Adam Briggs pivots to hardcore punk with Songs in the Key of Wrestling, confronting mental-health delays
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Adam Briggs released Songs in the Key of Wrestling, his debut hardcore punk album with new band Big Noter, and said long public mental-health wait times delayed his access to psychiatric care. He framed the record around collective liberation, moral complacency and mental-health themes and recorded it with Steve Smith, Leigh Davies and Craig Strain in Melbourne.
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KEY FACTS
- Adam Briggs released Songs in the Key of Wrestling, his debut hardcore punk album with his new band Big Noter.
- Briggs is a solo artist and one half of A.B. Original with Trials and is a Yorta Yorta artist.
- Briggs says long waits in the public mental-health system delayed his access to psychiatric care, taking nearly 18 months to see a psychiatrist.
- Briggs said he sought psychiatric care to "be a better person" and emphasised he was not an emergency case.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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Briggs released Songs in the Key of Wrestling, his debut hardcore punk album with new band Big Noter, marking a sudden shift from his established career as a rapper. The record tackles collective liberation, moral complacency and mental health, and Briggs says he sought mental health treatment after long wait times to see a psychiatrist.
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