Read about the new album from Perch Creek Family Jug Band
Jumping On The Highwire
New Album and Tour Dates
Australia’s first ‘psychedelic jug band’ consists of four siblings (and one stray partner). The Perch Creek Family Jugband has announced that its second studio album Jumping On The Highwire drops Wed 19 March 2014 through Vitamin Records. The second single to be lifted from the album “Where You Been” is now available to listen to here.
Full dates for the national album launch tour are below, finishing up with a headliner at The Grand Opening Night of Newtown Social Club in Sydney. Following the Australian tour, the band heads off to launch the album across Europe and North America. Tickets have just gone on sale.
The songwriting process behind this all-original release saw The Perch Creek Family Jugband collaborating more closely than ever before, sharing the lyric writing between all five members, often line by line – a method that unlocked inventiveness. Conjuring up talking tigers and whispering monkeys, broken typewriters and strange moons, the imaginations of the band soon saw a cast of characters emerge. The creative musings of five contrasting yet complementary personalities in the band have found a common focal point, drawing it all together to reflect the energetic and dynamic experience of a Perch Creek Family Jugband live show.
The Perch Creek Family Jugband has appeared everywhere from ABC’s TV show Spicks & Specks to The Sydney Opera House, as well as on extensive tour and major festival appearances across Australia, Europe and the UK (Edinburgh Fringe, The Green Man, The Falls Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Golden Plains). Promising high energy shows and larger-than-life characters, the Jumping On The Highwire tour rips around the country on one last run of Australian shows before a three-month tour of Europe, the UK and Canada.
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Album Launch Tour Dates
Thu 27 Mar – Fresh On Charles, Launceston TAS
With special guest Tom Dockray
7pm | $10 on the door
www.freshoncharles.com.au
Fri 28 Mar – Republic Bar, Hobart TAS
With special guests TBA
9pm | $15+BF
www.republicbar.com
Sat 29 Mar – Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport TAS
7.30pm | $20 on the door
http://www.devonportgallery.com/
Sun 30 Mar – Live At The Wharf, Ulverstone TAS
2pm | $20 on the door
www.facebook.com/LiveAtTheWharf
Fri 4 Apr – The Star Court Theatre, Lismore NSW
With special guests TBA
8pm | $20/$15 conc. Kids free
www.starcourttheatre.com.au
Sat 5Apr – The Old Museum, Brisbane QLD
With special guests TBA
$20/$15 conc.
www.oldmuseum.org
Fri 25– Sun 27 Apr – Fairbridge Festival, WA
www.fairbridgefestival.com.au
Fri 2 May – Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle WA
With special guests
$20 presale/$25 door
www.flybynight.org
Sat 3 May – Indi Bar, Scarborough WA
With special guests TBA
$15 on the door
www.indianoceanhotel.com.au
Wed 7 May – Lizottes, Central Coast NSW
With special guests The Woohoo Revue
Ticketed
www.lizottes.com.au
Thu 8 May – Lizottes, Newcastle NSW
With special guests The Woohoo Revue
Ticketed
www.lizottes.com.au
Fri 9 May – Yours and Owls, Wollongong NSW
With special guests The Woohoo Revue
$25+bf
www.yoursandowls.com.au
Sat 10 May – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne VIC
With special guests Quarry Mountain Dead Rats
$18+bf presale/$23 on the door
www.thehifi.com.au
Sun 11 May – Lizottes, Dee Why NSW
With special guests The Woohoo Revue
Ticketed
www.lizottes.com.au
Mon 12 May – Newtown Social Club, Sydney NSW
With special guests The Woohoo Revue
$20 + bf presale/$25 on the door
Read about the new album from Perch Creek Family Jug Band
Read about the new album from Perch Creek Family Jug Band
Read about the new album from Perch Creek Family Jug Band
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