Brendan Hitchens, Journalist

"It’s quite striking, but not immediately likable – people seem to like it, so maybe I’m wrong about that... [the album]’s pretty diverse but I think there will be some other big-sounding, darker songs on it as well."

Musically, Propaghandi’s merger of metal and punk borrows the best from both genres and their associated subsets.

"There are theatre people, your every day city urban people and your remote communities with a large numbers of Aboriginal people. There is a huge cross-section of people we perform to."

"China came about when our bass player pointed out that the cheapest flights to LA stop over in Beijing. We had a contact over there, so we emailed him and 24 hours later we had five shows booked. I think it’s going to be a bit of a culture shock."

“We make music because we like it. We don’t have many goals or anything like that; we do it because we want to have fun.”

Whereas their past has scratched a surface somewhere between Americana folktales and Jersey punk ethos, their Mercury Records debut neglects stylistic samplings and heads straight for a sound of self-affirmation

"They started getting all these right-wing weirdos coming to their shows. I hope that doesn’t happen to us.”

Adams admits their band name has raised its fair share of eyebrows, particularly online. "I have seen people on Twitter and YouTube going on and saying, ‘I thought this was going to be Ted Danson. Sorely disappointed.’"

For a ninth full-length release, it’s unconvincing...