This week 8CCC features the debut album from 3% – Kill the Dead – the clean version 😉

2024 was a busy year of releases, but we’ve finally been able to bring to your attention this significant album, first heard live in Mparntwe at the Apmerenge-ntyele Festival: From the Land held at Desert Knowledge Australia in August last year.

3% features Nooky – host of Triple J’s Blak Out show and founder of We Are Warriors, which won a Bronze Lion award at Cannes Entertainment Lions for the documentary ‘We Are Warriors: Through The Fire’; Dallas Woods – a veteran performer and powerhouse songwriter, credited as the mentor and co-writer behind Baker Boy’s ARIA-winning debut album, Gela, brings his own experiences of growing up in a cycle of poverty and abuse and channels them into the lyrical content of 3% first album. Finally, Angus Field – a soulful singer-songwriter and vocal powerhouse from Coffs Harbour who first teamed up with Nooky at a First Nations Pathways program in 2022.

“Although covering weighty themes of reclamation, Indigenous deaths in custody and closing the gap, Kill the Dead is more than an album that is built on songs and stories of protest. It’s also a beautifully celebratory moment for Blak musicians and artists.” Rolling Stones