Even though the tour started in Newcastle last night, it really feels like the spirit of this co-headline, all-in, collaborative journey with theredsunband is established in Sydney tonight. And its established at precisely 11:20pm on the Annandale Hotel stage when all eight members of both bands join together for the show’s encore/finale/roof-lifting ceremony – a ramshackle musical union. We played three songs together: ‘Sometimes Always’ (the Jesus and Mary Chain song Sarah and I did on SBS TV’s Rockwiz ); RSB’s Devil Song and Shadowland. Anyone not playing a guitar is hitting something or shouting something into the din. In Devil Song I patrol the stage, simply screaming “LIES!” at the appropriate moment. I had fun. I scared Jasper (RSB drummer) a little bit he says.
Anyways, it was great, lose-yourself-in-the-moment fun and apparently sounded good. (”Talk about wall of sound” our manager Andy said later). You can see how ‘collective’ style bands, like Broken Social Scene for instance, get formed. Take some already established, disparate elements and combine. With everyone banging stuff. The banging is important. Cam said he likes the idea of taking two bands combining them onstage for a whole tour. Or a series of tours. A curated fusion festival.
Here is a photo of us all onstage from Adelaide.
Cam, Danny, Laura Imbruglia, Toby, Sarah Photo by Benon Koebsch