Dead Mall Reveal New Album ‘Superliminal’ with Explosive Punk Energy

Newcastle punk outfit Dead Mall have unleashed their highly anticipated full-length album Superliminal, a blistering collection of tracks that showcase the band’s hardcore roots while fearlessly bending genres. Featuring singles Gasoline, Property Damage, Superliminal, 100% Pure Poison and Eviction Night, the record is a smorgasbord of styles, fusing punk, alt-rock, nu-metal, power-pop and even electronica.

Lyrically, Superliminal plays out like a character study, a down-trodden figure consumed by frustration with modern life, lashing out against corporate suburbia, greed, and labour. 

“If you wanted to summarise every theme of ‘SUPERLIMINAL’, you could do it in four words, “work sucks, I know”. And while nobody knows who said it, or where it came from,  it is accurate. Although our interpretation is… maybe a little more violent. We all write lyrics in the band, sometimes together, sometimes separately. But it always felt like we were writing from the perspective of one person, even though we might not have ever said it out loud. At least, I thought we were anyway. I also just realised we didn’t write any love songs. 

Anyway, the way I see it, he’s a Ferrari driving desk clerk, who after years of climbing the corporate ladder, being stepped on every step of the way, becomes inhabited by a foreign (possibly alien) entity and goes on a city-wide rampage. Not for the money but for the thrill! It’s a cautionary tale of Corporate suburbia, greed, labour, and a person pushed too far! Oh, and it’s all set in the early 90’s.” – RUAIRI BURNS, DEAD MALL

The album was engineered and mixed in-house by guitarist Darcy Long, with much of the instrumentation crafted from intricate demos by guitarist Joe Willis. Recording sessions spanned Durham Studios, Sawtooth Studios and even bedrooms, giving the record a raw but carefully considered edge.

Uncompromising, chaotic, and strangely cohesive, Superliminal cements Dead Mall as one of Australia’s most exciting rising punk bands, ready to take their underground sound to new heights.