EXCLUSIVE: Ivan Drago - Ivan Drago

The members of Sydney-bred punk supergroup Ivan Drago may have already-pretty-packed schedules, but they've still managed to find the time to come together from some of the city's other current and past acts such as Sniperival, Chris Duke & The Royals, The Brothers Nude and others to create an outfit that is a force well and truly unto itself. Now, the band stand poised to unleash their eagerly awaited self-titled debut full-length album, proudly premiering on theMusic.com.au today.

To be fair, it took them a while to get here, with co-frontman Brendan Kennedy once describing it as "the Chinese Democracy of Sydney punk rock" owing to its protracted incubation — but given how busy the individual members keep, it'd be unreasonable to hold it against them. Besides, it's not like it's not been worth the wait — either way, at last, the lads got their shit together enough to compile a collection of 10 blistering, infectious punk ditties sure to set your fist a'pumping and your mouth a'smiling ahead of the album's official release at the end of the week.

Ivan Drago will launch their self-titled album this Saturday, 29 August, at Factory Floor; The Bottlers, The Playbook, Wasters and Dividers play in support. See theGuide or check The Music App for more information.