Photo credit: Roger Deckker
Today Sydney based duo, made up of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, Party Dozen announce their new album ‘Crime in Australia‘ set for release Sept 6th via Temporary Residence Ltd. The band are sharing their new single & video from the record “The Big Man Upstairs“.
“The Big Man Upstairs” is a striking return. With a looping nod to vintage shoegaze, the band describes it as “a softer, sweeter side to Party Dozen; an antidote to the swash tubbery and sax honkery”. The single is accompanied by a video which uses documentary footage to tell the story of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the “hillbilly dictator” who ruled Queensland for two decades, using corruption and police power to stifle dissent, arguably inadvertently creating the conditions for a punk underground to flourish.
“It’s a story full of such unbelievable corruption and thirst for power that feels sadly relevant to the state of the world at the moment. A government rife with corruption and an inevitable explosive response of punk rock, activism and counter-culture. There were some very important movements happening at the time but of course we had to focus our scope more on the music side of things. It just doesn’t seem real. A special police task force waging war on music??”
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