Following a blistering start to the year – touring nationally with Bad//Dreems, performing their first international shows in Sri Lanka and lighting up festival stages at Party In The Paddock and OK Charlton – The Pretty Littles return with new album, Mulga Wire. Arriving as the quick follow-up to 2025’s ARIA-charting record Force, the album sees the prolific Melbourne band’s new lineup truly come into its own, blending heartland poetry with scathing commentary and razor-sharp lyricism.
After the five-year gap between Force and their 2020 album Weekend Away, the arrival of Mulga Wire just over a year later proves how instinctive this new era of The Pretty Littles has quickly become. Not fazed about sticking to one particular sound or style, the record moves wherever it needs to without ever losing raw sincerity that holds everything together.
From criticising power hungry world leaders in ‘In Our Times’ to exploring sunlit nostalgia and small town memories in ‘Terracotta’, the album moves between extremes without ever losing what holds it together.
“Mulga Wire sorta encompasses everything we are, I reckon,” reflects vocalist Jack Parsons. “We just followed our nose. If it worked, we followed it down the lane. If it didn’t we left it there. There was no time to fuck around really.”
“I guess this album reminds me of a city, with different suburbs – different moments. It’s all in the same city, but you know when you’re in Heidelberg and you know when you’re in Hampton, ya know?”
Recorded alongside long time producer Greg Rietwyk (Press Club), Mulga Wire experiments with patterns and textures while firmly keeping Parsons’ engrossing lyricism front and centre. Whether it is the sheer musicianship or raw poetry that draws you in, the record is filled with dusty imagery, earnest grit and sharp observations. Named after the slang term for rural gossip, Mulga Wire embraces the full spectrum of that world – from triumphs to tragedies.
The Pretty Littles will play the Republic Bar & Cafe in Nipaluna/Hobart on July 11th, 2026.
Release: June 5th, 2026, Community Music