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"Melbourne’s finest sensual slowcore heartbreakers HTRK make a welcome return to the Brew. The duo’s newfound sound (ethereal countrygaze) comes with added swoon from the Jabu-adjacent Bird of Peace Orchestra. Vital sads FFO: Slowdive, Mazzy Star, Chromatics, Marissa Nadler, Orville Peck."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 24th May. The event starts at 19:00.
Welcome return for the downtempo icons HTRK (HateRock) celebrating their 21st anniversary.
"21 years of thinking deeply about pop, art and relationships, not fitting in, being popular, not having any ideas, losing a best friend, accepting being bad at life, talking more than making music.
Few groups in history elevate mood to such singular, smouldering supremacy as the Australian duo of Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang. Across decades of work and wounds, their sound has shape-shifted between densities and intensities, noise and nakedness, but never wavered in its delicate poetic gravity.
HTRK’s albums have been released by an array of international labels including Fire (Nostalgia), Blast First Petite (Marry Me Tonight), Boomkat Editions (Over the Rainbow), and Ghostly International (Work (work, work), Psychic 9-5 Club, Venus In Leo).
In the live setting they transform spectral torch songs into quiet storms of tension, texture and transcendence."
Support comes from the Bird of Peace Orchestra, an expanded Young Echo live band formation. Jabu played an all-time best at the last show and have recently released the incredible ALWAYS & FOREVER V/A feat. names like Jonnine, YL Hooi and Static Cleaner Lost Reward. The Avon > Naarm 'nuum deepens...
Also happy to welcome ЗАЛІЗО for one of their first shows, featuring @regina_collage_ and @evo_ethel , two of the most exciting young musicians in the city. Debut LP coming fast, do not miss their fresh take on melodic post-punk and wistful art-rock.
Poster by @swirly5000
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
"21 years of thinking deeply about pop, art and relationships, not fitting in, being popular, not having any ideas, losing a best friend, accepting being bad at life, talking more than making music.
Few groups in history elevate mood to such singular, smouldering supremacy as the Australian duo of Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang. Across decades of work and wounds, their sound has shape-shifted between densities and intensities, noise and nakedness, but never wavered in its delicate poetic gravity.
HTRK’s albums have been released by an array of international labels including Fire (Nostalgia), Blast First Petite (Marry Me Tonight), Boomkat Editions (Over the Rainbow), and Ghostly International (Work (work, work), Psychic 9-5 Club, Venus In Leo).
In the live setting they transform spectral torch songs into quiet storms of tension, texture and transcendence."
Support comes from the Bird of Peace Orchestra, an expanded Young Echo live band formation. Jabu played an all-time best at the last show and have recently released the incredible ALWAYS & FOREVER V/A feat. names like Jonnine, YL Hooi and Static Cleaner Lost Reward. The Avon > Naarm 'nuum deepens...
Also happy to welcome ЗАЛІЗО for one of their first shows, featuring @regina_collage_ and @evo_ethel , two of the most exciting young musicians in the city. Debut LP coming fast, do not miss their fresh take on melodic post-punk and wistful art-rock.
Poster by @swirly5000
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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