Hot Mulligan have shared a B-side from their 2025 album ‘The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still’ ahead of their European tour kicking off.
It’s titled ‘I Don’t Think It’s the Right Time for Emojis’, but as fun as that is, it’s a song that is a brutal takedown of the institution that is Christianity. Taking aim at those who believe that their unrelenting faith is the only one that should be observed and respected, it showcases the band at their most biting and belligerent. There are still plenty of emo ebbs and flows, but this is Hot Mulligan in their most ferocious form. You wouldn’t wish to be on the end of this tirade.
Vocalist Tades had this to say, explaining, “Zealotry is probably going to kill us all. Which is fine, guess. It’s no better or worse than any other kind of annihilation. There’s some people of faith who seem to understand not everyone has to care what their book says, and that deserves thanks. But judging by how many people are showing up for the mega-church Sunday spectacular, complete with pyro and wirework, the meek are not likely to inherit the earth.
Joel Osteen locked people outside during Hurricane Harvey. Kenneth Copeland uses his church to buy planes, fancy cars, and houses. The camel can apparently very easily fit through the eye of the needle. David Easterwood is a pastor who runs an ICE field office on the side. Half of the archdiocese’s job is to cover for paedophiles.
I think some people can do it right. They’re nice people with a big nice ghost and I don’t mind that one bit. But I think most people are just so afraid to die that they can look past the evil thing their church has become.”
The track is an accompaniment to last year’s ‘The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still’, which arrived in the Summer via Wax Bodega.
Here is ‘And A Big Load’:
The band are set to kick off a UK and European tour at the end of this week, with support from Delta Sleep. Here are all the dates.
20 – BRUSSELS Botanique Orangerie
21 – AMSTERDAM Melkweg
22 – PARIS La Maroquinerie
24 – MUNICH Backstage Werk
27 – PRAGUE Futurum Music Bar
28 – BERLIN Columbia Theater
MARCH
01 – COPENHAGEN Pumpehuset
03 – HAMBURG Fabrik
03 – COLOGNE Kantine
06 – LEEDS Project House
07 – MANCHESTER Academy
08 – GLASGOW Barrowland Ballroom
10 – BRISTOL The Prospect Building
11 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
12 – LONDON Roundhouse
15 – DUBLIN The Academy
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I’d like to share my favorite fact about Nytt Land, the Siberian dark folk project from husband and wife, Anatoly and Natalia Pakhalenko.
According to the promo sheet, Aba Khan comprises a collection of shamanic vignettes, but it nevertheless possesses a loose narrative flow from one track to the next. This is largely driven by Natalia’s singing. Aba Khan is written entirely in indigenous Serbian languages and Old Norse, but Natalia defies the language barrier through measured swaying (“Taiga,” “Totem”), raw vulnerability (“The Oath,” “Prayer”) and ritualistic staccatos (“Tygir Tayii (Heavenly Sacrifice)”) to sketch the shape and purpose of each movement. I’m normally pretty unforgiving on intros, but “Aba Khan” serves more as an invocation or invitation before the ceremony begins in earnest with “Taiga.” Aside from mid-album snag “Uitag,” which dwells overlong in ambient repetition, Nytt Land moves with purpose through each movement. Aba Khan closes in a whirlwind, shifting from the tension of ceremonial action (“The Oath”) to that of anticipation (“Prayer”), before releasing it in spiraling celebration and catharsis (“Tygir Tayii”).