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Building on the furious energy of his past efforts, Blake Caragh is indominable as he releases the tense and sinewy Extinction. At Times angry and frustrated, but also accepting, Extinction takes the listener to uncomfortable places and back again with his clever use of melody and dynamics. Channelling the pressure of youthful angst through smaller acoustics, Blake Caragh’s Extinction is taut frustration and disenchantment. After relentless gigging and receiving airplay on national youth broadcaster Triple J as part of the punk trio Bleach It Clean, Blake Caragh now seeks to develop his own style of grunge-inspired song writing. 2019 was spent honing his live show playing solo shows between Canberra and Sydney, and recording his first solo EP Extinction, which allows the listener to enter his world. Leading single, Human Hunting Hut, about being unfairly treated and the anger that comes from being overlooked, is a powerful song holding the distressed acoustics at the forefront and