Adelaide garage septet West Thebarton Brothel Party have released the second single, ‘Dolewave‘ – from their upcoming 7″ out through Clarity Records on September 2nd.
Coming off the back of a run of shows earlier this year West Thebarton Brothel Party have also announced a national tour in September / October to plug the new release.
“The main thing I want to say about ‘Dolewave’ is that it’s a song that riffs on how we as a band and other bands who may sound like us are labelled with something that we don’t really identify with. I feel like the term dolewave is a reductive one that society or critics think is a cool, groovy compliment, and tends to be used to identify a whole sound and approach to music. Some might see being an artist on the dole as a romantic lifestyle choice. I’ve lived on the dole before, and it’s not glamorous, but some people on the outside tend to think that it’s really romantic, carefree and that all artists on the dole do is party all the time, drink all the time and do whatever they want without consequence. This song comes from being frustrated by that lifestyle, and from being uncomfortable with a label that attempts to lump the diversity of all the bands living like that into one ‘scene’.“
The last six months have seen the band release their single ‘Red Or White‘, they were chosen to open Groovin’ The Moo in Oakbank, were triple j Unearthed’s ‘Feature Artist’, and co-headlined Adelaide’s A Day Of Clarity Festival along with The Hard-Ons.
Nominated as ‘Best Live Act’ at the South Australian Music Awards in 2015, the band has also performed alongside international acts Wavves and Cloud Nothings as well as Australian artists – Courtney Barnett, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, British India, Northeast Party House, and Velociraptor.
WEST THEBARTON BROTHEL PARTY
SEPTEMBER
3rd – RAD, Wollongong [18+]
4th – King Street Crawl, Brisbane [18+]
17th – Stonecutters Festival, Adelaide [18+]
30th – The Old Bar, Fitzroy [18+]
OCTOBER
1st – Chopped Festival, Newstead [18+]
14th – Jive, Adelaide [18+]
—> Tickets available now.
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