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Vicente Moncada’s pounding motorik drums lock against Kaya Martin’s fuzzed guitar, synth bass and electronic pulses while Wry Gray delivers clipped, snarled vocals. Recent material pushes their no-wave post-punk toward high-tempo electro, making this likely to be a short, physical set with little space between songs.

More about Sex Mask

Sex Mask formed in Melbourne around Gray and Moncada, both shaped by the city’s hardcore circuit, with Martin completing the trio on guitar and synths. Their run through No Love, Body Broker and 2026’s Raid established a self-contained writing and production unit whose reference points stretch from early industrial and no wave to electronic punk.

A story

Moncada and Gray began writing as a duo in 2022 after finding themselves in Melbourne following almost a decade apart.

Playing

• 2026-11-05 · Pitchfork Avant-Garde · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires
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Start here

• Raid (2026) · Unpopular Recordings
  Four compact blasts of motorik drums, fuzz guitar and electronic adrenaline.
• Body Broker (2025) · Unpopular Recordings
  Brooding post-punk focused on family damage, longing and physical release.
• No Love (2025)
  The direct route into their wiry, confrontational early sound.

Worked with

• Wry Gray vocalist and lyricist
• Vicente Moncada drummer and producer
• Violent Magic Orchestra remixed Raid

For fans of

Suicide, Cabaret Voltaire, GANS, Violent Magic Orchestra

Official links

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