Maddy Jane’s “Thylacine” Is a Fierce Cry From the Wilds of Tasmania

From the depths of Tasmania’s tangled coastline comes a howl of identity, rage, and resilience. Maddy Jane’s new single “Thylacine” doesn’t just growl — it roars.

A genre-defying, poetic powerhouse of a track, “Thylacine” lands as the first release from her upcoming EP Clear as Mud Pt 1, and it’s as untamed as the extinct creature it’s named after. Produced by Alex Burnett (Sparkadia) and Oli Horton, the track fuses elements of country, indie-rock, and folk-punk into something uniquely raw and modern.

Driven by charging drums, distorted twangs, and Maddy’s unmistakable vocal edge, the track captures a visceral feeling of belief in something intangible — the mythic, the maternal, the fury beneath the surface. “Even if you’ve never seen one, you still believe,” she sings, using the Tasmanian tiger as a potent metaphor for female rage, spiritual wildness, and generational identity.
“Thylacine” arrives alongside previous singles “A Woman Is A Woman” and “It Can’t Be Heartbreak if It’s Not Love,” rounding out a trilogy that positions Maddy not only as a songwriter with guts but one unafraid to wade into murky, muddy emotional terrain.
There’s a rare clarity in her contradictions: witchy and worn, rural and queer, fashion-forward in a sheep shearer’s jacket. The result? A sound as rugged and beautiful as Bruny Island itself — unpredictable, magnetic, and ferociously alive.

If this is just a taste of Clear as Mud Pt 1, we’re in for a wild, wonderful storm come June 27.