Gentle Ben and his shimmering hands (AUS) +Party Pest (AUS)

That’s not a knife. Gentle Ben and His Shimmering Hands are a knife. From the hip pocket slides the handle, luminescent mother of pearl scales riveted to silver. The years and tears of patina add to its beauty, wind up its menace.Then like electrons pulsing down a chord comes the blade.Flick.It appears and you feel it’s sting then the velvet warmth it leaves in its wake and you think to yourself “If this is it…then I want more”.

Let the anticipation finish you. Submit to the Shimmering Hands. We’re here to help you cross over.

Australia’s Gentle Ben and His Shimmering Hands formed, Ship of Theseus style, from the remnants of sultry rock and roll group Gentle Ben and His Sensitive Side (sporting a strong family resemblance to blood-soaked amphetamine swamp-rock stalwarts SixFtHick). With new crew, new songs and new focus, they bring you a blistering live show and their genre-defying album “BRUT”.

The themes of BRUT range from a fraught, taught exploration of the broken bodies, hearts and minds of our capitalist hellscape (“Spices”) to wailing rock and roll eulogies (“De Bliksem”, “No Encore”), a drifting death-country ode to colonialism (“Five Stars”) to bloody kitchen sink drama (“Tactical Empathy”).

Gentle Ben and His Shimmering Hands are:-

Gentle Ben Corbett – vocals

Tony Giacca – guitars

Dan Baebler – bass

Jhindu Pedro-Lawrie – drums, percussion

Party Pest présente les ex-membres des Reprobettes Jemma Jives (batterie et vox) et Sally Balhorn (guitare et vox) aux côtés de la bassiste Julia Watt (Moody Beaches, La Bastard, Hot Wings) et Kate Alexander au synthé (Ute Root, The Hot Blood ).

Imprévisible et chaotique, Party Pest est influencé par des artistes tels que The Slits, ESG, Kleenex, The Cure et The B52’s. Sur Uninvited , Party Pest canalise l’irrévérence post-punk, mélangeant des mélodies discordantes, des crochets de guitare bruyants, des battements de batterie sauvages, de gros grooves de basse audacieux et un chaos sonore synthétisé dans une célébration de la vie telle qu’ils la connaissent.

Tout peut arriver et arrive quand Party Pest joue, alors attachez-vous pour une aventure folle, que vous soyez invité ou non. Lorsque les paillettes sont retombées, que l’Ajax a été sniffé et que votre mère a été nourrie, essuyez la poussière d’amour de vos yeux et vérifiez votre baignoire.