''Hi-Vis High Tea'' is the ninth studio album by Australian punk band
Frenzal Rhomb
Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992 in Sydney. Three of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: ''A Man's Not a Camel'' (1999), '' Hi-Vis High Tea'' (2017) and ''Smoko at the Pe ...
. It was recorded in Colorado, USA, with
Bill Stevenson as producer and was released in May 2017. It was nominated at the 2017 ARIA Music Awards for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, but lost to
Northlane
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's ''
Mesmer
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''.
The album is the first since a series of medical mishaps befall the band, delaying recording and release. Vocalist Jay Whalley underwent brain surgery in 2013 in order to have a parasitic tapeworm removed, as documented in the song ''Pigworm'',
drummer Gordy Forman suffered a 2015 broken arm following a stage dive attempt during a
Perth
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concert,
and guitarist
Lindsay McDougall
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was forced to undergo emergency eye surgery in the same year.
Track listing
Charts
References
2017 albums
Frenzal Rhomb albums
Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician)
Fat Wreck Chords albums
Shock Records albums
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