Following great reviews and a #10 Australian ARIA chart entry from the release of their epic new album, HOO HA!, Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems announce a European/UK tour, visiting venues across the UK in London, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, and Glasgow this September.
Stream/download HOO HA! via Farmer & The Owl Records/BMG on all platforms here.
The band also release a new live video today for one of HOO HA!’s most upbeat tracks – the punk-infused Black Monday. The performance was shot in their rehearsal space this June, watch it here.
“Black Monday takes its name from the severe and unexpected market crash in Australia in the 1980s,” explains singer Ben Marwe. “It doesn’t really have anything to do with that, though it does have a lot to do with the greased-up rat wheel we find ourselves straddling daily, and man’s obsession to backslap and handshake our way to a tumultuous future”.
Only a fool would disagree with Marwe in the current climate that we are all witnessing worldwide. The subject matter here is just one theme spelled out across HOO HA! tackling thoughtworthy home truths concerning Australia’s questionable history, and where it goes next. A theme that Bad//Dreems’ fans across the world can also now relate to.
Songs for HOO HA! were compiled in the incinerator, taken to Melbourne, and recorded with Dan Luscombe (Amyl and the Sniffers, Courtney Barnett, the Drones) at Soundpark Studio. The result epitomises the power of Bad//Dreems literate pub rock, and where high and low culture collides to paint a vivid picture of our current times.
Experience Bad//Dreems’ energetic live show on their UK Tour this September at the following venues. Tickets are available from 10 am Friday 7th July from here.
Bad//Dreems UK Tour dates – September 2023:
Sat 26th August – Hamburg, Get Lost Fest 09
Sunday 27th August – Berlin, Villa Kuriosum
Monday 28th August – Dresden, Mondfisch
Tuesday 29th August – Hannover, Café Glocksee Ruby Tuesday
Wednesday 30th August – Dortmund, Subrosa
Thursday 31st August – Kortrijk, Pits
Friday 1st September – Paris, L’International
Saturday 2nd September – San Sebastian, DabaDaba
Sunday 3rd September – Madrid, Funhouse
Monday 4th September – Barcelona, Para-Lel 62
Tuesday 5th September – Valencia, Loco Club
Thursday 7th Sept – London, Boston Music Room – tickets
Friday 8th Sept – Brighton, Patterns – tickets
Saturday 9th Sept – Bristol, Dareshack – tickets
Sunday 10th Sept – Manchester, YES (Pink Room) – tickets
Monday 11th Sept – Glasgow, The Hug & Pint – tickets
