About

Sonically daring. Visually adventurous. Hypnotic art-punk with a bizarre post-punk edge. Six-piece ensemble Gut Health has emerged from the Naarm/Melbourne underground as one of Australia’s most compelling new acts.

Backed by the leadership of their LGBTI-heavy band and peers, Gut Health harnesses an uncompromising ethos that both showcases and fosters open liberation and the healing qualities of consensual rage in its many and varied forms.

The band bottle these values along with the spirit of New York’s No-Wave revolution and the diverse musical backgrounds of each player – spanning punk to jazz and beyond – to create a polymorphous and positively thrilling, dance-floor filling, post-punk concoction.

Their 2022 debut EP Electric Party Chrome Girl - self-recorded in a storage facility in the heart of Brunswick and released via indie-freaks Marthouse Records - was an instant hit amongst music lovers and tastemakers alike, puncturing Australia’s perception of punk and projecting the band from the concealed corners of Melbourne’s underground warehouse spaces into the spotlight.

Enthusiastic reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone, triple j and Post Trash swiftly followed, while the band’s music and videos were added to radio and television playlists nationwide.

With a heavy emphasis on their driving rhythm section backed by sharp, angular guitars and mind-mangling synthesisers, Gut Health’s songs are brought home by the effervescent melodies and lyrical wit of front person Athina Uh Oh.

Brazen in their message of self-expression and staunchly encouraging the visceral powers of the dance floor, Gut Health summon a cross pollination of communities to dance together – uninhibited, liberally and safely.

Gut Health are Athina Uh Oh, Adam Markmann, Dom Willmott, Eloise Murphy-Hill, Angus Fletcher and Myka Wallace.