Genre-bending Tropical Fuck Storm release their highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Fairyland Codex,’ out today, on their new label home Fire Records. Recorded with co-producer Michael Beach at the band’s Dodgy Brothers studio in Nagambie, Australia, the songs on ‘Fairyland Codex’ immerse us in the chaos of a fateful landslide, picking out the characters that litter the impending collapse of society.
Tropical Fuck Storm formed when guitarist and vocalist Gareth Liddiard and bassist and vocalist Fiona Kitschin’s previous band, The Drones, went on hiatus in 2016. Joined by guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Erica Dunn and drummer Lauren Hammel, the group has released a string of critically acclaimed albums and gained a reputation for their incendiary live shows.
Acidic, acerbic, anarchic; Tropical Fuck Storm’s command of wordplay, undercut by snarling guitars, pulsing rhythms, and explosive salvos, populates a hinterland between light and dark. The vocal interplay between Liddiard and the soaring harmonies of Kitschin and Dunn creates a teetering balancing act that’s intensified by the frantic narratives that evolve from their collective psyche.
‘Goon Show’ channels Liddiard’s husky baritone, in a track that feels like a nightclub singer crash-landing into a dystopian post-grunge fever dream. Filled with well-schooled social anarchy ‘Bloodsport’ has a Talking Heads-styled funk and a stuttering guitar break. ‘Dunning Kruger’s Loser Cruiser’ is a classic overestimation of knowledge with a ranting preacher highlighted over a disenfranchised choir of would-be none believers and ‘Teeth Marché’ glints with gold tooth pleasantries before rhyming “bad luck” with “sick fuck”. All the while discordant love, and a promise of everlasting affection reverberate as they hitch up the audio equivalent of stepping on a rake.
“There’s an Anna Akhmatova poem where she talks about how much life sucks and how the world is just a shithole full of arseholes then she says something like, ‘why then do we not despair?’.” Liddiard pontificates, “Charles Darwin could give her the short answer, but music has the 12-inch metaphysical party mix solution.”
‘Fairyland Codex’ features artwork from long-time collaborator Joe Becker.
2025 Live Dates
19 Jun: Sled Island, Calgary, Canada
21 Jun: Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY US, w/ Bill Orcutt
23 Jun: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, US, w/ Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano Duo
24 Jun: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, US, w/ Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano Duo
26 Jun: Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO, US, w/ Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano Duo
27 Jun: Resonant Head, Oklahoma City, OK, US, w/ Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano Duo
28 Jun: Cheap Steaks, Dallas, TX, US, w/ Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano Duo
29 Jun: Ballroom, Austin, TX, US, w/ Bill Orcutt
01 Jul: Club Congress, Tucson, AZ, US, w/ Bill Orcutt
02 Jul: Valley Bar, Phoenix, AZ, US, w/ Bill Orcutt
03 Jul Casbah, San Diego, CA, US w/ Bill Orcutt
05 Jul: Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA, US w/ Bill Orcutt
06 Jul: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US w/ Bill Orcutt
09 Jul: Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR, US w/ J.R.C.G.
10 Jul: Neumos, Seattle, WA, US w/ J.R.C.G.
15 Aug: La Route Du Rock, St. Malo, France
21 Aug: Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao, Spain
23 Aug: Canela Party, Torremolinos, Spain
27 Aug: MON Live, Madrid, Spain
28 Aug: Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain
28-31 Aug: End Of The Road Festival, Salisbury, UK
30 Aug: Manchester Psych Festival, Manchester, UK
02 Sep: Electric Ballroom, London, UK
04 Sep: Reflektor, Liege, Belgium
05 Sep: Misty Fields, Heusden Gem Asten, Netherlands
06 Sep: Wintercircus, Ghent, Belgium
19 Sep: Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT, US
20 Sep: Cafe Campus, Montreal, QC, Canada
21 Sep: Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada
23 Sep: Spirit Lodge, Pittsburgh, PA, US
24 Sep: Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD, US
26 Sep: TV Eye, New York City, NY, US
27 Sep: TV Eye, New York City, NY, US
28 Sep: TV Eye, New York City, NY, US
30 Sep: No Fun, Troy, NY, US
01 Oct: Crystall Ballroom, Boston, MA, US
02 Oct: Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, US
03 Oct: Tubby’s, Kingston, NY, US
07 Nov: Torquay Hotel, Torquay, Australia
08 Nov: Archies Creek Tavern, Archies Creek, Australia
09 Nov: Theatre Royale, Castlemaine, Australia
13 Nov: The Gov, Adelaide, Australia
14 Nov: The Rechabite, Perth, Australia
22 Nov: Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney, Australia
23 Nov: Hamilton Station, Newcastle, Australia
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05-09 Feb: Modest Mouse Cruise, Miami, FL, US