Song · Amyl and the Sniffers
“Hertz” by Amyl and the Sniffers
From the album Comfort to Me (2021)
“Hertz” by Amyl and the Sniffers appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2021 on the album Comfort to Me. Its best result is #28 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #161 alternative song of 2021 and #497 of the '20s.
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"Hertz" closed out the singles from Comfort to Me, Amyl and the Sniffers' second album, landing on B2B and Rough Trade on 10 September 2021. Amy Taylor wrote the words back in 2019, a fantasy of escaping the city for the bush and some scenery that isn't concrete, yet it came out sounding tailor-made for lockdown, a song about being fed up with confinement and going nowhere.
The band doesn't play it like a daydream. Declan Mehrtens' guitar comes in jagged, Kevin Romer and Bryce Wilson keep the rhythm at a sprint, and Taylor roars her escape plan over the top, the same clash between dreamy words and frantic music that Stereogum's Tom Breihan singled out. The band produced it with Dan Luscombe, Nick Launay mixed it, and the video earned a Best Video nomination at the 2022 ARIA Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 | 100 |
| 2022 | 83 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) | 100 |
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