Wunderhorse have shared ‘Rain’: the latest single off the band’s forthcoming album, ‘Midas,’ which will arrive 30th August via Communion. Recorded at Minnesota’s Pachyderm Studio (birthplace of Nirvana’s In Utero & PJ Harvey’s Rid Of Me) with producer Craig Silvey (The Rolling Stones, The National, Florence + the Machine), ‘Midas’ is the band’s second LP, following 2022’s debut ‘Cub.’

‘Rain’ lands alongside a live recording from Wunderhorse’s November 2023 headline performance at O2 Forum Kentish Town. ‘Rain’ is the kind of track that makes you want to dance in the drizzle, blending catchy rhythms with lyrics that dig deep beneath the surface.

“Rain is about the feeling that makes you look over your shoulder sometimes, the idea that the forces that shape your world are unaware of your existence and beyond your control. Something is coming but you don’t know what it is and you can’t stop it.” – Jacob Slater

Wunderhorse are set to perform some headline shows which will see them step into bigger, iconic venues, which include a stop at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

Wunderhorse live dates:
7-11 Aug .. Boardmasters Festival, Cornwall
9 Aug .. Phoenix, Exeter (Truck Records out-store)
22-25 Aug .. Reading and Leeds Festival
23 Aug .. O2 Academy 2, Leicester (Truck Records out-store)
26 Aug .. Crash Records, Leeds (sold out)
31 Aug .. Rough Trade East, London (sold out)
1 Sept .. Resident Records, Brighton (sold out)
2 Sept .. Jacaranda Records, Liverpool (sold out)
3 Oct .. Rock City, Nottingham
4 Oct .. O2 Institute, Birmingham
5 Oct .. O2 Academy, Bristol
7 Oct .. The 1865, Southampton (sold out)
8 Oct .. The Great Hall, Cardiff
10 Oct .. O2 Academy Brixton, London
11 Oct .. O2 Academy, Oxford
12 Oct .. UEA, Norwich
14 Oct .. O2 Academy, Liverpool
15 Oct .. Barrowland, Glasgow (sold out)
16 Oct .. Vicar Street, Dublin (sold out)
18 Oct .. Becketts Students’ Union, Leeds (sold out)
19 Oct .. Academy, Manchester
20 Oct .. NX, Newcastle

Head HERE for tickets.

Pre-order ‘Midas’ HERE.

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With Japan’s iconic blues-punk band King Brothers gearing up to return to Australia this September, Cheersquad is dropping a limited edition 12-song tour LP titled ‘Hell Oh! Oz’. This release is strictly limited to 300 copies—150 in fluorescent green and 150 in green/white marble—all including a free download card.

This September marks the King Brothers’ triumphant return to Australia, their first tour down under since 2016. Hailed as Japan’s most dangerous live act, the band’s combustible mix of barbed-wire blues and venomous punk rock guarantees a great night out.

Clad in their signature black and white suits, the King Brothers are a force of nature on stage. The moment they strike their first chord, chaos erupts—guitars screech, drums pound, and vocals roar in an unrelenting assault on the senses. It’s a sonic blitzkrieg that ignites the crowd and turns every show into an unforgettable, high-octane spectacle.

Born on the gritty streets of Nishinomiya, Japan, in 1998, King Brothers quickly cut through the noise with a genre-defying sound that demanded international attention. Their chaotic fusion of punk and blues caught the ear of Jon Spencer, the Godfather of Punk Blues, who signed on as their producer. Their electrifying performances have since lit up stages across the globe, from Fuji Rock Festival in Japan to Goner Fest in the US, and even our own Meredith Music Festival, where they stole the show in 2007.

Pre-Order ‘Hell Oh! OZ’ HERE.

King Brothers Australian Tour 2024

WED 4 SEP Melbourne @ The Old Bar, Fitzroy w/ Rocket Science, Grinding Eyes

THUR 5 SEP Geelong @ Barwon Club, South Geelong w/ The Meanies,
Grinding Eyes

FRI 6 SEP Brisbane @ The Bearded Lady, West Endw/ Dick Move (NZ),
The Dangermen, Free Entry

SAT 7 SEP Sydney @ Marrickville Bowlo, Marrickvillle w/ Griding Eyes,
The Loose Lips

SUN 8 SEP Melbourne @ Shotkickers, Thornbury w/ Mesa Cosa, The Wraylettes

Tickets available HERE.

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We are honoured to premiere today the new single ‘Irene and I’ from Peabody alumni Tristan Courtney-Prior. The single comes off Courtney-Pror’s forthcoming solo album ‘Replication’ due out on 13 September 2024.

‘Irene and I’ is a fast paced ride that goes for the jugular with a hint of wild feedback in the ether and slamming, driving percussion which drives the flow like a pulse. It has the raw urgency of fellow antipodeans The Triffids with a dash of Hoodoo Gurus and The Scientists – a paisley-tinged grunge with indelible melodies and a thousand-yard stare. Courtney-Prior describes the track as:

…what would happen if the characters from Bob Dylan’s ‘Tangled Up In Blue’ grew up in the Blue Mountains.

It’s visceral and vibrant, a runaway billy-cart on a downhill slope without brakes:

‘Irene and I’ is out tomorrow on 13 August and available to download and stream via the link above and through all the usual sites.

The single comes off Courtney-Prior’s forthcoming album ‘Replication’,  of which some songs written in a batch a number of years ago, others were written while briefly living in Athens, Greece, with some new compositions also on the album. We premiered the video for the first single ‘Elevator’ off the album back in December 2022.

Courtney-Prior says:

Like many creative pursuits, the songs are trawling the endless question, “what am I/we doing here?”. Some songs zoom in on one or two people, and others are more macro-level interrogations. The common theme across these songs is a sense of repetitive behaviours and decision-making, whether collectively or individually. I guess you could say it’s a structuralist record.

The birth of the album came from exigent circumstances and experimentation:

The idea behind doing something solo was to try something more experimental – I was going for ‘experimental post-punk’ or ‘yobbo art-rock’. After losing my job during lockdown, I found myself with a little more time on my hands so I decided to embrace the unknown and explored recording a project in my home studio, experimenting with recording techniques, effects, instruments I never touch in bands, etc. I’ve always recorded demos both solo and for bands during pre-production, but this was the first time I deliberately set out to record a release. As a result, I’ve largely recorded and played most things on the album.

It’s great to see another fine example of the Marrickville Sound at play.

Courtney-Prior played guitar for the last three Peabody albums – a seminal nineties indie outfit from Sydney that had as members Buddy Glass and connections with Bluebottle Kiss.

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