Sudden Debt - Sudden Debt
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Sudden Debt by Sudden Debt is Edition No.15 (NWAED015) in the New Editions artist series, curated by New Weird Australia.
Exploring the space between bleak pop, minimalist post-punk and dissonant noise-rock, Naarm/Melbourne trio Sudden Debt strip music back to a form that is raw, unflinching, and intimate.
Their self-titled debut album is the product of instinct, limitation, and with that, total freedom. There was no blueprint, no fixed roles, no prior agenda. Vocals were improvised in a single take or built from fragments of stream-of-consciousness, and instrumentation twisted through tremolo, delay, drum pads and vocal effects.
After returning from extensive touring with previous band Heart Beach, Jonathon McCarthy reached out to with the aim of creating a new project — with no assumptions about who would play what, or what it would sound like. Enlisting members of Ivy St (Wireless) and others, the band that emerged took shape organically and instinctively, driven more by chemistry and experimentation than any fixed vision.
Laura Jean Hyland (she/her) Drums
Patrick Hatch (he/him) Bass
Jonathon McCarthy (he/him) Guitar / Vocals
Written by Sudden Debt.
Recorded, mixed, produced, and mastered by Finn Keane at Head Gap, Melbourne.
Artwork by Sean Gordon.
Released 1st August 2025.
Exploring the space between bleak pop, minimalist post-punk and dissonant noise-rock, Naarm/Melbourne trio Sudden Debt strip music back to a form that is raw, unflinching, and intimate.
Their self-titled debut album is the product of instinct, limitation, and with that, total freedom. There was no blueprint, no fixed roles, no prior agenda. Vocals were improvised in a single take or built from fragments of stream-of-consciousness, and instrumentation twisted through tremolo, delay, drum pads and vocal effects.
After returning from extensive touring with previous band Heart Beach, Jonathon McCarthy reached out to with the aim of creating a new project — with no assumptions about who would play what, or what it would sound like. Enlisting members of Ivy St (Wireless) and others, the band that emerged took shape organically and instinctively, driven more by chemistry and experimentation than any fixed vision.
Laura Jean Hyland (she/her) Drums
Patrick Hatch (he/him) Bass
Jonathon McCarthy (he/him) Guitar / Vocals
Written by Sudden Debt.
Recorded, mixed, produced, and mastered by Finn Keane at Head Gap, Melbourne.
Artwork by Sean Gordon.
Released 1st August 2025.
