This has been our busiest month yet! We played 9 gigs! That was 2 a week! As we've been gigging, we have been slowly ticking off all the venues in Canberra, and this month we got to tick off a few more! We played at Ganggang, Smiths, and The Polo for the first time! We also got to play at Cube??? More on that below!
To start us off, we were invited to open for Trail of Crumbs for their album release show / final show! Keiran knows Emmy from Rock Camp, and her band, Trail of Crumbs, played at Battle of the Bands a few years ago! It was so sweet to see them and how far they've come since then! Keiran felt very emo about it all. JP did the best set of all time before our set. It was impossible to top. If you were there, you know. I don't think it could be recreated. I can't even describe it. Go to his gigs to see what else he can do. Gutwrench filmed our set which you can watch here! We <3 Gutwrench
On Wednesday 7th, Woroni invited us to play at Kambri Lawns with The Invisible Bees, The Totes, and Eibsee. It was pretty freaking hot! This summer will be scary. Playing outside is nice. If you have a long lead you can go for a little walk... Then! A few days later, we played at the Polo for the first time!!! We opened for Canberra legends Flowermarket and the wonderful Lily B! It was such a nice show! The polo is a great venue. I love a good lamp. We celebrated Keiran's birthday with some Steely Dan! Lily B and her mum were so nice, and we loved her set!
The next week we played with The Invisible Bees yet again for their EP release show! With the sudden closure of Shadows (rip), Vent nightclub were nice enough to let us play on their dance floor! Vent is the nightclub that replaced Cube, so it was pretty funny to think about all the mischief that happened in that space before us. The green room walls were tiled with old VIP cube membership cards. We played with 360 Down, Split Lip, and the Bees. Go check out the Bee's new EP Storm Drain Songs!
On Friday 16th we played at Smiths with our homies from Room04! We celebrated all the In Class episodes they put out this year. We feel so lucky to be alongside so many incredible musicians with Room04. It was so wonderful to see how everyone has gotten even better since our In Class episodes. The ANU bug ball was happening at the same time, and Erin went with some friends. She was able to catch some friends sets before running over for ours.
On the 23rd and 24th we played at Feedback Festival, a cute little festival fundraising for our friends at the food co-op. We played Friday and Saturday! They held the festival in a cool DIY space attached to one of our favourite venues. It was super cute, but very DIY. The power went out midway through our set. It's important to stay humble. It really wasn't that bad! It was not our best work either. Saturday was a lot of fun. We got to the venue and heard that two bands had pulled out last-minute so they asked to push our set back a bit. While we waited, we jammed onstage and had fun. It ended up being a really good time. We finally got to play Violet's birthday song! The crazy train is here!
Then it was Halloween! We decided to celebrate this huge month by holding a house show with help from the legendary Declan of Capital Noise. It was a really good time! We set up the stage area in the corner of the garage and lined it all with fairy lights. We invited our friends The Invisible Bees and Royalla to play and had such a good time! It was a really lovely way to end such a massive month. Spring always feels like such a transformative time. Perfect spooky halloween feelings.
To polish off this huge month, we were nominated for Live Act of the Year at the Music ACT Music Awards! We've had such a wonderful year and feel so very appreciative of everything that has happened. To be nominated for this award alongside our friends in the Canberra scene feels so sweet and we are so proud of ourselves and all of our friends.
As you can see, we've had a massive month! Work-life balance is important. November will be a bit more manageable! We will have more time to write! New material yay! We'll be playing with Total Tommy and Sonic Reducer in a few weeks so be sure to grab a ticket! Thank you for all the love forever and ever
PALOMA OUT!