Australian extreme metal behemoths King Parrot will release their long-awaited new studio album, “A Young Person’s Guide To”, on June 6th, 2025, via Housecore Records in North America!
“A Young Person’s Guide To” marks King Parrot’s first new output in five years. A hostile and abrasive slab of sensory destroying anthems, the record features ten thoroughly crafted blasts through the psyche of this crazed Aussie quintet. Recorded at Melbourne’s Dangertone studios with engineer Luke Walton, it’s the first full-length album since 2017’s critically adored “Ugly Produce” offering and their first new music since 202’s “Holed Up in the Lair” EP.
Applying a similar approach to the writing process of their previous records, which has been historically organic and old-school, King Parrot adopted a new approach to the studio process. Pulling the new record together was a meticulously creative endeavour steered by guitarist Andrew Livingstone-Squires and vocalist Matt Young who comments: “Throughout the 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. Vocally, I rehearsed a lot so that when I recorded it was a breeze”. The final product is the most complete, aggressive, and urgent the band has ever sounded.
In advance of the record’s release, today King Parrot unleashes its first single, the poetically titled “Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On” and its accompanying Trainspotting-inspired video constructed by longtime video producer Dan Farmer of Farmwalker Films who has been responsible for the majority of the band’s revered music videos including the Australian Music Video finalist “Shit on the Liver”.
Elaborates Young: “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 are 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. Cowards, abusers, bullies and creeps, ‘Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On’”!
“The video process was challenging”, he continues. “It ain’t easy recreating a scene where a bunch of dudes are diving 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”.
Watch the official video for “Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On” below.
“A Young Person’s Guide To” will be released on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats. Find preorders at the Housecore Records webshop here, Bandcamp here, and all other digital services here.
Tracklist:
1. Get What Ya Given
2. Fuck You and the Horse You Rode in On
3. Cunning as a Dunny Rat
4. It’s a Rort
5. Punish the Runt
6. Target Pig Elite
7. I Got the Right
8. Look Away I’m Hideous
9. Glazed and Diseased in Defeat
10. Pissing on the Fist of the Law
In conjunction with today’s single release, King Parrot will join Pantera on a portion of their EU/UK tour, currently underway. “It’s an honour to be bestowed with this privilege and it’s one we do not take lightly”, says Young. “We’re armed with material from ‘A Young Person’s Guide To’. Sharing the stage with Power Trip is something we can’t wait for too; they are one of our favorite bands of the modern era”. From there the band will join Master for a European live takeover through March. Find tickets here.
European & UK Tour Dates 2025:
2/07/2025 Max-Schmeling-Halle – Berlin, DE
2/09/2025 Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Düsseldorf, DE
2/10/2025 Forest National – Brussels, BE
2/12/2025 Unipol Arena – Bologna, IT
2/13/2025 Hallenstadion – Zürich, CH
2/15/2025 Adidas Arena – Paris, FR
2/18/2024 OVO Hydro – Glasgow, UK
2/19/2024 First Direct Arena – Leeds, UK
2/21/2024 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
2/23/2024 Resorts World Arena – Birmingham, UK
2/25/2024 OVO Arena Wembley – London, UK
2/26/2025 Grand Burstin Hotel – Folkstone, UK*
(w/ Pantera, Power Trip)
* (King Parrot only)
European Tour Dates 2025:
2/27/2025 Kid’s Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Kaffee – Antwerp, BE
2/28/2025 Gulfhaus – Vechta, DE
3/01/2025 Waalhalla – Nijmegen, NL
3/02/2025 Goldgrube – Kassel, DE
3/05/2025 Piaty Dom – Katowice, PL
3/06/2025 Liverpool – Wroclaw, PL
3/07/2025 Escape Metalcorner – Wien, AT
3/08/2025 Livestage – Innsbruck, AT
3/09/2025 Randal Club – Bratislava, SK
3/10/2025 Form Space – Cluj-Napoca, RO
3/11/2025 Quantic – Bucharest, RO
3/12/2025 Grindhouse Skateclub – Sofia, BG
3/13/2025 Fabrika –Novi Sad, SB
3/14/2025 Palach – Rijeka, KR
3/19/2025 Alte Hackerei – Karlsruhe, DE
3/21/2025 East Club – Bischofswerda, DE
(w/ Master)
Weblinks:
www.kingparrot.net
www.facebook.com/kingparrotband
