Dave Graney and Clare Moore have their new album, Laburnum Of The
Mind, a rock album.
Its out at all streaming outlets April 30th but can already be obtained at
record shops in Australia and at shows.
“When we say “rock” I guess we would be thinking of The Doors, Wire,
Urge Overkill, Steely Dan, Queens Of the Stone Age, The Replacements,
Pulp, Roxy Music The Fall, The Blue Oyster Cult and those kinds of tones.
Those kinds of lyrical flights and suspensions. Bo Diddley and Latin beats
and diminished and augmented chords. Expensive inversions. Flash stuff.
Though there is also a lot of dumb, irrational, loose and goofy as well”.
The first seven tracks are all pretty upbeat and in the pocket grooves.
Backbeats abound. Then it gets freaky with the title track, Laburnum Of
The Mind and the diss song from out of time, Little Bands Suck.
“It’s our first NEW release on vinyl since the original age of vinyl in the
early 90s. It’s available digitally and on Compact Disc as well”.
Available through Magnetic South as a vinyl record.
Contact Dave Lang dave@magneticsouth.com.au
The vinyl record does not ccontain the song "People I Think About".
All instruments are played by Dave Graney and Clare Moore with mistLY
guitarist Stuart Perera guesting on two tracks. Recorded in Melbourne at
Soundpark with Idge, mixed by Dave Graney and Clare Moore and
mastered by Idge.
Cover art by Tony Mahony who has done all the visual imagery for Dave
Graney and Clare Moore since 1992.
Laburnum is a stop on the Belgrave
train line from the CBD to the outer
suburbs of South East Melbourne. Not a suburb, a stop.
The first song to be released as a lead track is Hits Are The Worst. A
Doorsy groove with a very late 60s chordal deal and flow. Think (?) Brian
Auger, Traffic or The Zombies. The vocal mixed right up front. The words?
Like the music, “flash and expensive but dumb, loose and goofy too.
Highly illogical..
Second single from the forthcoming Dave Graney and Clare Moore album,
LABURNUM OF THE MIND.
I Ain't Got No Float is an R&B groover with a drop D funk chugg to it.
Rhythmic switchbacks and asides that summon the very Dan. Lots of
space to it and some post punk white pepper on those clean,
asymmetrical
guitar licks. Clare Moore rocking straight through it like Bonzo or Paul
Cook.
Dave Graney on guitars and bass and vocals.
Clare Moore on
drums, keyboard and backing vocals.
Video shot by Dave Graney and Will Hindmarsh aka Twinkle Digitz at Wills
studio and some scenes around Boronia Mall.
Contains background
images by Tony Mahony.
Australian made 1960s Vibralux GA12
guitar amplifier sourced by John
Brown, Tasmania.
We will be making every attempt to play shows with Stuart Perera on guitar
(since 1998) and Stu Thomas on bass (since 2004). Dave Graney and
the mistLY.
photo Amber Schmidt
One of the last times we played in Melbourne, writer David Pepperell had
this to say about our show...
"Last week I had the
great pleasure of seeing the witty, urbane and totally
delightful Dave Graney and Band at the Ember Room in the wilds of St.
Kilda. It was a total musical experience involving Dave's erudite,
observational songs - perhaps even fables in the style of Aesop - plus
playing that was really a tickle to the ear. Dave performs his compositions
with such elan and sophistication that he draws you into his world and
holds you there until the last note of the night. Singer-Songwriters often
seem self-obsessed but to me Dave sings about a world he would like to
live in and possibly thinks by singing said songs he could bring that about.
He sings well too - and his guitar playing was exemplary all through the
show. Stuart Perera’s perfectly aligned Rickenbercker playing, smooth
bassist Stu Thomas and his very charming wife Clare Moore on drums
provided him with a solid foundation to elucidate his dreams and
inspirations - songs with character and belief plus a very wry view of this
maybe crumbling world. Dave is a gem, polished to a high sheen, rare in
the current charivari that one has to endure when sampling the music
scene these days. He is not to be missed - I have not had such a
pleasurable night out in years. He is certainly at his peak now after battling
around the traps for some years - get out and see him while he still takes
such enjoyment in presenting his creations to you all".
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Sunday April 26th – 2-4pm hopefully in the beer garden - Dave Graney
and the mistLY at The Retreat- Sydney Rd Brunswick
Friday May 15th – Murray Delta Juke Joint, Goolwa
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1554441
Saturday May 16th - the Wheaty in Adelaide
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/4672e8ec-6cc6-478d-bcd7-23e0c963d336
Sunday May 31st Sunday – Young St Tavern, Frankston
https://events.humanitix.com/davey-graney-and-clare-moore-laburnum-of-the-mind-hits-are-the-worst
Thursday June 4th – Smiths, Canberra
https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/dave-graney-and-clare-moore-95853
Friday June 5th - Marrickville Bowlo Sydney
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/55fd8421-18f3-468e-b608-c4c824fc5e1c
Saturday June 6th - the Heritage, Bulli NSW
https://codeone.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/8b62279b-47e8-4ba6-a764-fa0556d27e0b
Friday June 12th – the Link and Pin, Woy Woy NSW
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1557903
Saturday June 13th – Stag and Hunter, Newcastle NSW
https://stagandhunter.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/dd822c28-4407-4804-bd24-4741ef16d9f6
Sunday June 14th – The Flow Bar, Old Bar NSW
https://www.dramatix.com.au/events/2379
Sunday July 11th - 12th – Mullum Roots Festival, Mullumbimby NSW
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1413705
Friday
July 24th
Courthouse Theatre – Geelong Vic
https://www.trybooking.com/DKWQW
Friday
July 31st
Banshees Ipswich Qld
https://bansheesbar.com.au/event/laburnum
Saturday August 1st - Eudlo Hall, Eudlo QLD
Sunday
August 2nd
Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane Qld
Friday August 28th – The Duke Of George, Fremantle WA
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/dave-graney-and-clare-moores-album-launch/193045
Saturday August 29th – Lyrics Lane – Perth, WA
https://lyricsunderground.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/258b00ea-72b9-49dd-95b4-151fb82924f8
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