THE MEAN TIMES release new single 'Hook Line & Sinker' on 22nd August, new album 'Feel More Dumb' out on 19th September on Golden Robot Records
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Melbourne’s alt-rock provocateurs The Mean Times are back with ‘Hook, Line & Sinker’, available for pre-save now on all major platforms and out August 22 via Golden Robot Records. New album 'Feel More Dumb' is released on 19th September.
A swaggering, sardonic character study wrapped in a woozy, off-kilter groove, ‘Hook, Line & Sinker’ takes a fearless look into the mind of a man who knows his violence will go unpunished - and doesn’t care. Told from the uncomfortable point of view of a privileged abuser, the track tears into the entitlement of toxic masculinity and the culture of complicity that allows it to thrive.
Musically, ‘Hook, Line & Sinker’ is equally uncompromising. A sleazy bassline slinks beneath jagged guitars, while the sneering vocals split the difference between AM-era Arctic Monkeys and the jaded suburban poetry of Blur or Pulp. There’s a theatrical bitterness to it all, balanced by the raw, pub-rock punch of The Mean Times' Australian roots - refracted through a darker, more contemporary lens.
‘Hook, Line & Sinker’ doesn’t ask for redemption. It doesn’t offer answers. But it does hold a mirror up to a version of masculinity that too often goes unchecked - and dares listeners to look.
Pre-save 'Hook, Line & Sinker' HERE
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Thomas Morgan - Vocals, guitar
Robert Meerbach - Bass
Eoin Clements - Guitar, backing vocals
Ryan Williams - Drums
