Globally, it’s been a very traumatic three years since we last visited the excoriating, eviscerating sounds of Infinity Broke and we are inordinately proud to bring you an early listen to their single ‘Abject Object’ with a ‘b’ side track ‘I’m In My Prime’, out on 14 February 2025 through the esteemed Love As Fiction Records label. Many lucky fans have already received a special vinyl edition through the post in a very generous move by the label and the band, but today everyone gets access through our exclusive.
And the wait has certainly been worth it.
Infinity Broke are helmed by living icon Jamie Hutchings (formerly of nineties indie legends Bluebottle Kiss). Hutchings for me is one of the main architects of what I label the Marrickville Sound – bands mostly emerging from the inner west of Sydney with an esteemed pedigree (members from prominent bands in the eighties and nineties) and a new level of energy and creativity.
A prowling reverbed introduction to ‘Abject Object’ has an ominous barely restrained delivery – Hutching’s falsetto vocals recalling a malevolent glam rock god before aggressive out of control guitars cut through like an unhinged farmer with a scythe in a field of barley. Hutchings shoves aside the glam rock delicacy as he increases the velocity and power of his vocals, caterwauling and exhorting like a demented preacher.
According to Hutchings, his stream-of-consciousness style lyrics were inspired by time spent working in huge, empty, glass-obsessed houses and the sterility of the material world they represent.
Infinity Broke always have the demeanor of an out of control oil tanker plunging through a thunderstorm in a Tsunami: barely controlled chaos that manages to enthrall and hypnotise in a cotton wool cocoon while leaving you clutching your pearls with joy. ‘Abject Object’ has all the discord and cacophony you have come to love and expect from Infinity Broke.
‘In My Prime’, the ‘b’ side, is a raw acoustic track that allows you to seek some sonic relief. Hutchings channels a little Dylan, a little Cave in this sparse evocative and enigmatic track.
Tasty fare indeed. The single is available now through all download/streaming sites and the link above for the special edition vinyl. There will be an album version of the ‘b’ side with the full band.
‘Abject Object’ is from Infinity Broke’s forthcoming fourth album, ‘This Masthead’ which will be released on 4 April 2025, as a joint production between Love As Fiction Records and Hutchings’ label Come to the Dark Side Luke Music. You can order it here.
Feature Photograph: Amanda Stevens
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