Threat.Meet.Protocol Release New Video
Despite being a band since 2011 Threat.Meet.Protocol have always managed to remain in the shadow of their own shadow. As their peers and contemporaries careers excelled their own stalled under a series of self inflicted and comically timed misfires. Now in the midst of a worldwide pandemic they embark on perhaps their poorest planned venture yet with the self release and subsequent New Zealand Tour of The Witch Trials.
Though repeatedly warned about the high cost of vinyl, their lack of popularity and the current tumultuous touring climate Threat.Meet.Protocol have stubbornly elected to leave their longtime label Muzai to self release some songs no one really wanted and definitely didn’t ask for as a 7″ vinyl. The Witch Trials recorded and engineered by drummer Evan Pope at Tauranga’s Studio 11B consists of two cuts of classic Protocol: The Witch Trials and Why. It’s a true double B-side! While we would like to say that their sound has developed and evolved since their last collection of songs Where Did You Put My Marbles? was released in 2018 if anything they have just moved laterally by ripping of Faith No More and Fugazi instead of the Birthday Party and Die! Die! Die!
Accompanying the radio release of The Witch Trials single on the 5th October is their TMP grade horror homage to 80’s slasher movies directed by Edward Gains and starring Aleida Brown. With the band themselves playing scare icons Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Leatherface out for a lads camping trip. But rather than them being the hunters they become the hunted. Expect Oscar nominations all around for this affair proudly NOT funded by NZ on Air.
THE WITCH TRIALS NZ TOUR:
16th October: Smash Palace, Gisborne [with Nervous Surgeons and Lizard Prom]
17th October: Spaceship, Hastings [with Lizard Prom and TBC]
21st October: Third Eye, Wellington [with DAHTM and Ayn Randy]
22nd October: Guerilla show, Blenheim [with Big Scout]
23rd October: Otautahi Punkfest, Christchurch
24th October: Brighton Rugby Club, Dunedin [with Koizilla, Silver Surfer and Coin Laundry]
25th October: Southland Musicians Club, Invercargill [with Filth Wizard and SLUR]
28th October: Wakatu Hotel, Nelson [with Dick Move and Big Scout]
29th October: Roots Bar, Takaka [with National Munt]
30th October: The Stomach, Palmerston North [with Fieldings Best Dancers and Persimmon]
31st October: Historic Village Chapel, Tauranga [with Nuggiez and Grown Downz]
6th November: Whammy Backroom, Auckland [with Dick Move and Grown Downz]
7th November: Yot Club, Raglan [with Grown Downz and Dick Move]
