The Blackwater Fever release intense, moody trip of an album in 'Temptator!'

Brisbane’s The Blackwater Fever have teased enough with a string of singles, and now that has all culminated in the release of their sixth full-length studio album, ‘Temptator!’.

The new album is packed tight with creative hooks, sharp turns and dynamism, with The Blackwater Fever leapfrogging genres with their distinctive sonic aesthetic.

‘Temptator!’ is super intense, and moodier than a hormone-raged teenager. While everything is covered in a darker tone, with an alt-blues bed, The Blackwater Fever play Temptator! out like a fever dream, moving from bourbon-soaked ballads, to brooding, nut-kickers like ‘My Weakness’ and ‘The Highway’, from deep blues-soaked alt-rock cuts like ‘Love is Strange’, and the dirty punk blast that is ‘Everything Always’, the trio toss and turn in sweat-soaked sheets. The real fun is when the album takes left turns into prog-rock territory, resulting in muddy grooves like ‘The Boogie Woogie’ and the completely off-kilter ‘The Slew’. ‘Temptator!’ Is a flat-out abstract of an album, coming at you from all angles, with layers of blood, bones and dirt covering a tonne of gold.

With 13 million plus Spotify stream, shows with The Black Keys, Tame Impala, and The Hu, The Blackwater Fever have also featured on Showtime TV series, ‘Shameless’.

On ‘Temptator!’ The Blackwater Fever expand on their eclectic combination of blues, 50s rock, gunge, prog, and new wave, and produce the weird offspring of later Queens of the Stone Age and Clutch; it deserves a deep dive and loud play.

‘Temptator!’ Is out now on all streaming platforms, as well as CD/Vinyl packages available.