"Ripper '23" is the 14th release from the Sydney, Australian-based punk band. The Hard-Ons' previous releases have received praise from AllMusic "Most tracks reside in mid-tempo melodics, paced and sequenced brilliantly", Hysteria Magazine "The tracks on display are a great example of the variation the band is capable of with balls to the wall rock riffage meshing seamlessly with incredible melodies on the stand out track", and Maximum Volume Music "It does, though, feel like the whole thing has been shot through with an energy, as if it was all reinvigorated". Lead single "Apartment For Two" is "Beginning with a moshpit ready maelstrom." Hard Ons Previous album "I'm Sorry Sir, That Riff's Been Taken" (2021) received press from HEAVY Magazine, Hysteria Magazine, Punktuation Magazine ("It's a rocking good fun album and I'm sure you'll hear some of these songs on commercial rock radio sometime real soon!").