Sugar/Tzu

"Sugar/Tzu" is a jazz fusion[1] song featuring elements of post-punk[2] and math rock,[3] with Uncut describing it as "veering from tender and gentle restraint to volatile and discordant bursts of squealing guitar and drums."[6]

The song's narrative came from lead vocalist and guitarist Geordie Greep's love of boxing, feeling that the sport was "the closest thing to the thrill of listening to music."[7] In a press release,[8] he highlighted the themes of violence and spectacle in the song:

There is a little joke here. It is regular for a boxing audience to bemoan an early stoppage, the official stepping in to save a fighter who could’ve gone on. And while there is the surface agreement of most that ‘it was the right thing to do,’ there seems to be often left unsaid the fact that we actually do want to see a brutal knockout. And in the split second where these one-shot, punch-perfect, coma-inducing blows do occur, there is an undeniable rush. The boy in this story feels he is a hero for giving the crowd what they all really want. This is not to say the song is a critique of boxing or anything of the like – I love the sport – but it is an interesting and rare phenomenon worth exploring.

Tyler Golsen, writing for Far Out Magazine, said of the song "[it provokes] a visceral response from listeners, whether positive or negative, but that power is something they never wield lightly. This is music that slaps you in the face and commands your full attention."[9] The Fader placed "Sugar/Tzu" at number 30 on their list "The 100 Best Songs of 2022".[10] Atwood Magazine placed it on their own year-end list as well, with Andrew Daly saying of the song and Hellfire "this record is the Trout Mask Replica for the modern era. Heavy praise, to be sure, but well-deserved nonetheless."[11]

• Geordie Greep – vocals, Yamaha SA60, Burns Double 6, Espana CS-40, Gibson Dove, Bechstein Grand Piano, Rhodes 54, optigan, accordion, horn arrangement
• Cameron Picton – Rickenbacker 4003, Hofner Senator Bass, Arturia Pigments, Arturia Synthi, marxophone, xylophone, flute, crowd noise
• Morgan Simpson – Ludwig Vistalite Kit, percussion (tambourines, salt shaker, guiro, clave, cowbell)
• Kaidi Akinnibi – Soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Joe Bristow – trombone
• Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet
• Hus Ragip - boxing announcer