Australian post-punk group Pinch Points have unveiled their new single “Haruspex” today.

The song, which can be heard below, comes just in time for International Women's Day. Bassist Acacia Coates and drummer Isabella Orsini offered a joint statement about the new song, which touches upon violence against women:

"We are frustrated by the long-enduring issues of gendered violence towards women, trans and gender diverse communities, usually at the hands of men. In ancient Rome, a haruspex would read omens in the organs of slaughtered animals. The conversation around gendered violence is just as brutal and repetitive. We see the same warning signs and issues around violence repeat again and again, and our governments and society aren’t taking enough measures to prevent them.

We’re sick of seeing the same headlines, the same apologia for ‘promising young men’, and the same lack of empathy from our elected leaders.

There’s a small riff on a line from Iggy Pop’s track ‘I’m Bored’, when we say ‘We scare ourselves to sleep at night, Scare ourselves in broad daylight’, twisting that familiar line into something more sinister from a non-male perspective (made even more sinister by the fact that lots of the old rockstars of this ilk have shady reputations when it comes to their relations with women)."

“Haruspex,” which is out on digital services right now, stems from Pinch Points’ forthcoming studio album Process, out March 18 via Exploding in Sound. Pre-orders for the album are live right now.

Pitch Points tour dates

03/25 - Melbourne, VIC @ Forum Melbourne w/ Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

04/02 - Richmond, VIC @ Corner Hotel w/ Alien Nosejob, MOD CON, & Our Carlson

09/10 - Heusden, NL @ Misty Fields Festival w/ Protomartyr, Los Bitchos, Just Mustard & more