5 Sources Of 'Mindless Joy' While On The Road With LOSER

Melbourne five-piece rockers LOSER, fresh off supporting Ruby Fields on her extensive regional tour, have just dropped their debut album 'Mindless Joy' – via James Tidswell's (Violent Soho) label Domestic La La.

'Mindless Joy' explores vocalist/ guitarist/ songwriter Tim Maxwell's anxiety towards and discontent with the rush and pressure of modern life. He’s particularly interested in how technology perpetuates that cycle of 'mindless joy'.

"It's still guitar music," reflects Maxwell, "but it's not just Weezer pop chords. There are well thought-out guitar parts, and there's solos and big rock choruses."


Ahead of a home-town launch show next month, here guitarist Jake 'Cutter' Farrugia shares five sources of 'mindless joy' while on the road with Loser.

1: Stinky Silver

I'm not sure if that is the official name for the game, but that's what we call it. For Stinky Silver, you need a 20c coin and an empty pint glass.

What you do is you place the pint glass on the floor about 4m away, then you take the coin and while fully clothed you put it between your ass cheeks and clench tightly then walk as casually as possible towards the pint glass.

When you get over the top of pint glass you release the coin and try to get it in the pint glass. A tip for making things interesting is to put some obstacles to jump over or around or make a relay out of it.

2: Dice

Always carry some dice on the road with you. The most common dice game that we play would have to be Cee-lo, but we recently played a new dice game while on tour with Ruby Fields and the crew, and it's called Liar's Dice. It's a bit like bullsh.t but with dice.

3: Monopoly

Now this is a classic, but you have to be careful with this one because it can get intense and you want to make sure you can finish the game which can be hard when you are moving around a lot. Also you have to think. So not so mindless I guess.

4: Pinball

I don't know about the rest of the band, but I think pinball is a great way to kill time before soundcheck. Or just anytime really. Actually, I think pinball should be #1 on this list.

5: Table tennis

This one can be hard because you can't always find a table tennis table. Maybe if we start talking about it more, then more tables will pop up eh? I guess if you can't find a table then you could settle for pool. Ed's note: Lads, next time you're in Brisbane, make your way to the 4101 and we'll get a championship round of West End Table Tennis League (WETTL) happening. Honest.

'Mindless Joy' is available now. LOSER launch it at The Old Bar (Melbourne) 27 March.