Grinspoon is gearing up to launch their eighth studio album, whatever, whatever will be released on Friday 9 August. This upcoming album marks the band’s first since re their 2012 release Black Rabbits. To promote the new album they’ve dropped the first single called Unknown Pretenders.
To celebrate the new album, Grinspoon is embarking on an extensive national tour, promising an electrifying live experience for fans across Australia.
Frontman Phil Jamieson said “It’s with a curious trepidation but ultimately a feeling of unfulfilled wonderment that we reach into the caverns of our beings for a new journey of recorded endeavours, one which we are proud but tentatively a little scared of releasing.”
“Unknown Pretenders was written in the dawning of the pandemic in a small studio in Adelaide February 2020, with a number of other tunes as well. It’s a magical riffy song about the end of the world and who will actually survive,” he said.
Jamieson said that to say the band is excited to go on tour is “a massive understatement”.
“Over the last six years, we have played arenas and stadiums and theatres and whatnot, and it’s all been tremendous, and we have loved every minute of it, but there is nothing like the three-hour drive after a show, the 9 am checkout from the hotel, and the first stop to get a Chiko Roll and strawberry milk – black coffee for me, I am now an adult,” Jamieson said.
“These gigs will be madness – sweaty Tuesdays, taking the day off work on a Wednesday, remembering the reason you go to pubs. Our venues are suffering out there in the regions, so we are bringing the show to them. We can’t wait to see you all!”
The tour kicks off in Ballina, near their hometown of Lismore, 17 September, and runs until early December and will span metro and regional venues across sNew South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
Grinspoon Victorian tour dates 2024
- Tuesday 5 November – 170 Russell, Melbourne
- Tuesday 8 November – Commercial Hotel, South Morang
- Wednesday 13 November – Village Green, Mulgrave
- Friday 15 November – Pier Bandroom, Frankston
- Saturday 16 November – All Seasons, Bendigo
- Sunday 17 November – Barwon Heads Hotel, Surf Coast
