Violent Change, The Smashing Times, Now, Mister Baby

8pm, $10 adv., $12 door 21+

VIOLENT CHANGE

Hazy buzzsaw pop channeling a Swell Maps meets Guided by Voices vibe. A churning wash of guitars and driving rhythms topped off by guitarist/vocalist Matt Bleyle’s distinctive laconic vocals. Their new album, Starcastle, comes out this month on Slothmate!

https://slothmate.bandcamp.com/album/starcastle

THE SMASHING TIMES (Baltimore, K Records)

"When you call your band Smashing Times you can’t help instantly getting the flavour of the Television Personalties and Dan Treacy but on their second album, the band deliver that and so much more. This really is a fusion of psychedelic and freakbeat  that will make your heart skip and your head smile. The guitars shimmer, strum and jangle whilst the vocals float effortlessly on top of the efficient rhythm section. Every song is a bundle of energy with hooks that come both instantly and after multiple plays. Without doubt, if it had been recorded in the 80’s would have been released on Whaam or Dreamworld but luckily for you pop kids this 2023 and K have the honour of releasing it. - - - Sean Forbes

https://thesmashingtimes.bandcamp.com/album/bloom

NOW, an S.F. combo blending threads of Technicolor drama, Factory cool, and bedsit ambition squeezed onto a cassette tape in shimmering and immediate song. And Blue Space Is Burning Noon is their mildly psychedelic debut album, available as a long playing (LP) phonograph record from Slothmate Productions. Both singular and familiar, NOW is at home in paradox as they conjure a poetic, maximal fantasy. 

https://slothmate.bandcamp.com/album/and-blue-space-is-burning-noon

MISTER BABY

https://misterbabey.bandcamp.com/