Bite The Boxer announces new single ‘Venom Test’
Bite The Boxer announces new single 'Venom Test'
Dorset-based electronic producer Bite The Boxer (Matt Park) will release the new single “Venom Test” on October 13, 2025, that’s tomorrow. Park blends IDM, post-rock, ambient, soundtrack and glitch elements into his sound. The release follows the 2024 singles “YoY” and “Fearful Hope”.
“Every so often a song will come to you out of the black,” Park says, adding that “within about 20 minutes I had the basis for a new song and fell in love with the texture and depth of the sounds I had created.” He describes working “with extremes,” asking “how much can I distort a piano?” and “how horrible and distorted can I make a sweet choral sound?” adding that his punk background helped shaping that approach.
The song explores the contrasting extremes of the decimated and the pure after Bite The Boxer went exploring an abandoned building. He noticed that parts of the building had been absolutely ruined by a fire but some parts were still untouched, as though the occupants just left for the day and never came back.
Keep an eye on the Bite The Boxer’s Bandcamp page tomorrow!
About Bite The Boxer
Bite The Boxer is the project of UK producer Matt Park, active since 2020 and based on England’s south coast (Dorset). Early work appeared on Bandcamp and streaming services with a fluid style spanning industrial, post-rock, trip-hop, alt-pop and ambient.
His catalogue includes the 2022 release “Haunted Remains” and a run of singles: “We Can’t Just Fly” and “Rituals” (2023), followed by “Reborn Under the Air,” “Ender Times,” “On This Hill,” “Fearful Hope” and “YoY” (2024).
The new 2025 single “Venom Test” will be out on October 13 with album announcement for October 31.
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