Tropical Fu*k Storm new single, ‘Teeth Marché, ’ glints with gold tooth pleasantries and discordant love, and a promise of everlasting affection, reverberating alongside a thumping bass line. The accompanying new music video, directed by Alexandra Millen (A Velvet Curtain Production, Melbourne), is a kaleidoscopic adventure down at the pool which has a retro, new wave cinematic flair featuring feminist water ballerinas The Clamms and layered animation from frequent collaborator Nespy 5 euro.
“Two languages jammed together, clutching at sense like the rest of the world. Marché: market, marché: walk, teeth: les dents, marcia marcia marcia: the Brady bunch. The Teeth Market, the Teeth Walk, our attempt at a laid back wonky jam which contemplates a vision of plunder that is played out in romance, in a climate emergency, in murderous political zeniths– those who take, take, take, lick their lips and want more,” says Erica Dunn.
Teeth Marché’ follows previous singles ‘Goon Show’a surreal, sharp–edged slice of their signature chaos, ‘Bloodsport’ with vocals from Erica Dunn, filled with well–schooled social anarchy, Talking Heads–styled funk and a stuttering guitar break, and ‘Dunning Kruger’s Loser Cruiser’ a classic overestimation of knowledge with a ranting preacher highlighted over a disenfranchised choir of would–be non–believers, named for The Dunning– Kruger effect, a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.
The band’s highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Fairyland Codex,’ is out June 20th, 2025, 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 Fu*k 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.
Fairyland Codex Track Listing:
1. Irukandji Syndrome
2. Goon Show
3. Stepping on a Rake
4. Teeth Marché
5. Fairyland Codex
6. Dunning Kruger’s Loser Cruiser
7. Bloodsport
8. Joe Meek Will Inherit the Earth
9. Bye Bye Snake Eyes
10. Moscovium
Tropical Fu*k Storm are gearing up for a World Tour over the next year, including stops at End Of The Road Festival, Manchester Psych Fest, with legs across North America in parts of the summer and fall, and plans to perform as part of the Ice Cream Floats Cruise presented by Modest Mouse in early 2026.
Gut Health and Mess Esque will join TFS at the Forum on June 6th as part of Rising Festival.
Tropical Fu*k Storm Australian Tour 2025
Fri 6 Jun The Forum Melbourne VIC
Fri 7 Nov Torquay Hotel Torquay VIC
Sat 8 Nov Archies Creek Tavern Archies Creek VIC
Sun 9 Nov Theatre Royale Castlemaine VIC
Thurs 13 Nov The Gov Adelaide SA
Fri 14 Nov The Rechabite Perth WA
Fri 21 Nov Marrickville Bowlo Sydney NSW
Sun 23 Nov Hamilton Station Newcastle NSW
