Cool Sounds & Flowertruck

COOL SOUNDS

Cool Sounds is the key project for Australian pop polymath Dainis Lacey, with a live band that sees up to six musicians crowded onstage. Across four albums to date, Cool Sounds move deftly through indie-rock, 80s pop, cheerful funk and alt-country, with a lightness of touch that disguises Lacey’s thoughtful, perceptive songwriting.

New album Like That comes out in October 2022 and its three singles have already been covered by The Evening Standard (UK), The Guardian (UK), Radio France, Frankie Magazine and NME Australia, with airplay on BBC 6 Music, Triple J, Double J and across community radio.

Cool Sounds toured Europe in 2015 and 2019 and return in early 2023. They have shared stages with Twin Peaks (US), Spiral Stairs (US), plus Australian indie royalty like Good Morning, Snowy Band and Mod Con. Their 2019 album Cactus Country was nominated for an AIR Award, and previous releases have been featured in Line Of Best Fit (UK), Raven Sings the Blues (US) and elsewhere.

“Funk-striped indie pop, balancing comfort and cool”

- Raven Sings the Blues

“Bright and catchy, the hooks are plentiful...giving off summery holiday vibes”

– The Guardian

“Incredibly polished indie pop”

– NME Australia

FLOWERTRUCK

Flowertruck is pleased to present Partly Cloudy - the long-awaited sister record to their 2018 debut Mostly Sunny.

The four-piece have dedicated their twenties to creating songs of love, loss and overdue rent, and this record is a wax seal on FLOWERTRUCK’s 8-year-long efforts inside Australia’s independent rock scene.

Four years in the making, Partly Cloudy is a rumination on the last half-decade spent in seedy clubs, festival stages, TigerAir terminals, ramshackle studios and newly formed friendships. It’s a loving and painful tribute to the sacrifices-turned-to-delights from a youth spent pursuing music.

Host or Publisher Black Bear Lodge