Album · Amyl and the Sniffers
Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and the Sniffers
Cartoon Darkness is an album by Amyl and the Sniffers, released in 2024. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “U Should Not Be Doing That”, on 7 lists with a best position of #12.
Cartoon Darkness, the third album from Melbourne pub-punk hellraisers Amyl and the Sniffers, came out on 25 October 2024 through B2B and Virgin Music Group, their first since 2021's Comfort to Me. Nick Launay produced, and he keeps the band's sweaty, snarling essentials intact while giving the riffs more muscle and the tempos more room to swing. Amy Taylor spits and yowls up front like the Stooges fronted by a street preacher, Declan Mehrtens' guitar slashes and burns, and Gus Romer and Bryce Wilson keep the floor shaking.
"U Should Not Be Doing That", "Big Dreams" and "Jerkin'" were among the singles, and the "Jerkin'" video was graphic enough that it went up on the band's own site with an adults-only warning. At the 2025 ARIA Awards the album took Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Rock Album and Best Cover Art.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Cartoon Darkness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U Should Not Be Doing That | 7 | #12 | – | 2024–2026 | |
| 2 | Jerkin' | 1 | #32 | – | 2024 | |
| 3 | Big Dreams | 1 | #62 | – | 2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.