Joeys Coop - Sawdust Memories Tour
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Joeys Coop, featuring Died Pretty songwriter/guitarist, Brett Myers, return with a new album. The all-star Sydney group, has flown under the radar for too long thanks to a reticence to let people know who they are, is a must-hear for fans of the band members' previous bands, which include not only Died Pretty but '90s indie faves Glide and '80s indie faves Decline of the Reptiles.
Purveyors of a sound that's been (self-) described as something like "mix a touch of the Velvets, a reasonable dose of melodic pop, add a good shot of alternative country and follow it with a blues chaser (with a nod to the Stones) and your halfway there.” Or even “alt country and roots sounds, sure. Splashes of adult pop, Stones, Velvets, yep. Died Pretty, Wilco, Big Star, Decline of the Reptiles; well naturally.” Joeys Coop's music is everything anyone could hope from a combination of their two founding members and songwriters.
With Died Pretty, Brett Myers was responsible for the rich, melodic and incandescent sound guitar that bedded Ron S. Peno's otherworldly vocals; with Joeys Coop, he does much the same for Mark Roxburgh, who came out the same Sydney inner-city scene that nurtured Died Pretty in the mid-'80s with the likeminded Decline of the Reptiles. Decline of the Reptiles were mid-'80s Triple J faves, Waterfront Records recording artistes, and a band that, like Brett's mob, took influences from the late '60s through to the late '70s and created something startlingly original and contemporary. Before DOTR, starting in '79, Mark had fronted the heavily Detroit influenced ME 262, and around the same time, in Brisbane, Brett fronted the heavily Velvets/Television influenced The End. Both had shaken off their teenage proto-punk roots by the mid-'80s and 40 years later they're making some beautiful noise together.
Purveyors of a sound that's been (self-) described as something like "mix a touch of the Velvets, a reasonable dose of melodic pop, add a good shot of alternative country and follow it with a blues chaser (with a nod to the Stones) and your halfway there.” Or even “alt country and roots sounds, sure. Splashes of adult pop, Stones, Velvets, yep. Died Pretty, Wilco, Big Star, Decline of the Reptiles; well naturally.” Joeys Coop's music is everything anyone could hope from a combination of their two founding members and songwriters.
With Died Pretty, Brett Myers was responsible for the rich, melodic and incandescent sound guitar that bedded Ron S. Peno's otherworldly vocals; with Joeys Coop, he does much the same for Mark Roxburgh, who came out the same Sydney inner-city scene that nurtured Died Pretty in the mid-'80s with the likeminded Decline of the Reptiles. Decline of the Reptiles were mid-'80s Triple J faves, Waterfront Records recording artistes, and a band that, like Brett's mob, took influences from the late '60s through to the late '70s and created something startlingly original and contemporary. Before DOTR, starting in '79, Mark had fronted the heavily Detroit influenced ME 262, and around the same time, in Brisbane, Brett fronted the heavily Velvets/Television influenced The End. Both had shaken off their teenage proto-punk roots by the mid-'80s and 40 years later they're making some beautiful noise together.
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Where is it happening?
The Taproom - Shedshaker Brewing, 9 Walker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450, Australia, Castlemaine
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