Naarm based 4 piece Jalang deliver their ferocious and unique take on hardore punk with their debut album Santau.
Taking their name from a Bahasa Indonesia word that has dual meaning – wild or undomesticated for the masculine and promiscuous or evil for the feminine – the band reclaim this duality, embracing the power of the feminine.
Santau navigates the personal narratives of Jalang’s members, reflecting on diasporic experiences and examining politics, religion, feminism and queer rights in Southeast Asia. With vocals delivered in both Bahasa Indonesia and English, Jalang present a sonic representation of entwined identities and a triumphant and fearless defiance of colonialism in both Australian and Indonesian history.