SECOND IDOL 'Boxing Ring' single launch w/ GUSH + LINEN

Second Idol is known for their emotive performances drenched in venom and melancholy, and unleashing a fusion of alternative rock, goth, grunge and post-punk influences. Informed by feminism, queerness and cross-cultural identity, the band transverses concepts of power, gender and otherness.

With a solid gigging history having supported artists such as Arse, Battlesnake, Baxter Dury (UK), Cry Club, dust, Grinding Eyes, Harry Howard and the NDE, Jen Cloher and Wolf and Cub, the band returns with their first new music since 2022 - Boxing Ring.

Boxing Ring surges with an unyielding rhythm and relentless spirit, carried aloft by impassioned vocals. As the melody radiates defiance, insisting on an unapologetic presence, the arrangement coalesces into a boundless fusion of authenticity, vulnerability and grit.

About Boxing Ring:

"Boxing Ring is a reflection on being a woman in the music industry. It can be a fucking circus. It's informed by the barriers women in music face. It's about our aspirations, dreams and struggles. That women, non-binary and trans musicians are often treated as diversity trophies, novelised, and not taken seriously. We're constantly pitted against each other and cut down. It feels as though we're thrown into a boxing ring with each other, fighting for scraps, where often the more femme-presenting individual wins and men leer from every corner. Join us in the ring to fight our way out." - Kate (vocalist/guitarist)

"The band explodes with raw honesty, exposed nerves, and the kind of grit that makes diamonds look soft." - Post-punk.com