With a debut album in the can and a swag of new songs to road-test, Brisbane psych/ garage cult Sacred Shrines finally tear themselves away from the studio to deliver their first live show for 2016.
With a resume that already includes local supports of The Dandy Warhols and Tumbleweed and tour supports with The Murlocs, Sacred Shrines are building momentum.
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They also enjoy paying homage to their favourite cult leaders. Take it away guys.
Sun Myung Moon
Electrical engineering is an honest profession, but there isn’t a guarantee you’ll end up rich or famous. SMM decided that proclaiming himself the Messiah was his ticket to the top and if you can’t promote yourself, then you could be waiting round a while for someone else to do it for you. Genius.
Ron L Hubbard
What do you do with your life after you’ve had success writing science fiction? Use your favourite plot lines to start your own religion. Because spaceships are cool.
Elbert Eugene Spriggs
He came a long way from being a high school counsellor and a carnie, but the skills he picked up would have come in handy. I’m not exactly sure what the Three Eternal Destinies are, but I reckon I’d settle for just one.Warren Jeffs
Who wouldn’t want 78 wives! Obviously there wasn’t much else to do in Utah and it can’t be easy meeting women when you’re on the FBI’s most wanted list, doin’ serious time or eating through a tube. Cult life ain’t all glamour.
Joseph Smith, Jr
This guy started with an interest in religious-folk magic and a childhood crippling bone infection and turned it into a world-wide church. It all started when he read these golden tablets with magical spectacles given to him by an angel that he met in a field. Drugs.
Sacred Shines play at The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, Anzac Day Eve (24 April).
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