Threat.Meet.Protocol. – #Cancelled: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day
Threat.Meet.Protocol. raucously unleash a new single (and brilliant video), ‘#Cancelled’, as well as – this is big news – their third album, which is self-titled this time.
Here’s the blurb with more:
Tauranga’s Threat.Meet.
The band aren’t keen on sitting still, and the Threat.Meet.Protocol. album follows a tightly-packed run of singles, EPs and albums including The Witch Trials, Where Did You Put My Marbles?, Mindless Consumption and 13 Farmcore Favourites.
This new album emerges from a dark place for songwriter Austin Cunningham. Having lost his partner to suicide, this new record focuses on life, death and the milieu between.
Threat.Meet.Protocol. considered vinyl for this album, but they decided against it. “Far too expensive. Far too pretentious. Far too cool for us… so here we are taking you back to the year 1995 with our album released, as it should be, on sweet sleek compact disc.”
You can find the Threat.Meet.Protocol. CD on Bandcamp, and also in the Tauranga Rockshop for the very nice price of $20.
If you are wondering where you may have heard Austin Cunningham’s name before, he is also the founder of the Tauranga Music Sux collective, now known as Your Enabler Presents. It’s an ironic but apt name, as he and the crew have spurred the growth of one of Aotearoa’s most exciting and thriving underground music scenes.
About the album Threat.Meet.Protocol.
Threat.Meet.Protocol. was engineered, produced and mixed by Evan Pope at Studio 11b in Tauranga, New Zealand and mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering (Primus, Faith No More, Melvins, Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden).
The album’s third single ‘#Cancelled’, out now, follows ‘The Cure’ (November 2024) and the album’s debut single, ‘Funeral March’ (September 2024).
If you’d like to check out these first two singles, it’s well worth your while.
‘The Cure’ is Inspired by Ray Bradbury’s short story ‘The Fog Horn’, ‘The Cure’ speaks of eternal loneliness, and the longing to end this hopelessness. It’s accompanied by a mind-bending video from the legendary Videos Mosconi, is out today
Listen to ‘The Cure’ on Bandcamp
Watch the video for ‘The Cure’ on YouTube
‘Funeral March’ speaks of the isolation and grief that comes with loss, and trying to find a way to get through this associated pain by entering other dimensions – to either find those that have gone, or a way back home to oneself.
Listen to ‘Funeral March’ on Bandcamp
About the band Threat.Meet.Protocol.
Threat.Meet.Protocol. aren’t shy of pushing boundaries (musical or otherwise). has carved out a niche in the alternative rock scene. Their aggressive yet melodic sound is showcased in their previous releases, “Mindless Consumption,” (2016) , “Where Did You Put My Marbles?” (2018) and the “Witch Trials” (2020).
Threat.Meet.Protocol.’s live performances are a testament to their raw energy and commitment to their craft. With a growing fanbase and a reputation for unforgettable shows, they continue to make waves in the New Zealand music scene and beyond.
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About Tauranga Music Sux (and Your Enabler Presents)
The Tauranga Music Sux collective started in 2011 as a zine available locally in record stores, intended to rag on the Tauranga scene, and lighting a fire under its musicians, bands, and venues.
“Let me preface…In an era not too long ago the local music scene was in tatters. A scene as it was no longer existed. That is to say if it ever did. A bunch of disparate musicians attempted to write songs, play gigs and live the 2am Brewers Bar rockstar dream with only a pentatonic scale and a 4:4 drum beat between them. It was an embarrassment. Everyone was apathetic to the fact that here was a place with so much potential due to its geographic location and ever growing population, and yet due to a lethal mix of idiocy, indolence, cynicism and premature ageing no defined culture of our own could seemingly ever grow or become truly formed.” – From the Tauranga Music Sux blog, 2013
From this new bands were formed (Threat.Meet.Protocol, Super Narco Man, Diehards of Deep Dish), venues forged through guerrilla gigs (tunnels, under bridges), and festivals staged (Woodcock, Burning Wang).
Over time this evolved into a scene that was self-sustaining, and promotion for the bands has been rebranded to Your Enabler Presents.
A yearly festival, Loserpalooza, was established to raise funds for Lifeline, and has raised close to 30k in its 7 years of existence.
The under bridge gigs are in their 12th year and have hosted bands from all over the world including Guitar Wolf (Japan), Schizophonics (US), King Brothers (Japan), and this weekend, Spotlights (US).
Local bands who have, or are, making headway nationally or internationally include Grown Downz, Two Skinner, Hoick, Stunt Clown, Hemordroid, and We Will Ride Fast (who have recently been dominating the 95bFM Top Ten).
As Tauranga Music Sux founder Austin Cunningham says, “While the scene is now self-sustaining, many of us still refer to it as TMS. Or at least the older ones who remember the bleaker times.”
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