Extreme metallers, King Parrot, have just unleashed their first new music in 5 years – “Fuck You And The Horse You Rode In On.” Coming with a music video, it gives the first taste of what to expect on the band’s new album, A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot, due for release on June 6. Catch the new video and more below.
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King Parrot mainman, Matt Young comments on the songs lyrical approach, “Essentially this track is dedicated to anyone that has ever crossed you, tried to belittle you or make you feel less than. The title is pretty self-explanatory. There’s multiple people in my life from across the past few years that this song goes out to, and there’s a special spot in the lyrics for each of them. Coward’s, Abuser’s, Bully’s and Creep’s, Fuck You And the Horse Your Rode In On!”
The video, with its homage to that classic piece of cinema, Trainspotting, was produced by longtime video collaborator Dan Farmer of Farmwalker Films. Dan has been responsible for the majority of the band’s revered music videos including the Australian Music Video finalist
“Shit on The Liver”.
Young continues; “The video process for Horse was challenging, it ain’t easy recreating a scene where a bunch of dudes dive into a toilet bowl! We had the best time making it, but it certainly took a lot of effort and commitment from everyone involved. Our video producer Dan Farmer is a genius at his craft and his ability to turn our visions into a reality is brilliant. Paying homage to Trainspotting was so much fun, and we hope we captured a video that people can return to for years to come.”
To co-incide with the release of “Fuck You and the Horse Your Rode In On” King Parrot kick off their huge 11 date European and UK tour supporting Pantera and Power Trip tonight in Berlin. Following these dates, King Parrot will be joining Czech death metal legends Master for a further 24 dates around Europe through March. All tour dates can be found here
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A hostile and abrasive slab of sensory destroying anthems, “A Young Person’s Guide To..” features 10 thoroughly crafted blasts through the psyche of the crazed Aussie quintet. Applying a similar approach to the writing process of their previous records; organic and old-school, King Parrot adopted a new approach to production in the studio. Carefully crafting their sound and leaving no stone-unturned when it came to delivering the final product, this is the most complete, aggressive and urgent King Parrot have ever sounded.
Pulling the new record together was a meticulously creative endeavour steered by guitarist Andrew Livingstone-Squires and vocalist Matt Young who comments “Throughout the entire mixing process we ensured that we got every element where we wanted it. Guitar and bass tones were experimented with until we found exactly what we wanted, the drum sounds were just right, and the performance was executed solidly, it’s easily the best studio effort we’ve ever made. Vocally, I rehearsed a lot so that when I recorded it was a breeze.”
Recorded at Melbourne’s Dangertone studios with engineer Luke Walton, “A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot” is the first full length album since 2017’s Ugly Produce and the first new music since the Holed Up in The Lair EP in 2020.