How did these boys make the cut to be your new partners in punk crime? You guys are making being a band throughout COVID look easy! So ‘Meltdown’ is one half of a vinyl split release with your friends Wishful Thinking. Yeah, I can see the amount of Drastic Park fans has doubled or even tripled since you dropped that EP. That guy is a wizard and put our Imposter Syndrome mixes to shame! We really see ‘Meltdown’ as the proper follow up to “Last World” Time passed and we ended up writing even bigger and better songs, so we decided to use what we learned during Imposter Syndrome, record this one ourselves, but send it off to be mixed and mastered by Nick Sjrogren (Thornhill) who produced our first EP “Last World”.
Imposter Syndrome was really just us trying to practice recording and mixing, we never even expected to release that EP until someone told us we should. When COVID hit we wanted to record it properly, so we left it on the back burner. I wouldn’t say it didn’t make the cut to be honest! We had already written this song in our first session ever with our new drummer Joe and it hasn’t changed much since. Why did now feel like the right time to release this track? Last time we caught up, you’d just released your EP Imposter Syndrome, for which ‘Meltdown’ didn’t quite make the cut for. It’s also a super happy sounding song, with really dark lyrics – so it’s kind of like that fake smile you put on to hide the heat building up inside when in one of these situations where you just feel trapped. The structure kind of mimics the mindset of someone going through that – building and building before a big ‘meltdown’. Why thank you! This song is basically about losing your cool with a particular toxic person or toxic environment (whether it be work, a relationship, school etc) to the point of things just boiling over. I think we’re all caught up in the insane virality of this peculiar social media phenomenon! But congrats on your new single ‘Meltdown’!! About time you came out with a new bangin’ track! What’s this song about? It has had about 50,000 views in 24 hours… but unfortunately it isn’t related to our music so not sure if it will help us much in the long run! It has given us the TikTok bug though! It’s funny you say that, as we’ve literally just posted a video to TikTok that went viral. Stokesy! How’ve you been? Have any of your memes gone viral on TikTok yet? So what better time than now to grab on the line vocalist John Stokes to have an extremely fun chat about the now-pending tour, vinyl and their latest “meltdown”… Anywho, we’re still pretty stoked about this new hook up and couldn’t think of a better match up made in Aussie pop punk heaven. Thanks but no thanks COVID, you party crasher. The single comes as part of a vinyl split release with punk rock icons Wishful Thinking, and I wish I could be more excited about the fact that the bands are heading out on tour together this year. But this time, they’re balancing that out with even sadder lyrics and angst that shines a new light on the band’s vulnerability in their songwriting. John Stokes, Chris Tannahill and Joe Larwood are sounding as tight a unit as ever - yeah, it’s still got that happy-go-lucky, pop punk energy about it. This year, Drastic Park are honing on their frustrations with the world around them and they’ve reached boiling point with their brand new single ‘Meltdown’. Since their breakthrough EP, Imposter Syndrome was unleashed upon us last year in lockdown, pop punk three piece Drastic Park have swept the scene with their diehard, infectious anthems that sounds like your ticket back to the 2000s.
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