Back in February we featured ‘Cue‘ by Whadjuk/Perth punks Last Quokka, the first single from a forthcoming album on Stock Records. The band have carved a space in the contemporary punk scene, building around the sardonic fury of lead Trent Rojahn to “combine irreverent fun with a fierce antifascist agenda.” The single offered the first glimpse of this style evolving into something even bigger and tighter. “A newly fortified Last Quokka ready for a fresh assault,” as we put it. “Slightly more polished perhaps, but certainly no less frenetic, the song dives headfirst into the outback and drags the listener along for the ride.”
With the album slated for release early in 2023, Last Quokka have returned with another taster to further whet our appetites. ‘Eat the Rich’ shows the continuation of the band’s evolution. The outfit have added new blood to further enhance their sound, with Justin Zanetic joining as a second guitar and Carlota Rivera now lining up on drums. The result is a palpable weight, as though having established a solid foundation with their previous work, Last Quokka are now ready to turn that dial up.
And the new ferocity is certainly warranted. Described as a “commentary on the elitist private school boy wankers of Perth’s ‘golden triangle'” (and by extension elitist private school boy wankers the world over), ‘Eat the Rich’ is another searing dispatch from a slimy corner of the twenty-first century. A world of status and surfaces, where the men compete with one another for yachts and Gucci shoes while ignoring their medicated housewives and sociopathic kids. Men that is, worthy of both barrels of Rojahn’s fury.