Australian Rockers Amyl & The Sniffers Return With Two New Raucous Tracks

Melbourne, Australia’s Amyl and The Sniffers released a new standalone single, “U Should Not Be Doing That”/ “Facts” via B2B Records/Virgin Music Group with a physical 7” release set for June 28 (pre-order) The fresh tracks mark the punk rockers’ first new music in three years.

The new songs follow the band’s 2021 album, Comfort To Me. Amyl and The Sniffers — Amy Taylor, Dec Martens, Gus Romer and Bryce Wilson — worked with producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) on “U Should Not Be Doing That,” featuring saxophone from Harry Cooper, and ”Facts” — produced and mixed at Sunset Sounds in Los Angeles.

Frontwoman Amy Taylor detailed “U Should Not Be Doing That”:

“Lyrically they’re both pretty self-explanatory. ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ makes me laugh, but it’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that the music community still is (yes I’m talking to you random 40 year old metalheads sitting around a table doing lines and bitching about a 28 year old chick in a band for wearing shorts and ‘selling out’) but it mainly makes me laugh. It’s unconscious and meant nothing at the time of writing it but now I think it’s a comedic way of rubbing the dog’s nose in its own dog piss after it wee’d on your favorite rug or something.”

Watch the music video for “U Should Not Be Doing That,” featuring actor Steven Ogg, and listen to “Facts” below:

Amyl & The Sniffers are coming to North America this summer including a couple dates supporting Foo Fighters. Check out their tour routing with ticket info below.