Lucksmiths Call It A Day
News posted Wednesday, May 13 2009 at 01:00 AM.
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Former Candle Records poster boys The Lucksmiths are no longer. Like many of their songs — redolent with ordinary minutiae — the Melbourne quartet have finally succumbed to everyday life. Tali White, the band’s lead singer and drummer, has decided to further pursue his career as a primary school teacher, while Marty Donald, Mark Monnone and Louis Richter intend to head forth into new musical terrain while juggling parenthood, study and casual employment.
“The band wish to extend enormous gratitude to all their fans and supporters, and especially to all those who lent a hand navigating the uncharted wilderness of the independent music world,” a statement read.
Formed in 1993, The Lucksmiths leave behind eight studio albums, three b-sides-and rarities collections and three mini-albums — more than 170 songs in total. Their final studio album, 2008’s First Frost, was described by M+N as timeless; “documentation of a band adept at writing beautiful and lyrical songs that’ll make you smile”. Read about its genesis here.
After one last visit to Europe next month, The Lucksmiths will celebrate their farewell this August with a string of local shows that traverse their extensive back catalogue.
FAREWELL SHOWS
Friday, August 14
Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA
Saturday, August 15
Mojo’s, Fremantle, WA
w/The Bank Holidays
Friday, August 21
Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
w/Darren Hanlon
Saturday, August 22
Tilley’s, Canberra, ACT
w/Darren Hanlon
Sunday, August 23
The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
w/Darren Hanlon
Saturday, August 29
Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
w/Darren Hanlon
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uncharted wilderness?
thank fuck for that
aw, i love them
i love anyone who can sing ''parallelogram of sunshine''
Phew, no more songs about heaters and weather.
dunno about that sheikyerbouti. millions of people live in melbourne. before too long one of them will write a song about just that. especially seeing it's heading into winter as we speak.
vale the lucksmiths. they've done well to last this long, methinks.
~scribbles out lyrics to new song about heaters in winter~
hmmm... fans in summer?
i likes some of their songs - especially that album with the painted dragon or whatever it was on the cover? yellow and redish.
I thought they'd already broken up. I must've been thinking of sodastream.
i offended them in a souvenier shop once...
never heard of em
the british will be devastated.. they love them over here
the british? or the australians in britain?
tilleys show yessss
well, i don't care for them, but the last few times ive gone out and the dj has known im australian they're the first australian music they play. so i was assuming they must like them..
Now Guy Blackman and Crayon Fields stand alone, the pillars of Hercules of twee. NOTHING WILL STOP THEM NOW.
dons cardigan
you're all mean. i'm sad. they have great songs. though i find it hard how someone can further their career as a primary school teacher...
Thank god, they've been boring us for far too long.