A Brash, Bold Second Coming With EMMY MACK From REDHOOK

Sydney rock outfit RedHook have been making a nuisance of
themselves all over the world in recent years, playing with The
Smashing Pumpkins and Janes Addiction as part of The World Is A
Vampire Tour and at Good Things Festival alongside Bring Me The
Horizon, Gojira, Soulfly, Jinjer and more in their home country, as
well as international festivals Rock AM Ring, Download and
others.
Their relentless touring schedule and work ethic is showing
dividends, with debut album Postcards From A Living Hell (2023)
asserting the band's authority after a six-year wait, setting
RedHook up for the next phase of their career which gained traction
last Friday with the release of their sophomore album
Mutation.
"Mutation is an audacious, genre-bending second album that is
unblinking in its lyrical honesty, ambitious sonic production, and
infectiously memorable songwriting, read the press release.
"Incorporating influences ranging from alt-pop, future bass and
hip-hop to metal, punk and post-hardcore, RedHook are wholly
unafraid to be uniquely themselves, combining layers of intricate
synths, brass, heavy guitars, samples and dynamic drum work to
create an intoxicating 11-track cocktail that hits like a
Molotov.'
Put simply, it is a step-up in everything RedHook is known and
loved for, and then some.
To celebrate the album's release, HEAVY recently conducted a video
review/interview with vocalist Emmy Mack where we read the
interview out to her track by track and ask if we are on the right
path and find out more about each song. It offers a unique glimpse
into the music from the perspective of the people who wrote
it.
Check out what Emmy had to say about the track Breaking Up
With.
"I love that, nailed it!" she smiled at HEAVY's assessment of the
song. "I suppose that song is very mischievous (laughs). Breaking
Up With to me… I always see it as kind of either a sequel, or I
guess it's the antithesis to Bad Decisions, which is our biggest
song. I was in a very different headspace when I wrote that song,
and Bad Decisions is revelling in feeling like a complete and utter
piece of shit. Breaking Up with is more about being like, you know
what, I'm not going to do that any more. I'm gonna be nicer to
myself, so breaking that cycle of self-loathing and
self-destructive behaviour and be less of a shit cu%t
(laughs)."
Watch/listen to the full interview to go into Mutation deeper than
ever before.


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