US garage punks Shannon And The Clams will land in Australia this summer for a six-date east-coast tour.
With such indie gems as 'Ozma', 'The Boy', and 'If You Could Know' in their back catalogue, Shannon And The Clams will headline gigs in Sydney, Geelong, Archies Creek, Melbourne, Bangalow and Brisbane in January."We were visited in a fever dream by the spirit of the Great Pumpkin 🎃🎃🎃 who commanded us to journey down under to fulfil our solemn duty to the denizens of Oz. C U SOON 👁️👁️👁️."
With elements of doo-wop, psychedelic, surf rock, and classic R&B encased in vintage tones, Shannon And The Clams hark back to another time yet still sound super modern.
Music mainstays for 15 or so years with 7 studio albums to their name, Shannon And The Clams most recent LP was 2024's 'The Moon Is In the Wrong Place', the band again working with longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), who has being associated with all 7 of their albums.
'The Moon Is In the Wrong Place' came together in the wake of the unimaginable sudden loss of singer-bassist Shannon Shaw's fiancé, Joe Haener, in a car accident weeks leading up to their wedding.
The project is a holistic exploration of grief and celebration of life as Shaw's bandmates – guitarist Cody Blanchard, keyboard player Will Sprott, and drummer Nate Mahan – rallied behind her to create their most ambitious, emotionally searing work to date.
The title is drawn from a conversation in which Haener, an astrology novice, attempted to ask if Mercury was in retrograde. This ominous precognitive statement became the basis for the record.
Tickets on sale from 9am (local time) on 6 November.
Shannon And The Clams 2025 Tour Dates
Mon 13 Jan - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)Fri 17 Jan - Barwon Club (Geelong)
Sat 18 Jan - Archies Creek
Sun 19 Jan - The Croxton (Melbourne)
Tue 21 Jan - Bangalow A&I Hall (Northern Rivers)
Wed 22 Jan - The Triffid (Brisbane)
