Hailing from Byron Bay in the Far North Coast of New South Wales, the four boys in Mini Skirt produce a timeless sound that’s rough as guts and truly ensconced in the essence of pub rock that captures the climate of current-day Australia. Things aren’t always picturesque and idyllic; the vocals are urgent and frustrated while the music has a rawness and melody, sonically painting a picture of the hope through the struggle.
Mini Skirt’s second full length album, All That We Know, is ready to hurl into the world and is due for release on 14 November via Bad Vibrations. Before that the renowned pub punks are cracking open another fizzy brew in the shape of new single ‘Squeeze Down’ – a jagged, full throttle aural assault that rattles with garage punk intensity.
“This track was written after our first EU/UK tour back in 2022,” remembers frontman Jacob Boylan. “The lyrics are about the unshakeable sense I had of feeling isolated, misunderstood and defensive about my identity. It was the first time I realised who I am is so deeply rooted in where I am from. Cam had put the riff together for his other band Chrome Cell Torture, but they had decided it wasn’t tough enough for them, so us big whimps took it and ran with it.”
The video for ‘Squeeze Down’ was created by Ben Portnoy from fellow Australian pub punk thrashers C.O.F.F.I.N.
All grit and no glamour, Mini Skirt’s noisy new body of work is underpinned by lyricist and visual artist Jacob Boylan, painting a picture of the modern social climate, every verse and chorus a well-crafted and concise assessment that has the listener replaying each line to be sure they don’t miss a word. This is, as always, laid on top of the dirty, driving guitar/bass tones and skin splitting drums that have helped Mini Skirt to develop their own sound in a heavily saturated and competitive corner of rock’n’roll. Paying homage to Australian pioneers such as X and Radio Birdman, Mini Skirt’s sound remains raw and honest.
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