Tour News: The Gin Club and Texas Tea – Co-Headline Tour | March/April 2012

This week kicks off the tour between two of Australia’s finest bands. The indie-country-soul of Texas Tea with the 9-piece folk/rock/drinking songs collective The Gin Club.

It’s been almost two years since the release of Deathwish, The Gin Club’s critically acclaimed fourth album. Since then, the band (and their various side projects) have been busy. They’ve toured the country numerous times, done their traditional Christmas shows and relocated to every corner of the country (and the globe). Now, the nine-piece collective are set to release their first-ever live album, appropriately titled The Gin Club Live. Completely funded through crowd sourcing site IndieGoGo, the band raised over $8000 from fan pledges alone. The album has been assembled from a stockpile of shows recorded over their eight year history, including: a pair at the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne; their three CD launches at Brisbane’s Troubadour in 2010; a few festival appearances; and their set at The Troubadour’s last-ever night. Available now for purchase and streaming from The Gin Club Bandcamp page (http://theginclub.bandcamp.​com).

Two-piece indie-country kids Texas Tea may appear to have been pretty quiet over the past year or two however behind the scenes things have been hectic for Ben and Kate. Ben’s legendary Brisbane garage rock trio Vegas Kings parted ways, the duo took a few trips to Europe and the UK, toured the east coast of Australia, gained a cult following in France and generally enjoyed life as one of Brisbane’s most well respected alt-country outfits. Now, after heading into the studio with legendary producer, Magoo, Texas Tea have emerged with “I Don’t Write No Sad Songs”, the first taste of their upcoming third album – due out September 2012. Better yet, the band is releasing this new single on limited edition flexi-disc vinyl (remember the vinyl you used to get for free in magazines?) with individually numbered handcrafted cardboard packaging. The song is also available for free download and streaming from the Texas Tea Bandcamp page (http://texastea.bandcamp.com)​.

The Gin Club and Texas Tea co-headline launch tour:

Friday 23rd March – Beetle Bar, Brisbane – QLD
350 Upper Roma Street, Brisbane
Tickets $18 from beetlebar.com.au

Saturday 24th March – The Spectrum, Sydney – NSW
34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Tickets $18 from moshtix.com.au
http://www.exchangehotel.biz/

Thursday 29th March – Caravan Music Club – VIC
http://www.caravanmusic.com.​au/
97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh
Tickets $18 from caravanmusic.com.au
(The Gin Club only)
With Spencer P Jones and The Escape Committee

Friday 30th March – Pure Pop – VIC
http://www.purepop.com.au/
Tickets $15 on the door
(The Gin Club only)

Saturday 31st March – John Curtin Hotel, Melbourne – VIC
http://www.johncurtinhotel.​com/
29 Lygon St, Melbourne
Tickets $18 from johncurtinhotel.com

Sunday 1st April – Live Spark, The Powerhouse – QLD
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.​org/
119 Lamington St, New Farm
Free admission
(Texas Tea only)
With BIGSTRONGBRUTE