Tropical Fuck Storm
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Tropical Fuck Storm channel the brooding and menacing sound of Nick Cave as well as leader Gareth Liddiard's previous band the Drones. The band evolved quickly through frequent live shows and over the course of several LPs like 2019's Braindrops and 2021's Deep States. A series of EPs followed Deep States, including a collaboration with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in 2022 and 2023's Submersive Behavior, a collection of covers of band favorites like Jimi Hendrix, the Stooges, and other more obscure acts.
Tropical Fuck Storm was started by Gareth Liddiard and rounded out by fellow Drones member Fiona Kitschin, High Tension's Lauren Hammel, and Mod Con's Erica Dunn. The group got together in 2017 when Liddiard and Kitschin were looking to recruit new members for their previous band. Just a few months later, TFS played their first show and wasted no time in writing a raft of material. Recording at Liddiard and Kitschin's studio in Nagambie, Victoria, the group put together their debut album, A Laughing Death in Meatspace. Released in May 2018, the four-piece headed out on a national tour that same month in support of the release. With a newfound momentum, the band returned to the studio to record their second album, 2019's Braindrops, which incorporated even weirder instrumentation, including a Soviet space organ. That momentum was slightly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but they used the time to write and record their third album, 2021's Deep States. The next year, the band teamed up with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard for three-song EP Satanic Slumber Party as well as releasing their own EP, Moonburn. Moonburn featured a new original song and covers of the Stooges, Jimi Hendrix, and Talking Heads tunes. In January of 2023, TFS shared that Kitschin had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and they'd be canceling all touring outside of Australia. In February, the band released another EP, Submersive Behavior, collecting their previously shared Hendrix and Stooges covers and filling out the five-song offering with covers of lesser-known artists.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Goody Goody Gumdrops (GGG)
Rock - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on 21 Jun 2023
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Submersive Behaviour
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on 3 Feb 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Satanic Slumber Party
Tropical Fuck Storm, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on 14 Mar 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Moonburn
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on 26 Aug 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Braindrops
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 23 Aug 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Deep States
Alternative & Indie - Released by Virgin Music Label And Artist Services Australia (P&D) on 20 Aug 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Golden Ratio
Alternative & Indie - Released by Joyful Noise Recordings on 30 Nov 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mistletone on 4 May 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You Let My Tyres Down / Back to the Wall
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mistletone on 30 Jan 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Legal Ghost/Heaven
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 11 Sep 2020
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G.A.F.F.
Alternative & Indie - Released by Virgin Music Label And Artist Services Australia (P&D) on 24 Jun 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
This Perfect Day
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 3 Apr 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rubber Bullies / Stayin' Alive
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mistletone on 13 Apr 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chameleon Paint / Mansion Family
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mistletone on 22 Sep 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Can't Stop
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 3 May 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Braindrops
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 19 Aug 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Suburbiopia
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 16 Mar 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Paradise
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 18 Jun 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Soft Power / Lose the Baby
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mistletone on 17 Nov 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Planet of Straw Men
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 5 Mar 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Who's My Eugene?
Alternative & Indie - Released by Flightless Records on 25 Jul 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo