Melbourne art-punks Tropical Fuck Storm aren’t just a collective driven by a provocative band name; they’re also potentially one of the more enigmatic experimental post-rock acts in the world today. Fronted by Garreth Liddiard of the Drones and rounded out by an all-star lineup of Australia’s raddest female rockers, TFS strips the four-minute rock song to its studs and refashions it as a poetic, gloomy, oft-times beat-heavy reinvention on both their 2018 debut, A Laughing Death in Meatspace and new LP, Braindrops. Both are big, brooding records, absolutely gushing with strange sonic overtones, and the saccharine salve of twisted melodies churning throughout. by Ryan J. Prado