Photo by Sally Townsend

Australia is home to all manner of terrifyingly venomous insects, snakes, and assorted hellacious creatures, most of which seem intent on destroying and/or scaring the living piss out of every human they encounter, but thanks to Holy Serpent, Melbourne can lay claim to the chillest creepy-crawlies going. This young, tone-obsessed outfit is like a less pretentious version of Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, and deserves way more hype—fans of languid riffs, fat blunts, and Bobbly Liebling are going to go nuts for these guys.

We’re stoked to present a new tune off their upcoming eponymous debut for RidingEasy Records (out May 12). Zone out with “The Plague” below: