockers to a much larger demographic.
Guitarist Steven Morrell sat down with HEAVY to go into more details.
“We haven’t really strayed too far away from the ethos that the band has always gone with,” he offered when asked about the musical direction of State Of Disaster. “And that is… TT is kind of a blue-collar working-class band. A lot of the context of our songs are around hardship, corruption, the relentless pursuit of power, but also loss as well. It’s not all dark, there is light in there as well. There’s plenty of up-beat, happy songs celebrating the good times as well, but when we started this thing we were never gonna be one of those bands who sing about drinks, chicks and rock and roll all night. We’ve always wanted to have something that had a little more substance. This band was never geared to be a roll of the dice to be the next main thing coming out of Vegas. It was always going to be an on the ground, local, working class band that hopefully connects with a couple of punters from more of a realistic point of view. This album’s pretty much the same. The album is called State Of Disaster, and I don’t know if you remember when we were going through the lockdowns we had a State Of Emergency and a State Of Disaster and the politicians had a catchphrase for everything to describe the next thing that we were going through. It’s not a political album. It’s not having a crack at COVID, or having a crack at anybody about that. It’s a reflection on where we are in the world and where the world is at.”
In the full interview, Steven talks more about the make-up of State Of Disaster, why it took so long to get out, how it is an improvement on previous albums, the next single High Society, its awesome film clip, touring plans and more.
Pre-order High Society here: www.li.sten.to/highsociety
