Surf-rock bluesy punks, The Grogans will embark on a massive national tour celebrating their third studio album, 'Which Way Is Out'.
Released at the end of October, the record features the singles 'Inside My Mind', 'Be Your Man', 'Just A Kid', and 'No Thanks (I'm Going Surfing).The band have had a mega 2022 that has included their first overseas tour (to New Zealand), supporting Hockey Dad as well as US band Waves on their respective national tours.
Kicking off in February with two festival appearances – Ninch Fest and Temple Sessions Festival – The Grogans will then headed around the country with 18 live shows throughout March and April.
The tour will venture to Adelaide, Margaret River, Perth, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Wollongong, Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Launceston, Hobart, Torquay and Melbourne.
The Grogans have also released a new music video for 'Which Way Is Out' track 'Le Fangz' (a collaboration with Willem Kingma), which answers the question: Have you ever imagined a daisy-inspired vampire creature?
"'Le Fangz' tries to mellow you out and tell a story of an imaginary creature 'le fang' through a more lo-fi gritty ballad," shares the band.
"This song actually accrued from this awful painting Quin [Grunden, vocals/ guitar] did of these daisy-looking vampire critters during lockdown.
"We were having a few beers on the grass just painting on big bits of plywood. After Quin had finished he wrote 'le fangs' on it as the title which ended up in our studio until it one day became the main character in a song."
Adds Willem Kingma: "The band approached me with the concept of creating a stop-motion music video that involved a daisy with fangs, as the song itself was based off a painting Quin had done of a flower with sharp teeth.
"I started making the models using plasticine and polymer clay. I opted to shoot everything as a flat lay, animating the models on top of green or blue paper, which I later keyed out in the edit and replaced with my own backgrounds.
"After everything was edited together, I put the digital footage to a VHS tape which to me made it look like some freaky lost children's programme!"
Tickets are on sale.
The Grogans 2023 Tour Dates
Fri 10 Feb - Ninch Fest (Mornington Peninsula)Sat 18 Feb - Temple Sessions Festival (Yeppoon, QLD)
Fri 10 Mar - Lion Arts Factory (Adelaide)
Sat 11 Mar - Settlers Tavern (Margaret River)
Sun 12 Mar - Y HQ (Perth)*u18 matinee
Sun 12 Mar - Badlands Bar (Perth)
Thu 16 Mar - The Northern (Byron Bay)
Fri 17 Mar - Mo's Desert Clubhouse (Gold Coast)
Sat 18 Mar - O'Skulligans (Brisbane)*u18 matinee
Sat 18 Mar - Woolly Mammoth (Brisbane)
Sun 19 Mar - Eleven Dive Bar (Sunshine Coast)
Thu 23 Mar - Dicey Riley's (Wollongong)
Fri 24 Mar - Crowbar (Sydney)
Sat 25 Mar - The Cambridge Hotel (Newcastle)
Sun 26 Mar - UC Hub (Canberra)
Fri 31 Mar - The Royal Oak (Launceston)
Sat 1 Apr - Altar Bar (Hobart)
Thu 6 Apr - Torquay Hotel (Torquay)
Fri 14 Apr - The Croxton (Melbourne)
Sat 22 Apr - The Gasometer (Melbourne)*u18 matinee
