More than four years since their last album, the critically adored ‘Young Man, Old Man,’ Canberra’s Hoodlum Shouts have returned with ‘Heat Island.’ The album is a cognisant snapshot of modern Australia, as seen through a world-weary but optimistic view.

Since the release of ‘Young Man Old Man,’ Hoodlum Shouts have toured sporadically, collecting a tribe of admirers along the way. Hoodlums have a knack for commanding a room. Whether it through their stark vocals delivered with staggering intensity or the jagged, unnerving instrumentation that accompanies them remains unclear but they are truly a band’s band. An act that musicians gravitate towards and punters can only revere.

Recorded with Melbourne-based engineer Mike Deslandes (The Nation Blue, Cosmic Psychos) and their first album with ex-4Dead bassist Morgan McDonnell, the album peeks inside the the political debates, misled bravado, the daily turbulence of humanity and a concern for our earth while recognising that there is plenty of good in the world and not all of society is coming undone at the seams.