BATRIDER
April 14th 2010 14:17
Link: www.batrider.com/
Batrider are back in Australia following 2 years of gigs, new friends, wild times and happy accidents in foreign lands. After splitting time between London sublets and European adventures, and losing their USA touring virginity the equivalent of behind a bush at a party when you’re 16, Batrider have now decided to settle in... Adelaide. YES ADELAIDE! And with barely enough time to wash the lint-of-a-thousand-couches from their tired bodies, Batrider are hitting the road again embarking on their first Australian tour in years.
The Batrider Beaks Tour takes the band’s fourth release Why We Cant Be Together (2009) around their adopted home of Australia, and also sees the release of a limited run of live recordings made while in the USA.
The new live record reflects the band’s current 3-piece incarnation and is the most direct, dynamic, melodic, and unique to date. Those familiar with Batrider’s sound will find its most compelling qualities more than intact, with the guitar and vocals of Sarah Mary Chadwick marking themselves as more clamourous and emotive than ever, with Steph Crase (Birth Glow, No Through Road) on drums and summery melancholic harmonies, and Sam Featherstone holding the whole mess together on bass.
Nonetheless, it wouldn’t really be fair to let you assume that Batrider aren’t still really really loud, and quite possibly one of the most viscerally confronting bands you’ll ever experience live. Would it?
2010 is another big year for Batrider with a new release to add to their now extensive back catalogue, reconnecting with both Australian and New Zealand watering holes, not to
mention enjoying the plethora of exciting tourist locations Adelaide has to offer. Wink.
"Why We Can't Be Together" out now on Low Transit Industries via Shock
Hobart
The Brisbane Hotel - Fri 30th April
Ivy St more
Melbourne
The Lithuanian Club - Fri 7th May
Pets With Pets Woollen Kits
Adelaide
Urtext Studios - Sat 8th May
The Twerps Bitch Prefect Pets
With Pets Banham
Brisbane
The Cubbyhole - Thur 20th May
Kitchen’s Floor more
Newcastle
The Croatian Club - Fri 21st May
Pets With Pets more
Sydney
Red Rattler - Sat 22nd May
Pets With Pets more
Canberra
The Phoenix - Sun 23rd May
Pets With Pets more
Fremantle
South Street Ale House
Saturday 29th May
Geelong
The Nash - Thur 3rd June
Supports TBA
The new live record reflects the band’s current 3-piece incarnation and is the most direct, dynamic, melodic, and unique to date. Those familiar with Batrider’s sound will find its most compelling qualities more than intact, with the guitar and vocals of Sarah Mary Chadwick marking themselves as more clamourous and emotive than ever, with Steph Crase (Birth Glow, No Through Road) on drums and summery melancholic harmonies, and Sam Featherstone holding the whole mess together on bass.
Nonetheless, it wouldn’t really be fair to let you assume that Batrider aren’t still really really loud, and quite possibly one of the most viscerally confronting bands you’ll ever experience live. Would it?
2010 is another big year for Batrider with a new release to add to their now extensive back catalogue, reconnecting with both Australian and New Zealand watering holes, not to
mention enjoying the plethora of exciting tourist locations Adelaide has to offer. Wink.
"Why We Can't Be Together" out now on Low Transit Industries via Shock
Hobart
The Brisbane Hotel - Fri 30th April
Ivy St more
Melbourne
The Lithuanian Club - Fri 7th May
Pets With Pets Woollen Kits
Adelaide
Urtext Studios - Sat 8th May
The Twerps Bitch Prefect Pets
With Pets Banham
Brisbane
The Cubbyhole - Thur 20th May
Kitchen’s Floor more
Newcastle
The Croatian Club - Fri 21st May
Pets With Pets more
Sydney
Red Rattler - Sat 22nd May
Pets With Pets more
Canberra
The Phoenix - Sun 23rd May
Pets With Pets more
Fremantle
South Street Ale House
Saturday 29th May
Geelong
The Nash - Thur 3rd June
Supports TBA
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