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MAIN ROOM / $15 + booking fee
FLOWERTRUCK are packing the Astra and heading to Naarm / Melbourne to celebrate their latest single 'Crying Shame' – coming from their long-awaited 2nd album, set for release in Winter 2022.
Stumbling onto stage at The Retreat in Brunswick alongside some very special mates, this will be the first time FLOWERTRUCK have performed in the city since 2019 – so be nice, okay?!
Inspired by the sounds of Talking Heads and Orange Juice, with hints of local contemporaries like The Goon Sax and RBCF, the new single ‘Crying Shame’ bursts open as an ode to all our clumsy failures and finding the beauty in laughing at oneself when you fall.
The track is a step in the direction towards a more matured and world-worn sound for FLOWERTRUCK while still holding onto the playful volatility and sarcasm which earned them critical acclaim and a devout fanbase on their debut album ‘Mostly Sunny’.
Front man to the four-piece, Charles Rushforth, says that 'Crying Shame' was inspired by a “really shitty job I had in Broken Hill”. “I was essentially lifting gravel all day and feeling sorry for myself... I used to get so worked up about it that I’d get teary, but then I’d catch a glimpse of myself looking like an 1800’s chimney sweep (albeit withhot pink Ruggers), and I’d laugh until it hurt.”
They’re absolutely fizzing to play this show. You can take that to the bank.
Tickets are $15 + booking fee.
Purchase here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/flowertruck-tickets-308446400487
The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the venue now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.