Photo credit: Ruby Boland
Here it is.The latest single from Party Dozen. It’s called ‘Coup de Gronk’. There’s an interesting video, who knew that a saxophone could be a deadly weapon. Anyway, the tune swings and sways in quite a bizarre fashion, you’ll be grooving around your kitchen in no time. there’s an album out this week, it’s called ‘Crime in Australia’. There’s a tour too, details below. Read some blurb, listen and watch. I’m off to buy myself a saxophone.
Sydney punks Party Dozen (Kirsty Tickle and Jonathan Boulet) are set to release their new album ‘Crime in Australia‘ this week, Sept 6th, via Temporary Residence Ltd and are today sharing their new single/video “Coup De Gronk” and it’s brilliant, hilarious and spectacular all at once. Alongside the new single the band have also announced a run of UK tour dates in addition to the previously announced European dates with Amyl and the Sniffers. The band will play headline shows in Nottingham, Glasgow, Birmingham and London this November.
Taking notes from classic Ozploitation cinema of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, “Coup De Gronk” builds on Party Dozen’s uniquely Australian aesthetic to match their original sonic offering. Kirsty’s saxophone acts as an instrument of savage coercion as Party Dozen roam the streets of Sydney in one epic shakedown.
Party Dozen are back with a new album, Crime In Australia – the follow-up to their international breakthrough album, The Real Work (2022). That album included many new developments in the band’s evolution that earned them significant praise – most notably the Nick-Cave-featured “Macca The Mutt”, the surprisingly radio-friendly skronk of “Fruits Of Labour,” and the epic string-drenched beauty of “Risky Behaviour.”
As with its predecessor, Crime In Australia was written, recorded, produced and mixed by the duo themselves in their studio in Marrickville, Sydney. This time, the location was more of an influence than on previous occasions, as Boulet explains: “Marrickville in the 1960s-70s was a notorious crime hot spot. If a car was stolen, or someone was missing, they’d look for them in Marrickville. Since then, the area has been highly gentrified and slowly the once grimy industrial warehouse lined streets are being swapped for monstrous apartment blocks with palm trees.
We began without any theme in mind, just the beginnings of some song ideas. As we were discovering the songs for this album, each song felt more and more at home in an old cop tv series soundtrack. The Crime theme quickly became apparent.The record feels split into two contrasting sides: The first half is ‘order’, being as listenable as Party Dozen has ever been. Each song is law abiding and dignified in its own place. The second half is ‘disorder,’ becoming more unlawful, unhinged, louder and noisier.”
Party Dozen tour dates:
7th Nov – NL Amsterdam, Occii**
8th Nov – NL Utrecht, Le Guess Who Festival
9th Nov – BE Kortijk, Sonic City Festival
11th Nov – UK Nottingham, JT Soar
12th Nov – UK Glasgow, The Hug & Pint
13th Nov – UK Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
15th Nov – UK London, The George Tavern
17th Nov – BE Brussels, Ancienne Belgique*
18th Nov – NL Utrecht, Tivoli*
19th Nov – DE Cologne, Carslwerk Victoria*
21st Nov – DK Copenhagen, VEGA*
22nd Nov – DE Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36*
23rd Nov – DE Berlin, Columbiahalle*
25th Nov – DE Munich, Tonhalle*
26th – CH Lausanne, Les Docks*
27th Nov – FR Paris, Olympia*
28th Nov – BE Brussels, Botanique Rotonde
* – w/ Amyl and the Sniffers
** – w/ Water Damage
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