Regulars of north Tasmania's live music circuit (performing everywhere from Musselroe Bay to Marrawah) for more than half a decade, Don't Come Monday are a raucous, gritty blues-rock band.
The group's passion is to write original material and lyrics that deal with such themes as life, love, loss, peace, home, hope, and happiness.Stylistically, Don't Come Monday's core sounds are blues and rock that they infuse with reggae, folk, funk, country and punk arrangements.
'Hangman' is the group's first release of new music since their 2020 EP 'Hands Of Time', and will feature on their next EP that's due to drop in early 2023.
Nordic-flavoured blues and rip-roaring wild rock & roll you can imagine Ragnar Lothbrok getting down to, 'Hangman' bristles with intensity.
Add a grizzled, dirty harmonica heard throughout and coarse, curdling vocals that leer menacingly plus the chugging mid-song breakdown that launches into a full-on head-banging inducing colonial-punk freakout, 'Hangman' is a boisterous slice of rock & roll.
"'Hangman' is about fighting internal battles of dread, doubt, and negativity," the group's lead singer-lyricist Rob Rose says.
"It's about confronting your demons and challenging those perpetual inner voices of anxiety, depression, and fear that can creep in and take over.
"It's a dark song about a dark topic, but with a positive and empowering message."
With the song released yesterday (15 November), scenestr is amped to premiere the 'Hangman' music video today. Enjoy.
Each member of Don't Come Monday brings plenty of band experience to the fold; Rob previously performed with Thongs And Socks Collective, and FOLKUS.
The band also features Grant Hearps (Golden Sunbird, Home Brewed Blues, Swell Magnet) on bass, Fintan McCullough (Tessa Lee and The Cold Weather Band, Midnight Messengers) on guitar, and Rick Lovell (Billy Rocket Band, Paradigm, Fireball) on drums.
The music video was filmed and edited in Forth, Tasmania, by Jala-loka Lewandowski, and directed by Jacob Boote. "The video was filmed on an overcast, cold, rainy day," Fin says.
"At times we were taking turns holding the umbrella over Jala-loka and the camera gear while we battled to get the scenes [filmed], which Jacob had envisaged before it became too dark."
Co-produced and recorded at Kindred Hall by Andrew Forth, mixed by Russ T. Rokk (Hoodoo Gurus, Rose Tattoo, Midnight Oil, Noiseworks, The Choirboys), and mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound (Gotye, Eskimo Joe, Ball Park Music, The Living End), 'Hangman' is 100 per cent Tasmanian-made – from initial conception, through to final stages of audio and video production.
"Just as we finally figured out how to power all the equipment without it overloading," Fin says discussing the recording process, "the power went out completely in Kindred and many surrounding towns for a couple of hours.
"We joked that we'd sucked the grid dry of electricity. We only had the venue booked for a set period of time so it was a nervous wait to finally get started tracking."
Don't Come Monday play Shearwater Resort Tavern (Shearwater) 2 December, Island State Brewing - The Pier (Ulverstone) 20 January and MONA Museum of Old and New Art (Hobart) 5 February.
