Amyl and the Sniffers have unveiled their NSFW new single and video 'Jerkin'

Amyl and the Sniffers have shared their new track 'Jerkin'.

It's the final single from their forthcoming third album 'Cartoon Darkness'. The Australian punk band's new full-length will be released via Rough Trade Records.

The music video for 'Jerkin', directed by long-time collaborator John Angus Stewart of PHC Films, will be available in two versions: a censored edit on streaming platforms, and a full, uncensored version on the band's official website for viewers aged 18 and over.

Discussing the new track, Amy Taylor says: "It's good to express your anger when someone's been pissing you off and it's good to have humour in life, especially as a woman, when you're meant to just passively say 'everything's good' to keep everyone else comfortable. The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody's genitals. I wanted to write a song to big-up 'the self' while putting down the 'other' because sometimes, even if it's just for a small window, that's the best way to laugh something off and empower yourself. World's pissing me off and breaking my heart more than ever right now, might as well poke it back. It's pointless but it's cathartic."

Director John Angus Stewart adds: "The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre. Once, Amy said to me, 'If the world wasn't so fucked up, I'd never wear clothes.' It's the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately 'offensive.' This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way. We approached the project as if it were a performance in itself. From concept to crewing to casting, we (the production) let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day. We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I'm used to. But because this idea was driven by people's personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. We just kept pulling things further and further back until we were left with just a white wall and the human body. I want to come out of everything I do with a different perspective. Just as one's perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way. I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a shit."

Amyl and the Sniffers are set to embark on a sold-out UK and European tour, with dates including three nights at London's Roundhouse. They will also play their largest headline show to date at Alexandra Palace in London.

The dates in full read:

NOVEMBER
5 National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
6 02 Academy, Glasgow, UK
7 NX, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
9 Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
10 02 Academy, Birmingham, UK
11 02 Academy, Bristol, UK
13 Roundhouse, London, UK
14 Roundhouse, London, UK
15 Roundhouse, London, UK
17 Ancienne, Brussels, Belgium
18 Tivolivredenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands
19 Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne, Germany
21 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
22 Grobe Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
23 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
25 Tonhalie, Munich, Germany
26 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
27 Olympia, Paris, France
29 Floyd, Athens, Greece

JULY 2025
5 Finsbury Park, London, UK (supporting Fontaines DC)

NOVEMBER 2025
15 Alexandra Palace, London, UK