Osaka Punch Premiere New Song, 'Make The Call'

Originally premiering over at Blunt Mag last night, Brisbane's charismatic Osaka Punch revealed their new EP, as well as their new single, 'Make The Call'.

Now, if you don't know who this "brutal pop" outfit is, then rectify your life mistake now and head on over to their Bandcamp Page and let that weird mix of pop, funk and heavy metal wash over you in eternal bliss. Or, you know, whatever.

In typical OP fashion, they've gone that extra mile that no one really asked them for but we are all better for experiencing their wackiness. In this case, the band has created origin stories for each "character" (i.e. song) for each of the seven songs from new EP, 'Death Monster Super Squad', which is out September 16th through Bird's Robe Records & MGM. Read the bio of this song/character, Harry "Make The Call" Manhattan, below:

“A master manipulator, and leader of the Death Monster Super Squad. A sociopath by nature and a criminal since birth; as an infant, he convinced his own mother that she was a pear, and the only cure was to listen to George Michael’s Greatest Hits on repeat. This led to her untimely death, and only 2 months later his father was admitted to Sir Joey-Ross Chandler’s Hospital for the Psychiatrically Less-Endowed, where he would spend the rest of his life throwing his own poo at doctors.

By the time he was a teenager, ‘Make the Call’ was in Alaska selling ice to Eskimos. This led to an extreme methamphetamine problem in the Arctic Circle, and after an 8-year manhunt, he was eventually arrested and expedited to his hometown of Dubbo, NSW. After spending precisely 13 seconds in prison, he managed to escape and has been wanted by authorities ever since.

A highly revered and feared mobster in the criminal underworld, it is said that if you hear the faint whistle of ‘Careless Whisper’ on the wind, Harry ‘Make the Call’ Manhattan is near, and your time is up.”

Sweet baby Jesus, Osaka Punch have well and truly fucking cooked it now! But I'd expect nothing less from this lovably weird outfit that manages to merge modern metal elements with the musical intricacy Faith No More and the grooving vibes of Incubus into one tight, cohesive whole. Just check out 'Stonk' for a great example of that.

While you also take a gander down the short reminded of this post, cast your eyes over to the sweet, soaring new track streaming below and the new EP's artwork below. Let us just hope that this squad isn't a bucket of warm piss like Suicide Squad was.