PREMIERE - Unbroken Expanse unleash with brilliant slab of thrash-tinged Oz Rock on 'This Feeling'

Straight from Tennant Creek, and ready to unleash on to our earholes, Unbroken Expanse return with another hefty slab of pure Australian rock with ‘This Feeling’.

After the success of their previous singles ‘Bootstrap Billy’ and ‘Wipeout’, Unbroken Expanse are back and ready to shake up venues across Australia with their latest release.


Equal parts no-holds-barred rock n roll, sing at the top of your lungs chorus lines, and guitar riffs inspired by the greats, 'This Feeling' kicks into overdrive from the first bar and doesn't let up. If you're looking for your new favourite rock band for 2023, look no further than Unbroken Expanse. 

Unbroken Expanse take what was ingrained in Australian Pub Rock in the 90s, rub in some punk rock attitude, and smother it with a coating of 80s thrash metal to create a musical chimera. ‘This Feeling’ drips in sweat and booze from the get go, but with an air of authenticity. There’s no bullshit here, just hectic drumming, frenetic riffing, in your face solos, and just a hint of ego because Unbroken Expanse know what they have is legit. ‘This Feeling’ is raw, hooky, intense, and raucously fuckin’ fun.

Unbroken Expanse rose from that mythic Australia that many can recognise but few experience. Tennant Creek NT; it’s hard to think of anywhere more isolated. Midpoint between Darwin and Alice Springs. Red dust and yellow eyes. Your options here are limited. Either drink yourself to death or escape to conquer the world. Forget Brunswick, Tennant Creek is punk.

When Jimmi James left Thailand to work on a Tennant Creek cattle station – his head swimming with culture shock and Kirk Hammett solos – it was hard not to spot the three other music freaks in town. Jason, drum Viking; Wheezy, Strummer iconoclast; and Parko, Dion slickness that flick-knives into Iggy Pop thrash. The four of them were a disaster waiting to happen. 

Of course, Tennant Creek couldn’t hold them long, and they quit their day jobs to find the places they had only read about in a the tattered communal Rolling Stone Parko snatched from the town hairdresser. Six days in a ratting van and they've arrived. Shaking red dirt out of their pickups and amps. The outback has something to tell the rest of Australia if it’s ready to hear it. 

Terror inducing live shows, throttling audiences with drums and wires. Chain lightning flashes reveal electric metal solos. Drum bursts like fits of choking. Shark teeth facing backwards, they refuse to let go. White knuckle blasts of manic punk rock. 

Unbroken Expanse is rock n’ roll without the handbook, learned by instinct. No salon-styled inner-city ennui, this is the music of true believers. Not trying to impress anyone other than the ghosts that flicker on the empty outback plains.

If you’re looking for your new, no holds barred live Australian act, Unbroken Expanse are ready for you.

‘This Feeling’ is out today on all streaming platforms. Dive in, play it loud.

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