“Some band names are so particularly regrettable that they hold the power to actively push listeners away from their work. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Let’s Eat Grandma. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. I hated the name Tropical Fuck Storm, and I gagged at the album art for Braindrops, but then a certain grotesque curiosity overcame me. I’m glad it did. Like their name suggests, the Australian qu”
“Comprised of members of the Drones and High Tension, the Melbourne art-punk supergroup Tropical Fuck Storm are concerned with extremity in our culture – and refuse to take the easy way out. On their second album they have really honed their shtick, presenting a record thats extreme themes are echoed in its ragged, furious sonics. TFS can wear a variety of hats (all of them pretty noisy) and make ”
“The Melbourne punk quartet sift through the grubbiest entrails of politics and internet culture, but their perspective sounds stilted.”
“A band naming themselves Tropical Fuck Storm aren’t exactly aiming at the Top 5. The Australian group’s 2018 debut, A Laughing Death in Meatspace, was a berserk, psych-punk, apocalyptic ode to a dying planet. The follow-up widens their concerns to social decay, conspiracy theories, mind control and exploitation. Off-kilter guitars crash into odd tunings: singer and songwriter Gareth Liddiard’s des”
