The new single from Australia’s rampaging grindcore outfit, KING PARROT is here. ‘PUNISH THE RUNT’ is the latest offering from the bands long-awaited new full-length, A Young Person’s Guide to King Parrot, coming out on June 6.
The single comes after recently completing a monstrous 35 date tour through Europe and the UK with stadium dates alongside Pantera and Power Trip followed by a full European club tour with death metal pioneers Master.
KING PARROT deliver this 3rd cut ‘PUNISH THE RUNT’ from their forthcoming new album; a hook laden auditory assault encompassing all of the elements that King Parrot fans have come to know and love in the band’s sound. Encapsulating modern grindcore elements, alongside punk rock ethos and grooving riffs in a high paced mind-melting smorgasbord; ‘PUNISH THE RUNT’ is a true reflection of King Parrot.
After the completion of the bands successful European dates vocalist Matt Young commented on the new single “This new one is a personal favourite of mine from the upcoming record. We enjoyed putting this one together and it’s got every aspect of what the band does in it, grind, thrash, punk and even rock’n’roll elements”. It was one of the first tracks we put together in the writing sessions, we hope you all dig listening as much as we did writing.”
A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot marks the band’s first new output in five years. A hostile and abrasive slab of sensory destroying anthems, the record features ten thoroughly crafted blasts through the psyche of this crazed Aussie quintet. Recorded at Melbourne’s Dangertone studios with engineer Luke Walton, it’s the first full-length album since 2017’s critically adored Ugly Produce offering and their first new music since 2022’s Holed Up In The Lair EP.
Applying a similar approach to the writing process of their previous records, which has been historically organic and old-school, KING PARROT adopted a new approach to the studio process. Pulling the new record together was a meticulously creative endeavour and the final product is the most complete, aggressive, and urgent the band has ever sounded.
Further to the release of the new single, King Parrot will be launching the new record all over Australia with a swag of new dates added and more to be announced in the coming weeks.