I said that I had some news, and I most certainly was not lying – here it is.
One of the reasons that the Cowper Machine has been so quiet over the past year has been as a result of my involvement in the band Edward Guglielmino & The Show. As a long term (and borderline obsessive) fan, I was pretty excited to join Ed and Sam Schlencker (also of Skinny Jean fame) in 2010 to play with the band and help record the new album. Along the way Kirsty Tickle (Little Scout) joined the fray. I was lucky to have the opportunity to record with the incredibly lovely Jamie Trevaskis of Junkship Studios; and more importantly still I got to laugh my arse off and discover just how much fun it was to play someone else’s music (without all that self imposed wanky emotional strain!).
So, I’m pretty darn excited to announce that Edward Guglielmino & The Show will launch their new album Sunshine State at the Judith Wright Centre on May 19th; and will then tour the country with Cowper supporting some of the shows!
Let me break that down into little visually digestible chunks for you. First, the band; they look like this:
EDWARD GUGLIELMINO & THE SHOW
Then, the album; it’s called Sunshine State and it looks like this:
Sunshine State
This album will be launched on the 19th of May, but Vinyl can be preordered here! We’re going on tour together, which quite often looks like this:
WOW! THE ROCKING AND STUFF.
And, as an extra thing of awesomeness, I will be supporting some of the tour shows as Cowper, which as a reminder (it’s been a while!) looks like this:
Cowper @ Black Bear Lodge (April 15, 2012)
Now that’s a lot to get excited about! The current tour dates are listed below, with more to come.
EDWARD GUGLIELMINO & THE SHOW
THE SUNSHINE STATE TOUR – MAY/JUNE 2012
For ticket info, head to www.mucho-bravado.com
Thursday, May 24 | Alchemy, Launceston (TAS)
with Cowper and Get The Bunny
Friday, May 25 | Oscar’s Treehouse, Hobart (TAS)
with Cowper and Get The Bunny
Saturday, May 26 | Pure Pop Records, Melbourne (VIC)
with Cowper (acoustic instore appearance)
Sunday, May 27 | The Empress, Melbourne (VIC)
With James O’Brien (The Boat People) and Carry Nation
Friday, June 22 | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (NSW)
With Charles Buddy Daaboul (No Art) **Free show**
Right. That’s enough excitement for a start! The gigs have been linked on the gig page. See you all there!