Hiroshima Return Home With Damaged Goods
News posted Wednesday, July 1 2009 at 10:00 AM.
Related: I Heart Hiroshima.
Brisbane’s I Heart Hiroshima are clearly a band who noted Emperor Joseph II’s early piece of hateful elite indie music criticism : “Too many notes, Mozart”.
They also follow his less well-known aphorisms “Singing in a trans-atlantic muddle is ok as long as you’re not Craig Nicholls” and “To get anywhere in Australia, record or mix with someone well-known”. To this end the band have just been off mixing their forthcoming record in the United Kingdom with Gang of Four guitarist/producer Andy Gill.
As a teaser to their as-yet-untitled second album the band are releasing a single, ‘Shakeytown’, in August. Making home feel like a tourist destination, the band are also heading out for a month-long tour in support of the single with fellow Brisbane mates DZ.
We hope Gill has taken some of the knowledge gleaned from his last Australian project, The Mark of Cain’s brutal This Is This, and imparted it to the impressionable Brisbane kids. Look forward to drummer Susie Patten breaking snares like John Stanier and guitarists Matthew Somers and Cameron Hawes chalking up with weightlifting powder prior to strapping on their instruments, just like the all-too-quiet Scott brothers do.
‘Shakeytown’ will be out early August via Valve/MGM.
I HEART HIROSHIMA ‘SHAKEYTOWN’ TOUR
Friday, August 7
The Zoo, Brisbane. QLD
Saturday, August 8
Woombye Pub, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Thursday, August 13
Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT (FREE ENTRY)
Friday, August 14
Oxford Tavern, Wollongong, NSW (FREE ENTRY)
Saturday, August 15
Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday, August 21
East Brunswick Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday, August 22
Jive, Adelaide, SA
Friday, August 28
Del Plaza, Southport, QLD
Saturday, August 29
Bon Amici, Toowoomba, QLD
Tickets: all OzTix outlets, www.oztix.com.au, ph: 1300 762 545, online at www.consume.com.au
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hmmm, still a fair way off. notes in diary.
and one month later. finally. the hoey this weekend.