OUT TODAY: MOONLOVER'S DEBUT ALBUM THOU SHALL BE FREE

“What a deliriously delightful trip into the surreal the album is” – Pilerats
“a cosmic adventure” – Speaker TV
"One for driving down the coast with the windows down on a sunny afternoon." – Forte

Melbourne’s MOONLOVER has today released his debut full-length album, Thou Shall Be Free throughOur Golden Friend / Island Records. Moonlover is the moniker of Melbourne’s Quang Dinh, formerly ofLittle Red. In tune with his occult pseudonym, Dinh releases all of his music in synergy with the Lunar Calendar, with this album release falling in line with today’s Full Moon.

Listen to Thou Shall Be Free here. See Moonlover in his hometown of Footscray, see here for details.

The psychedelic pop album is laden with singles Queen of Sheba, The Ooiee and title track Thou Shall Be Free.  The eclecticism of the album journeys the listener through stories and experiences through time and space while weaving through Dinh’s subconscious. Written as an ode to observation of experiences around us, Thou Shall Be Free is the kind of proper record that tells stories through the fantasy of surreal psychedelic songs across to the great reveal of romance. Lyrically the songs read like poetry as the work in its entirety is a collection of reinterpreted nuances from the universe, including title track Thou Shall Be Free that was gifted to Dinh by the great David Bowie who came to him in a dream. Deep in slumber, Dinh was visited by Bowie who sang to him the opening line ‘Oh, oh, oh oh, Thou Shall Be Free’, Moonloverawoke and wrote the rest of the song within hours, stylistically paying homage to late pioneer.

The Ooiee changes pace with a cool and collected melody abed a driving bass line and a hooking chorus.Queen of Sheba is an offering to an ancient Ethiopian Queen, and is the perfect blend of pop functionality with intricate soundFX, trickling overdubs of colourful picking guitar. Upbeat Borderline explores the choices we make as carefree, quirky pop track. Mindbender begins with distorted synths, moving into airy open guitar lines, to intricate and multi-dimensional vocal work. Lazy Daisy is an airy, carefree love song with the summer breeze in hand. Introverted and sincere On The Day I Was Born changes pace with the piano introduction while Mekong Delta Blues touches on Dinh’s family history, opening with a recording of Quang’s father speaking on his experience migrating from post-war Vietnam. Wedding Day stylistically pays homage to 50s pop with clean arpeggio guitars, close harmonies and a Leonard Cohen-esque lyric that serves as a blessing and a warning. Laid back and easy listening Moonlover is about a midnight yearning for love.

The entirety of the album was recorded, produced and performed by Moonlover in his personal oasis Pink Slime Studios, sharing impressive recording credits with John Lee (Lost Animal, Beaches, Emma Russack) who was on mixing duties, with mastering by Joe Carra (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, Eddy Current Suppression Ring).

As well as the completion of his debut album Moonlover had a stellar 2017, signing with Melbourne labelOur Golden Friend / Island Records - also home to artists like RVG and Poppongene - touring nationally with Saskwatch on their album tour, and is supporting Angel Olsen in Melbourne this month.

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UPCOMING MOONLOVER SHOWS

Wednesday March 7 @ The Tote
Supporting Sons of Rico

Sunday March 11 @ The Rochey,
Supporting Castilles

Tuesday March 13 @ The Tramway
With Jessie L Warren

Thursday March 22 @ Littlefoot
With Kelly Day

Wednesday March 28 @ The Tote
Supporting Angel Olsen - SOLD OUT

TOTALLY MILD SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR 'FROM ONE ANOTHER'

In support of Her, the newly released album from Totally Mild, the band have shared a video for their single "From One Another." The video debuted via Culture Collide. Check it out here!

"From One Another" was directed by Tobias Willis of KEWL Studios and he notes, "this clip was a considered follow on from the previous for 'Today Tonight,' is drawing Liz's character to a subtle close. As with the other clips we were aiming to keep the video in a more cinematic space and were referencing some of those classic one takes from 60's & 70's cinema. Throughout the tracking shot each character vignette has it's own story exploring themes of loneliness, faith and friendship."  IndieShuffle have called the track "a sticky sweet indie pop gem that's lush with infectious chords and vocals."

Following an Australian tour with Perfume Genius, Totally Mild will be making their way to the US for slots at SXSW and a show at Brooklyn's Rough Trade on March 19.  More dates to be added soon.

Totally Mild started out as the solo project of songwriter Elizabeth Mitchell, and has now become a full blown lush pop quartet with the addition of guitar magician Zachary Schneider, drummer Ashley Bundang and bassist Lehmann Smith. With Her, the band's  quasi-psychic intensity, surging forward or pulling back in seamless unison has been captured in crystalline form by producer and one-time Architecture In Helsinki member James Cecil. 
 
As always, Elizabeth's voice is a thing of unearthly beauty, capable of soaring and swooping in shiver-inducing ways. As a songwriter she is equally arresting, addressing desires and dreams with affecting frankness.
 
About the new album, Mitchell says "Her is a record of failure and victory, new desire, stale romance, queer domesticity and what comes when the party is over. I was torn between a new domestic life and the impulse to tear it all away with bad choices. I fell in love, but I wrestled for independence. I was always trying to prove that I didn't need anyone; my wife, my friends, my band. Her is a document of a woman struggling with the idea of potential. We are told that we could be limitless, but we wrestle with unseen personal and structural walls."

TOTALLY MILD TOUR DATES

Friday March 2 @ Factory Theatre, Sydney
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 @ Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 - Sunday March 19 @ SXSW
Austin, Texas, USA

Monday March 19 @ Rough Trade, New York
Our Golden Friend Showcase with RVG, Jess Ribeiro and Jade Imagine
tickets

Saturday March 24 @ The Shacklewell Arms, London
Her album tour - tickets

Thursday May 24 @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Her album tour - tickets

Friday May 25 @ Waywards, Sydney
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday May 26 @ Howler, Melbourne
Her album tour - tickets

Thursday May 31 @ Mojo’s, Fremantle
Her album tour - tickets

Friday June 1 @ Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday June 2 @ The Bird, Perth
Her album tour - door sales only

Wednesday June 6: Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
Her album tour - free show

RVG drop the ‘IBM’ music video and release full US & SXSW dates + touring Europe with Shame (UK)

“There’s a reason why RVG are one of the most outstanding Melbourne bands around; something effortless in being on stage, something magical in frontwoman Romy’s voice. Guitars shimmer behind powerful vocals, surging with the urgency of 80’s new wave.” – The AU Review

Acclaimed post-punk band RVG are excited to drop the music video for ‘IBM’, taken from their stunning debut album A Quality of Mercy, and release their full international tour dates including SXSW, showcases in LA and NYC, and a European tour with UK band Shame. Full tour dates are below. TonightRVG will play their third sold out show at The Old Bar in Melbourne, with support from Spotting, in what will be their final headline show in Australia before flying overseas.

The video for 'IBM' shows the band performing in a big white room, before breaking off into a date between a man (played by drummer Marc Nolte) and his old computer, which otherwise would have been really quite romantic. Watch the video for ‘IBM’ here. On the new single, singer and guitarist Romy Vager shares: "IBM is a song about someone falling in love with someone who is very obviously an old computer. I wanted to write something that was similar to something Robyn Hitchcock would write in that it makes a relatable point but does it from a ridiculous angle. One of the samples you can hear is the sound of a dentist drill. A few of our friends have said that when they listen to the song it makes their teeth itch, which was the plan.” 
 
RVG – Romy Vager (vocals, guitar), Reuben Bloxham (guitar), Angus Belle (bass), Marc Nolte (drums) and known less formally as the Romy Vager Group – deliver a refreshing kind of honesty and intelligence that you don’t hear in your everyday garage band. Hailing from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, they released their acclaimed debut album A Quality of Mercy in 2017 which was self-recorded live off the floor at The Tote. The eight songs on A Quality of Mercy traverse through the myth of the tortured artist, the isolation of being trans, falling in love with a computer (on ‘IBM’) and the feeling of awaiting your fate on death row. Each song is played with wit, compassion and commitment, evident in singer Romy’s delivery, her “fierceness, her flow, and how clear it is she’s singing about what she knows” (The Guardian).

They four-piece signed with Our Golden Friend / Island Records who re-released their album in October, which led into a much-hyped BIGSOUND set and four nominations at The Age Music Victoria Awards – for Best Album, Best Song, Best Band and Best Emerging Act. Their set at Meredith Music Festival was one of the most talked about over the weekend, and they went on to support Camp Cope, and then Future Islands, at The Forum – one of, if not the most iconic venue in Melbourne. RVG have since signed with Isla Angus at ATC Live for bookings in the UK/EU and Lucy Beach at Paradigm for North America.

UPCOMING RVG TOUR DATES

AUSTRALIA
Wednesday 28 February – The Old Bar, Melbourne  w/ Spotting SOLD OUT
 
USA
Tuesday 13 March – Felt Records SXSW Showcase @ Baraccuda
Thursday 15 March – SXSW Rock Showcase @ 720 Club
Friday 16 March – OGF x Sounds Australia SXSW Day Party @ Australia House / Lucille’s Patio Lounge
Saturday 17 March –Australian Showcase with Nine Mile Touring @ Gingerman
Monday 19 March – Our Golden Friend showcase @ Rough Trade, NYC
Wednesday 28 March – Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles
 
EUROPE
(all dates w/ Shame)
Monday 7 May  – Café V Lese, Prague, Czech Republic
Tuesday 8 May - Chelsea – Vienna AT
Friday 11 May – Dynamo – Zurich, Switzerland
Saturday 12 May - Covo Club – Bologna, Italy
Monday 14 May – Sidecar – Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday 15 May - La Boite – Madrid, Spain
Sunday 20 May – Aeronef – Lille, France
Monday 21 May – YUCA – Cologne, Germany
Tuesday 22 May - Rotonde – Brussels, Belgium
Wednesday 23 May – Molotow – Hamburg, Germany
Friday 25 May - Badehaus – Berlin, Germany
Saturday 26 May - Strom – Munich, Germany

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA X OUR GOLDEN FRIEND SXSW SHOWCASE ANNOUNCED

ANNOUNCING
OUR GOLDEN FRIEND X SOUNDS AUSTRALIA
PRESENTS: SXSW DAY PARTY
FEATURING JADE IMAGINE, RVG, JESS RIBEIRO & TOTALLY MILD

Our Golden Friend is excited to share we’re teaming up with Sounds Australia to host an amazing afternoon party at SXSW in Austin, Texas featuring Australian artists showcasing at the conference!

Our Golden Friend is an artist management collective and record label based out of Melbourne, and Sounds Australia is an Australian export music market development initiative, making a perfect pairing for this SXSW showcase, bringing Australian music right to the forefront!

The party will be at held at ‘Australia House’ and will feature four Our GoldenFriend artists – Jade Imagine, RVG, Totally Mild, and Jess Ribeiro. Entry is free, so help us bring along some nice Aussie vibes to the States.

OUR GOLDEN FRIEND AND SOUNDS AUSTRALIA PRESENT:
OUR GOLDEN FRIEND SXSW DAY PARTY

Friday 16 March
'Australia House'
Lucille's Patio Lounge
77 Rainey St, Austin TX 78701

Free entry!
Facebook event here

3:30pm - 3:55pm - Jade Imagine
4:15pm - 4:40pm - RVG
5:00pm - 5:25pm - Totally Mild
5:45pm - 6:10pm - Jess Ribeiro

TOTALLY MILD RELEASES NEW ALBUM 'HER'

Melbourne’s Totally Mild write songs that are lush and luxurious, polished to sparkle. Her, the band’s highly-anticipated sophomore album, is full of narrative heart, but with a Stepford sheen. Teasing out a thematic tension between the loving and the lacklustre, the domestic and the deluxe, vocalist/guitarist and songwriter Elizabeth Mitchell’s voice is crystal clear. It weaves through her band’s lyrical, immaculately considered arrangements with a dexterity that speaks volumes of the band’s capacity to let melodies grow, breathe, and take shape.  

Beginning as memos, fragments, and demos, Mitchell develops the songs alongside Zachary Schneider(guitar), Lehmann Smith (bass), and Ashley Bundang (drums, who has since left the band to work on her other bands and replaced by Dylan Young). Producer James Cecil (Architecture in Helsinki, Super Melody), whose sense for shiny pop production, helped the band track the album live in-studio over a day and a half.

There is a push and pull in the arrangements on Her that signals a truly deft sense of melody and structure; Mitchell cites Schneider’s sense of melody, Bundang’s lyrical playing, and Smith’s affinity for restraint as key in each song. There is never a sense on Her that a part or a melody was added lightly: the songs morph and meander with a kind of breathing life, afforded to them through the band’s musical communication. 

Her is undoubtedly a collection of songs that, while diverse and musically complex, cherry-pick from decades of the best of pop music. However, beneath the sparkling surface of each song, there is often a seed of doubt, a slight sense of melancholy. Even an unbridled love song like “Pearl”, which declares “I thought that I would want so many in my lifetime/But now the only one is you”, eulogises the first moments of falling in love: “I will never have you again/Not in the same way/Not with a new face”. No emotion on Her is singular. 

Mitchell says of the album’s title that many of the songs meditate on the female experience: of love, of domesticity, of surveillance, of bliss, and of anxiety. The portrait of Mitchell’s mother that hangs in the corner of the album’s cover signals the overarching sense of the feminine that hovers over Her. Mitchellnotes that while the second-person address on the record often functions to address a lover or a friend, sometimes the ‘you’ she addresses is an aspirational self: they’re subtle, reflexive bids for self-empowerment. 

Mood rises and falls expertly on Her: “Working Like A Crow”, which was originally written for a children’s choir (whose voices are heard in the distance on the track), is simple in its self-sufficiency and assertiveness. It’s followed by “From One Another”, a eulogy for a toxic relationship, where Mitchell sings “Sigh of relief, no grief/But you wonder which of you will end up winning.” The ebb and flow of the album is exemplified by its switch from Side A to Side B: Mitchell’s love for piano balladry is showcased on Side A closer “Lucky Stars”, while side B jerks the listener awake and makes a case for staying home with “TodayTonight”. 

On Her, Totally Mild are in dialogue with their debut, the critically acclaimed Down Time. Down Time very much mused on what it meant to be a young person who found solace in ill-advised parties and people, while Her is a wiser record. Album closer "Down Together" is about leaving those things behind, and it’s no coincidence that in the song’s refrain — “You can only get down together”— “get down” refers to both a collective excess and a collective sadness. Although Her has its moments of melancholy, it’s a reflective, meditative sadness that replaces Down Time’s lethargy. On Her, Totally Mild move through light and shade with smoky, silky finesse. 

You can grab Her on limited pink vinyl, black vinyl, CD or digital from the Chapter webstore or Bandcamp, while Vinyl Me Please have a members' exclusive green vinyl version.

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TOTALLY MILD TOUR DATES

Friday March 2 @ Factory Theatre, Sydney
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 @ Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 - Sunday March 19 @ SXSW
Austin, Texas, USA

Monday March 19 @ Rough Trade, New York
Our Golden Friend Showcase with RVG, Jess Ribeiro and Jade Imagine
tickets

Saturday March 24 @ The Shacklewell Arms, London
Her album tour - tickets

Thursday May 24 @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Her album tour - tickets

Friday May 25 @ Waywards, Sydney
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday May 26 @ Howler, Melbourne
Her album tour - tickets

Thursday May 31 @ Mojo’s, Fremantle
Her album tour - tickets

Friday June 1 @ Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday June 2 @ The Bird, Perth
Her album tour - door sales only

Wednesday June 6: Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
Her album tour - free show

MOONLOVER RELEASES VIDEO FOR 'QUEEN OF SHEBA'

Thou Shall Be Free out March 2 through Our Golden Friend / Island Records

“There’s a lilting romance and airiness that streams through this tune” – The AU Review
 
 “A great Australian artist that paves the way for a promising 2018 of Australian music” – The Wandering Lamb

As February’s New Moon dawns today, Melbourne’s mystic psychedelic rocker Moonlover is excited to release the video for his latest single ‘Queen of Sheba’. ‘Queen of Sheba’ is the third single from his forthcoming debut album Thou Shall Be Free due out Friday March 2 through Our Golden Friend / Island Records. 

Watch the video for ‘Queen of Sheba’ here. Moonlover is launching the single at Yarra Hotel Abbotsford Friday 23 February, see event details here.

Gazing upon the visuals in the video, you come to understand how they are the perfect accompaniment to the track, begging the question: which came first, the video or the song? Journey through the kaleidoscopic world of Moonlover’s inner psyche as the visuals play on the luring bass lines, with each frame emphasising a synth line or overlay. The video for ‘Queen of Sheba’ was filmed by Alifeleti Toki, with animation and editing by Dinh at his own Pink Slime Studios.
 
Moonlover is the moniker of Melbourne’s Quang Dinh, formerly of Little Red. In tune with his occult pseudonym, Dinh releases all of his music in synergy with the Lunar Calendar. The video for ‘Queen of Sheba’ is released today under the blessings of February’s New Moon, with his debut album Thou Shall Be Free aligning with the Full Moon this coming March.
 
Thou Shall be Free is the kind of proper record that tells stories through the fantasy of surreal psychedelic songs across to the great reveal of romance. The work is a collection of reinterpreted nuances from the universe, including title track ‘Thou Shall Be Free’ that was gifted to Dinh by the late, great David Bowie, who came to him in a dream. The entirety of the album was recorded, produced and performed by Moonlover in his personal oasis Pink Slime Studios, sharing impressive recording credits with John Lee (Lost Animal, Beaches, Emma Russack) who was on mixing duties, with mastering by Joe Carra (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, Eddy Current Suppression Ring).
 
As well as the completion of his debut album Moonlover had a stellar 2017, signing with Melbourne labelOur Golden Friend / Island Records, which is also home to artists like RVG and Poppongene, touring nationally with Saskwatch on their album tour, and is supporting Angel Olsen in Melbourne next month.

Pre-order 'Thou Shall Be Free' via Bandcamp or JB Hi-Fi

JESS RIBEIRO announces supports for upcoming Album Preview / SXSW Fundraiser Shows

Jess Ribeiro has announced supports for her upcoming spree of Victorian Album Preview / SXSW Fundraiser shows. 

Joining her at The Tote will be a vibrant solo set from Jaala and the illustrious Dianas, power-babes Bitch Diesel at the Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, and proto-punk outfit The Faculty at the Grace Darling Hotel.

These shows will debut Jess' new band - Marc Regueiro-McKelvie (guitar), Tommy Taranto (bass),Maria Moles (drums) and Tiffany Alwis (synth + BV) and a sneak preview of Jess's forthcoming third album in its entirety!

Thank you to everyone who pledged to the Pozible campaign - with your help Jess successfully hit her target! We'll be organising your rewards shortly and will be in touch. These shows are also final fundraisers to help the band with the great costs associated with getting over to America to showcase at SXSW. If you didn't get a chance to pledge to the campaign, these shows will be a great opportunity to show your support.

JESS RIBEIRO
ALBUM PREVIEW/SXSW FUNDRAISER SHOWS

Wednesday 28th February @ The Tote, Collingwood
w/ Jaala (solo) & Dianas
Tickets
Facebook Event

Thursday 1st March @ The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
w/ Bitch Diesel
Tickets
Facebook Event

Friday 2nd March @ The Grace Darling, Collingwood
w/ The Faculty
Tickets
Facebook Event

ALL SHOWS:
Tickets $15 + booking fee or $20 on the door

JESS RIBEIRO UPCOMING SHOWS: 

Album Preview/SXSW Fundraiser shows
 Wednesday February 28
w/ Jaala (solo) & Dianas
@ The Tote Hotel TICKETS HERE

Album Preview/SXSW Fundraiser shows
 Thursday March 1
w/ Bitch Diesel
@ The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine TICKETS HERE

Album Preview/SXSW Fundraiser shows
 Friday March 2
w/ The Faculty
@ The Grace Darling TICKETS HERE

Friday March 9 - Sunday March 18
@ SXSW 2018, Austin, Texas

Our Golden Friend Showcase
Monday March 19
w/ Jade Imagine, RVG , Totally Mild
@ Rough Trade, NYC TICKETS HERE

Friday March 23 & Saturday March 24*
@ Giant Dwarf Theatre, Sydney
Supporting Angel Olsen SOLD OUT

Friday March 30 - Sunday April 1
@ Our Friend's Farm, Tallarook
Boogie Festival 12 TICKETS HERE

* denotes solo show

Jess Ribeiro’s songs are cinematic in scope: it’s music that travels, across deserts like a Western, through city streets like Film Noir. Narrative and poetic, Ribeiro’s lyrics are rhythmic and evocative, conjuring images that are dimly-lit, but nonetheless electric.

Jess’s debut album Kill It Yourself (August 2015, Barely Dressed/Remote Control) was produced byMick Harvey, a founding member of The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, whose production for PJ Harvey drew Ribeiro’s attention and admiration.

Totally Mild share new single 'From One Another' + announce Australian Album Tour

Listen to From One Another
Get From One Another

Lush pop angels Totally Mild can reveal the next single From One Another from their stunning new album Her, which is out via Chapter Music worldwide on Friday 23rd of February. The track was premiered by UK site The 405.

Totally Mild are also excited to announce Australian album launch dates for May/June, after they return from SXSW and other US dates, (including a great Our Golden Friend showcase in New York) in March/April.
 
Totally Mild's Elizabeth Mitchell says "From One Another is about the toxic energy of a relationship that has outstayed it's welcome. It's the point where you realise that staying with someone out of habit is stopping you from moving forward."

TOTALLY MILD - HER
AUSTRALIAN ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR

Thu 24 May: Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane - tickets
Fri 25 May: Waywards, Sydney - tickets
Sat 26 May: Howler, Melbourne - tickets
Thu 31 May: Mojo’s, Fremantle - tickets
Fri 1 Jun: Prince Of Wales, Bunbury - tickets
Sat 2 Jun: The Bird, Perth - door sales only
Wed 6 Jun: Crown & Anchor, Adelaide - free show

Tickets on sale now!

Pre-order Her now on limited pink vinyl, black vinyl, CD or digital from the Chapter webstore or Bandcamp.

Totally Mild have also been invited to showcase at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas! Along with the week in Austin, the band will also be hitting up LA and NY. Stay tuned: full USA tour dates will be announced soon!

UPCOMING TOTALLY MILD SHOWS

Friday February 23 @ Polyester Records, Melbourne
Instore performance for album release

Friday March 2 @ Factory Theatre, Sydney
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 @ Recital Centre, Melbourne
Supporting Perfume Genius (USA)
Tickets available here

Friday March 9 - Sunday March 19 @ SXSW
Austin, Texas, USA

Monday March 19 @ Rough Trade, New York
Our Golden Friend Showcase with RVG, Jess Ribeiro and Jade Imagine
Tickets Here

Thursday May 24 @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Her album tour - tickets

Friday May 25 @ Waywards, Sydney
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday May 26 @ Howler, Melbourne
Her album tour - tickets

Thursday May 31 @ Mojo’s, Fremantle
Her album tour - tickets

Friday June 1 @ Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Her album tour - tickets

Saturday June 2 @ The Bird, Perth
Her album tour - door sales only

Wednesday June 6: Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
Her album tour - free show

ANNOUNCING: SPLIT SINGLES CLUB: SERIES TWO

Curated by Poison City Records and Our Golden Friend

1 subscription – 2 labels – 12 artists
6 lovingly curated 7” singles delivered straight to your door

Featuring previously unreleased music from Mere Women, RVG, Harmony, Stella Donnelly and more
SUBSCRIBE HERE

Last year, Milk! Records and Bedroom Suck Records joined forces with the simple aim of bringing together and documenting the community of musicians & creativity that surrounds them every day. They founded SplitSingles Club, a vinyl subscription service that delivers six double-sided 7” singles to your door – one side curated by Milk!, one side curated by Bedroom Suck. As well as featuring artists from each label’s family of bands, Split Singles Club also aimed to shine a light on some newer, upcoming bands from Australia's thriving underground.
 
We are excited to announce that in 2018, Milk! and Bedroom Suck are passing the torch to fellow Melbourne-based labels and friends Poison City Records and Our Golden Friend to curate Split Singles Club Series Two. And in what will come as no surprise, they have selected an exceptional list of artists.
 
The 2018 edition of Split Singles Club will feature previously unreleased songs from Poison City artistsMere Women, Harmony, Bench Press and MOD CON, Our Golden Friend artists RVG and 808s & Greatest Hits, plus tracks from bands that they love – Stella Donnelly, Moody Beaches, Elizabeth (Totally Mild), Michael Beach, Way Dynamic and Bitch Diesel. Each artist will feature once across the six 7” singles, delivered to your door over the course of three months. All cover artwork is a series of original collages by renowned artist Stephen Tierney.
 
Series Two Subscriptions are now open and are strictly limited. Sign up here
 
Poison City is an independent record label and skateboard / record store based in Fitzroy. Founded in 2003 by Andy Hayden, Poison City is the label behind bands like Camp Cope, Cable Ties, MOD CON, Clowns, Horror My Friend, Harmony, Batpiss and more, as well as the annual Weekender Fest that takes place across multiple venues in Melbourne each September.
 
Our Golden Friend is an independent record label and management collective currently based in Thornbury. Founded in 2015 by Lorrae McKenna – who signed acts including Methyl Ethel, Courtney Barnett and Gabriella Cohen during her tenure at Remote Control – Our Golden Friend boasts exciting rosters including RVG and Moonlover on their label, and Jade Imagine, Totally Mild and Jess Ribeirofor management.
 
Series One of Split Singles Club featured tracks by Milk! co-founder Courtney Barnett and label-matesJade Imagine, Bedroom Suck artists Blank Realm and Dag, plus tracks from bands they love – LA Mood, Hachiku, Primo!, Cable Ties and more.

SPLIT SINGLES CLUB: SERIES TWO
CURATED BY POISON CITY RECORDS AND OUR GOLDEN FRIEND
Subscribe here

Featuring previously unreleased music from:
Mere Women | RVG | Harmony | Stella Donnelly
MOD CON | 808s & Greatest Hits | Bench Press | Moody Beaches
Elizabeth (Totally Mild) | Michael Beach | Way Dynamic | Bitch Diesel

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RVG ANNOUNCE THIRD SHOW AT THE OLD BAR THIS FEBRUARY AFTER FIRST TWO SELL OUT; PLAYING SXSW IN 2018

Wednesday 28 February @ The Old Bar w/ Spotting
Tickets on sale now

“There’s a reason why RVG are one of the most outstanding Melbourne bands around; something effortless in being on stage, something magical in frontwoman Romy’s voice. Guitars shimmer behind powerful vocals, surging with the urgency of 80’s new wave.” – The AU Review

Acclaimed post-punk band RVG have today announced a third show at The Old Bar in Melbourne this February after selling out their first two shows. RVG will now also play on Wednesday 28 February with synth-punk band Spotting – tickets are on sale now and they won’t last. These will be RVG’s final Melbourne shows before they head overseas to perform at SXSW, with additional US tour dates to be announced soon.

Hailing from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, RVG – known less formally as the Romy Vager Group – released their acclaimed debut album A Quality of Mercy in 2017. Self-recorded live off the floor at The Tote, and engineered by their bassist Angus Belle, the eight songs on A Quality of Mercy traverse through the myth of the tortured artist, the isolation of being trans, falling in love with a computer, the feeling of awaiting your fate on death row. Each song is played with wit, compassion and commitment, evident in singer Romy’s delivery, her “fierceness, her flow, and how clear it is she’s singing about what she knows” (The Guardian). The Fader called the album “a much-needed plea for kindness” with Triple R calling it “emotionally engaging”, whilst awarding their Album of the Week.

RVG – LIVE AT THE OLD BAR
Monday 26 Feb w/ Parsnip SOLD OUT
Tuesday 27 Feb w/ Time For Dreams SOLD OUT
Wednesday 28 February w/ Spotting
Tickets on sale now from Oztix
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RVG signed with Our Golden Friend / Island Records who re-released their album in October, which led into a much-hyped BIGSOUND set and four nominations at The Age Music Victoria Awards – for Best Album, Best Song, Best Band and Best Emerging Act. Their set at Meredith Music Festival was one of the most talked about over the weekend, and they went on to support Camp Cope, and then Future Islands, at The Forum – one of, if not the most iconic venue in Melbourne. RVG have since signed with Isla Angus at ATC Live for bookings in the UK/EU and Lucy Beach at Paradigm for North America. All this growing from a band whose first release of their debut album came with no photo, no press release, no plan.
 
Together, RVG – Romy Vager (vocals, guitar), Reuben Bloxham (guitar), Angus Belle (bass), Marc Nolte (drums) – deliver a refreshing kind of honesty and intelligence that you don’t hear in your everyday garage band. These shows at their spiritual home of The Old Bar in Fitzroy will be your last chance to see them live before the rest of the world discovers the magic that is RVG.