Thus Spoke The Broken Chanteuse, The Lavish Second Album From Fast-rising Punk Group, Wet Kiss, Is Out Via Dinosaur City
[Friday, June 27, 2025] Rising Naarm/Melbourne glam-rock group, Wet Kiss, today release their highly anticipated sophomore album Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, via Dinosaur City ahead of national tour dates this August.
The first run of vinyl is an extremely limited-edition collectors item, with each record individually marked with a kiss of red lipstick, courtesy of the Broken Chanteuse herself, Brenna O. This will not be replicated in future pressings. Secure yours here before they disappear, or order a copy through your local record store.
Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, the antic glam-rock group's second record, is exactly what the title suggests. Our chanteuse here is the sensational jezebel Brenna O: Part Factory Girl, part Fassbinder heroine, all peroxide locks and shiny, skin-tight '$2 dresses', sneering and growling across the stage, mixing greasy punk with cabaret excess. Or as she likes to put it: 'the punk Bette Midler."
What is she saying? Well, a few things. Produced by Andy McEwan, Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse is about the grubby pleasures of hopping on the Melbourne-to-Berlin artist pipeline. It's about 'daddy at the abattoir,' slaughtering piggies. It's about gloomy waits at the gender clinic so you can get your estrogen. It's about dingy, crap clubs, desolate glamour, strutting down the street with your dignity in tatters, upskirting, indulgence and the glory of turning fantasy into reality. The album name is also something of a joke, melding a music journalist's snide comment about the band ('broken chanteuse') with a nod to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
The story of Wet Kiss is the story of myth-turned-real. Brenna knew what she wanted – glam-rock mutated for the adderall age – she just needed to find the players. So she put out ads in local rock magazines and found them: daniel dog (guitar), Al Amour (piano), Ben Addiction (bass), Ju Sugar (lead guitar), Ruby Rabbit (drums) and Agnes Wailin' (dubbed 'Screamin'' for their tenacious vocal belts). The band quickly moved in together, quickly put out their beguiling debut record She's So Cool, and quickly built a live reputation. Their performances left crowds gobsmacked: there were floppy bunny ears and buckets of sweat; costume changes and clothes ripped to smithereens; ecstatic howls and hilarious antagonism.
The first single off Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, 'Isn't Music Wonderful', is perhaps the best distillation of the band's sly, stylish lunacy. The song title is yelped in earnest, but is Brenna taking the piss? Music is wonderful – it shoves misfits together, it makes life worth living, it is a fleeting, euphoric high, hard to replicate chemically. But to be a musician is also a pain in the ass, where getting your dues is a long and tortuous path ('When am i gonna be a star / I'm searching in my bag for last nights drag' as Brenna sings). Nothing left to do except nurture dreams and delusions, and smack make-shift opulence onto every surface you can. The song is pure glam bombast: layers of honky-tonk piano, jeering back-up singers and Brenna hissing street-wise bon mots. ' It's about needing to self-actualise. The verses are all about that necessary posturing and self-deprecation, ' says Brenna.
Plenty of Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse is brimming with this tension – between the hedonistic triumph of inventing oneself, and the dreary texture of modern life. Brenna became well acquainted with this conflict during a long stint in Berlin. Much of the record was written there, and as such, many of the songs are slathered in a thick glob of Weimar decadence. 'Chick from Nowhere' is a janky piano ballad (of pianist Aldo, Brenna affectionately calls them the 'Barry Manilow to my Bette Midler'), that descends into a full-blown rock opera, about picking up lovers in the early morning, relishing the freedom of being an unknown entity in an unknown city. The melody was written back in Melbourne, the band high on ecstasy and suddenly eager to write a really tight pop song. 'It's not really a standard pop song at all' laughs Brenna, 'it's more of a rock saloon song.'
A couple of the album tracks deal with disastrous, yet funny and formative, gig mishaps abroad. 'Skirt' is a 70s rock anthem by way of 90s PJ Harvey, laden with whoof whistle samples, serving as a retort to leering audience members but also poking fun at Brenna's on-stage humiliation ('Girls get paid in fascination / even while the night gets wasted'). She had just moved to Berlin and was playing her first solo set, but the show didn't pan out as planned. 'I got really drunk on white wine and it was a disaster. I luckily saved it by bantering. I had my foot up on the amp the whole time, and after the set my friend was like, 'Oh my God, everyone was trying to peer up your skirt.' 'Pink Shadow' is grimy punk burlesque, about the convergence of taking hormones for the first time and trying to insert yourself in a new music scene. 'It's about intertwining the mythos of myself and the mythos of the city,' says Brenna.
Elsewhere on the record, Wet Kiss are inserting themselves into lineages, old and new. The speedy punk of 'Metal Silhouette' toys with Burroughs' cut-up method, the drawl of 'Gender Affirmation Clinic,' sounds like something you might find on David Bowie's Space Oddity record. 'Babe' is a sauntering, lovestruck cover of the underappreciated folk song by artist Rick Penta. 'The Gay Band' is sweet glam magic, a glimmering anthem with lip-smacking vocals, about the death of friends and the metaphorical death of an old self. 'I want to carry on that spirit of dirty street decadence, but also the great tradition of self-invention,' says Brenna about the album.
Wet Kiss catapulted onto the scene with the release of their debut album She's So Cool via Dero Arcade (cumgirl8, Divide & Dissolve) in 2022. In a somewhat shock move, Olver and daniel dog relocated to Berlin just a month after the album dropped. When plans of their 2024 return became public (alongside whispers of a new record), a frenzy was ignited with fans and media alike. One year on, Wet Kiss have played Melbourne Town Hall for RISING's sold-out DAY TRIPPER festivalalongside Bar Italia and HTRK, showcased at SXSW Sydney, made their 'Sup debut for Golden Plains alongside PJ Harvey and Fontaines D.C. and were invited to throw a secret house party for Dark Mofo 's Night Mass earlier this month. On top of that, they've scored support slots with Amyl & the Sniffers, RVG, Spike F*ck, CIVIC, Floodlights and Private Function, this momentum has been bolstered by critical acclaim from influential outlets like Sydney Morning Herald, Gusher Magazine, Frankie Magazine, Beat Magazine, Rolling Stone, Gusher Magazine, BBC 6, WFMU, 3RRR, PBS, fbi.radio, among others.
You can dunk yourself in Wet Kiss' filthy, lavish depths as they tour the new album across Australia this August.
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[Friday, June 27, 2025] Rising Naarm/Melbourne glam-rock group, Wet Kiss, today release their highly anticipated sophomore album Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, via Dinosaur City ahead of national tour dates this August. The first run of vinyl is an extremely limited-edition collectors item, with each record individually marked with a kiss of red lipstick, courtesy of the Broken Chanteuse herself, Brenna O. This will not be replicated in future pressings. Secure yours here before they disappear, or order a copy through your local record store. Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, the antic glam-rock group's second record, is exactly what the title suggests. Our chanteuse here is the sensational jezebel Brenna O: Part Factory Girl, part Fassbinder heroine, all peroxide locks and shiny, skin-tight '$2 dresses', sneering and growling across the stage, mixing greasy punk with cabaret excess. Or as she likes to put it: 'the punk Bette Midler." What is she saying? Well, a few things. Produced by Andy McEwan, Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse is about the grubby pleasures of hopping on the Melbourne-to-Berlin artist pipeline. It's about 'daddy at the abattoir,' slaughtering piggies. It's about gloomy waits at the gender clinic so you can get your estrogen. It's about dingy, crap clubs, desolate glamour, strutting down the street with your dignity in tatters, upskirting, indulgence and the glory of turning fantasy into reality. The album name is also something of a joke, melding a music journalist's snide comment about the band ('broken chanteuse') with a nod to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The story of Wet Kiss is the story of myth-turned-real. Brenna knew what she wanted – glam-rock mutated for the adderall age – she just needed to find the players. 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Serves 12 Ingredients 8 egg yolks 20 g caster (superfine) sugar 100ml pandan juice (see notes) 50ml coconut cream 60ml (¼ cup) vegetable oil ¾ tsp pandan essence (available at Asian food stores) ¾ tsp natural vanilla extract 150g plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted 2 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt 10 egg whites 1 tsp cream of tartar Coconut whipped cream 3g gelatine leaves (gold strength) 2½ tsp cool water 130g white chocolate bits 325ml thickened (whipping) cream 175ml (⅔ cup) coconut cream, at room temperature Salted coconut 200g freshly grated mature coconut Pinch of sea salt Make the cake Preheat the oven to 170°C . Place the egg yolks and 120g of the caster sugar in a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, whisk until light and aerated. Whisk in the pandan juice, coconut cream, oil, pandan essence and vanilla. Stir through the sifted flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, using clean beaters, whisk the egg whites until frothy. Gradually add the remaining 80 g of caster sugar and the cream of tartar, whisking until firm peaks form. Gently fold one-third of the egg white meringue at a time through the yolk mixture. Pour the batter into a large ungreased 25cm angel food cake tin. Smooth the surface. Run a skewer through the batter, then drop the tin once from a height to pop any large air bubbles. Bake for 40-42 minutes, then check for doneness. Use your finger to gently press on the centre of the cake. If the cake springs back, then it is done. If your finger indent remains, cook a little longer. Remove from the oven and leave to cool upside down in the tin. Once fully cooled, remove the cake from the tin by running a sharp paring knife around the inside of the tin. Without the icing, the cake will keep for up to 3 days in the fridge if properly covered with plastic wrap. Make the coconut whipped cream Place the gelatine leaves in a small bowl, cover with the water and leave to bloom for 10-15 minutes; they should form a gel-like mass. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Heat the cream in a saucepan over medium heat, being careful not to let it boil. Pour it over the chocolate and stir until melted. Add the gelatine and stir until dissolved, then stir in the coconut cream. Strain the mixture through a fine-meshed sieve and chill to set for at least 1 hour. Whip the coconut cream to stiff peaks. Set aside. Ice the cake Place the cake on a rotating cake stand. Using a palette knife and the help of the cake stand, spread the coconut whipped cream all over and around the cake. Mix the salted coconut ingredients together and sprinkle over the cake. Once iced, the cake will keep for 2 days in the fridge, but it's best eaten on the same day. Notes • You can make the pandan juice by blitzing 500g pandan leaves (available at Asian grocers) with 100ml water. Strain the mixture before using. • Pandan essence is necessary for both its aroma and aesthetics. Find it with the food colouring at the supermarket. • The cake tin is the same one used for angel food cake, 25cm in diameter. Mi vit tiem (duck in medicinal noodle soup) A medicinal soup that I consider to be more invigorating and comforting than a bowl of pho. The gentle sweetness of dried fruits tends to dominate the front palate, but it is very quickly chased by a mid-palate warmth of ginger. Serves 6 Ingredients 6 duck leg quarters 60ml (¼ cup) cooking wine 100g ginger, charred, then sliced 2 Tbsp mushroom soy sauce 1 Tbsp soy sauce 2½ Tbsp Chinese five spice 1½ tsp sea salt 1½ tsp cracked white pepper Broth 1½ tsp cinnamon sticks 2 star anise 3 whole cloves 2 tsp coriander seeds 1.5 litres (6 cups) chicken stock ¼ onion, charred, then sliced 100g ginger, charred, then sliced 10g dried longans (available at supermarkets and Asian grocers) 150g small daikon (white radish), peeled and cut into finger thick halfmoons 2 bunches coriander roots, scrubbed well 40g spring onion tops 20g dried shiitake mushrooms 6 dried red dates 10g dried goji berries 2 Tbsp light soy sauce 2 tsp sea salt To serve 450g mustard greens, chopped Ice bath 900g fresh thin egg noodles per person, cooked to packet instructions Marinate the duck overnight Rinse the duck legs under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel. Place in a large bowl with the cooking wine and ginger. Cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes. Mix together the soy sauces, five spice, salt and pepper, then rub all over the duck legs. Place in a large zip-lock bag and leave to marinate in the fridge overnight. Make the broth In a dry frying pan, toast the cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and coriander seeds over medium heat for a few minutes, or until fragrant. Place in a spice infuser or wrap in muslin (cheesecloth). Bring the stock to the boil in a large stockpot, skimming off any scum from the surface. Add the toasted spices, onion, ginger and longans, then leave to infuse over medium-low heat. A gentle bubble is adequate here, as you do not want the stock to reduce. Pan-fry the duck While the stock is infusing, pan-fry the duck in batches over medium-high heat for 2 minutes on each side, just to seal the meat; you are not aiming to cook the duck at this point. Set aside. Finish the soup After the broth has infused for about 1 hour, add the daikon, coriander roots, spring onion, shiitake mushrooms, dates and goji berries. Stir in the soy sauce and salt. Add the duck legs and simmer for another 30-45 minutes. (I like my duck legs to still have some texture to them. You can cook them further, if you wish in which case, I would start cooking the duck legs in advance of the daikon, dates and goji berries, as these will fall apart with longer simmering.) You are aiming for a clear stock, so ensure the broth does not come to a rapid boil at any point, as this will introduce Impurities and turbidity. To serve Blanch the mustard greens, refresh in the ice bath and divide among the servingbowls, along with the cooked noodles. Ladle the hot broth over the noodles, together with a duck leg, and some daikon and shiitake mushrooms. Serve immediately. Note • If you have them, you can use confit duck legs for this recipe. You may just want to tweak the amount of soy sauce used, as the confit duck will be more salty. • Charred onion/ginger/chilli/shallots: leave the skin on and skewer smaller pieces together, start on medium high-heat on stove or barbecue and char on each side. It will feel like you are cremating them but char them further than you think you need to. Once cooled, the skins should slip away easily.
