PREMIERE: Hurst Have Your New Punk Anthem With ‘Purple & Green’

As if Hurst aren’t the best new band making mosh pits move? I haven’t air drummed to a song this heavy in a long time. The Western Sydney four-piece have unleashed their opus anthem, Purple & Green. AAA Backstage are pleased to offer the exclusive premiere.

First catching our ears in January this year with the energetic, wall-blasting tune, Rattle Kids. It was crunchy and hard hitting, but, somehow, the band have outdone themselves on Purple & Green. They push their punk rock sounds to the point of hyperbole, yet retain a perfectly clear and precise narrative.

Hurst’s instant appeal derives from lead singer Ana Veira’s uncompromising, commanding presence. She projects a visceral, commandeering femme charisma that is only enhanced behind the pummelling back force of the band’s instrumentation—for which she uses as a Trojan horse for her rage.

Aside from the head-banging aesthetics that riddle the track, Purple & Green is also a view inside Veira’s mind. Questioning sanity and the balancing act of emotions and convictions, the track is a cathartic admission that things don’t have to make sense just yet.

“I admit that I’m very much among the first out there to hide my problems and struggles with mental health. And there’s this war between my heart and head over how I should live my life. The older I get, the more I understand that saving face is unsustainable. Fact is, I’m vulnerable, I’m an unfinished work and just because things don’t line up or make sense, doesn’t mean they never will. I hope this song can mean something to you as it does to me. I hope it can help you project whatever deep emotions and thoughts are percolating in you. I hope it can open doors to be more of who you really are,” details Veria on Instagram.

June is a big month for the band. Come 29 June, their debut EP—‘Sad Face’—will be dropping on your preferred streaming platform and they’ll also be off and running on a fairly regional tour which will last, on-and-off, until November.

See Hurst’s tour schedule below and catch the exclusive stream of Purple & Green.

Hurst Live Dates

FRI 8 JUNE
MusicMan Megastore, Bendigo
SAT 30 JUNE
Botany View Hotel, Newtown
FRI 13 JUNE
Captain Cook Hotel, Sydney
SAT 28 JULY
Lust 4 Life, Dubbo
TUES 4 SEPT
Lennox Groove, Lennox Head
SAT 17 SEPT
The Vic Hotel, Orange