Australia’s favourite purveyors of “garage grass” Green Mohair Suits release their third album Wooden Duck today before their tour takes them to east-coast venues as grassroots, eclectic and off the beaten track are they are.
Along with the album release, are two brand new videos – for album tracks ‘With You I Feel Like I Have Nothing to Hide’ and ‘Open Door Metaphor’. These are out now, with more (including some ingenious covers) to be released via the band’s social media while they’re on the road.
Green Mohair Suits, originally a rag-tag bunch of blokes lining up some instruments for a Gram Parson tribute show, have established themselves. Today they are as a force to be reckoned with, pushing against the preconception of country and bluegrass music as much as they embrace it.
Band members Brian Campeau, Richard Cuthbert, Jason Mannell, and Ben RomalisIt’s say that this is a benchmark album for the good friends – despite being seven-odd years into the band’s history, Wooden Duck feels like their first real album: the first time all four songwriters have shared the songwriting, writing together but separately, writing just for one another, and allowing their individual and quite varying styles to shine.
Without question, Green Mohair Suits have released a stellar record, their musicianship and vocal harmonies are fantastic and the songwriting is inspiring. A killer album.
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Wooden Duck Album Tour:
| Fri 19 Sep – South Side Tea Room, Morningside, QLD Sat 20 Sep – Cardigan Bar, Sandgate QLD Sun 21 Sep – The End, West End QLD Wed 24 Sept – Mother’s Milk, Sawtell NSW Thu 25 Sep – Cafe 2340, Tamworth NSW Fri 26 Sep – The Lass O’Gowrie, Wickham, Newcastle NSW Sun 28 Sep – Grand Junction Hotel [The Junkyard], Maitland NSW |
Fri 3 Oct – Tanswells Commercial Hotel – Beechworth, VIC Sat 4 Oct – Paynesville Wine Bar, Vic Sun 5 Oct – Bruthen Inn Hotel, Bruthen VIC Fri 10 Oct – Smith’s Alternative Bookstore, Canberra ACT Sat 11 Oct – The Vanguard, Newtown NSW Sun 12 Oct – Modus Operandi Brewery, Mona Vale NSW |
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