Cry Club move through moments of tenderness and ferocity on third album High Voltage Anxiety out now
Featuring singles ‘High Voltage Anxiety’, ‘For Your Health’, ‘This, Forever’, ‘Retaliate’ & ‘Monster of the Week’
Upcoming shows in Wollongong and Sydney with Alter Boy
Today, Naarm-based industrial-pop duo Cry Club share their eagerly awaited third album High Voltage Anxiety. Stream HERE and purchase HERE. Featuring previously released singles ‘High Voltage Anxiety’, ‘For Your Health’, ‘This, Forever’, ‘Retaliate’, and ‘Monster Of The Week’ plus seven additional tracks, the new record sees vocalist Heather Riley (they/them) and guitarist Jonathon Tooke (he/him) at their most self-assured in sound and message.
High Voltage Anxiety moves through moments of tenderness and ferocity as Cry Club delve into the state of the world and what it means to be human. Touching on themes of mental health, artistic burnout, wealth disparity, activism, and technofeudalism, the duo’s first self-produced album is threaded together with a passionate voice and a fearless hope for a brighter future. “We are (as we’ve always been) so angry because we love and care about this world so much, and that love drives us to demand better from the people trying to do harm to what we’ve all built,” says Heather.
Created in the duo’s now-signature “industrial-pop” sound, the record is a crucial listen with broad appeal, drawing inspiration from the disaffected irony of modern hyperpop, brash protest punk anthems of the 2000s, scathing disillusionment of 90s grunge and industrial rock, and the apocalyptic nuclear anxieties of 1950s sci-fi.
“This is truly the most “us” we’ve ever sounded, it’s wildly satisfying to feel like we’re in total control of everything and be so happy with where we’ve ended up,” says Heather. “While there’s a lot of fury and frustration across the record, we also got to acknowledge how much we’ve grown and the people who have touched our lives along the way.”
Jonathon adds “In a lot of ways, I think this one is the one that sets us up more clearly for things in future as it has given us the confidence in the self-produced sense but also in establishing a clear vision of what Cry Club can be – pop songs you can grind your teeth to.”
In a time of high tensions, global crises, and increasing divide, High Voltage Anxiety poses important questions about how we participate in, react, and respond to the world around us. From first single ‘High Voltage Anxiety’’s dissection of digital fatigue and ‘Retaliate’s pointed look at greed and class, to ‘This, Forever’s encouraging rallying cry to fight for a better world, Cry Club hope listeners “leave with a fire in your soul and the fortitude to push through to the world we deserve, and will build together for the future.”
Cry Club x Alter Boy
BOY CRY TOUR
Thursday 23rd April 2026 – La La La’s – Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 25th April – Metro Social – Sydney, NSW
Tickets HERE
High Voltage Anxiety
OUT NOW
Track List:
- Act One
- Retaliate
- High Voltage Anxiety
- Believe
- Feel This Way
- This, Forever
- Act Two
- For Your Health
- Monster Of The Week
- Buried!
- Consequences
- Despite Everything
About Cry Club
Over the past two years, Cry Club have ventured overseas for their debut European tour, joined iconic UK rockers The Darkness on their Australian tour, supported the likes of WAAX, FAKER, and Stand Atlantic, and created some of their most innovative and impactful music yet. Throughout their time as a band, Cry Club have generated over 2.5million streams on Spotify alone, received a generous amount of national and international radio and DSP support, and cemented themselves as one of the most exciting and original acts in the country.
