Johnny Hunter The Floor

Johnny Hunter returns today with the announcement of new music for 2021, leading the charge with the relentless rhythms and charged up energy of 'The Floor'. As the band's first release since signing with Cooking Vinyl Australia, Johnny Hunter came out the gate swinging with 'The Floor': dark, dramatic and compelling.

When a band like Johnny Hunter delivers new music, there is a reason heads turn. An unapologetic love for fiery, gut-punching punk energy relentlessly drives each release - Johnny Hunter remaining ferocious at each turn. Having grown and developed into a force to be reckoned with across a collection of years spent writing and touring around the country, the band's sonic identity has become fierce and unwavering in its impact.

The song itself, like many Johnny Hunter efforts, takes primal emotions and personal realisations and puts them under the microscope. 

"Et Tu Brutus  / I can't do this / Anymore"

Marked by strong guitars, penetrative percussion and the striking vocals of Nick Hutt, 'The Floor' is a captivating listen from the jump. For 'The Floor', Johnny Hunter worked with engineer Adam Greenspan (IDLES, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) to bring this project to life.

"The floor is the lowest point. The realisation that the person you've become is not the person you wanted to be. When after a lifetime of casting the blame outward, the only place left to look is inward. It's the accusation of the self and the confession to the self. The acceptance of responsibility. The rude awakening. The brute in the mirror. But above all it's a release. It's the clarity to know yourself well enough to see that the only way now is up."  Johnny Hunter, Nick Hutt

This aesthetic continues through into the visuals for 'The Floor'; Johnny Hunter working with director Dakota Fisher and a team of creatives to bring the drama threaded throughout the song to screen. Incorporating gothic and horror elements in with a running theme of romanticism, the music video for 'The Floor' is pure Johnny Hunter-esque moodiness, delivered impeccably.