FRONT BAR / Free entry
FACEBOOK EVENT
The Snake Preachers launch their EP “Shadow of the Moon” with a killer line up featuring Mickelson (US), Girl Friday and Gold Gull Duo.
THE SNAKE PREACHERS are a three-piece Alt/Rock, Alt/Blues band from Melbourne Australia. They spin tales that are both moody and evocative with haunting lyrics and killer hooks. The music leans heavily on old school driving rhythms. Rockabilly, Blues, R & B and Southern Gothic, creating an unusual blend of all of them while still being fiercely original.
Heading up the bill are the amazing:
MICKELSON, an artist/producer from San Francisco. His debut release Flickering was on the Grammy ballot for Best Folk Album and Best Roots Music Performance. His follow up full-length A Wondrous Life received great reviews in the US and abroad which led to his first European tour in 2019. He then produced the critically acclaimed Blanket The Homeless benefit compilation which included Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito.
GIRL FRIDAY As described by Andy Hazel, Arts Journalist, The Saturday Paper: “Girl Friday collects and reshapes the most enduring sounds o the 20th century, turning the familiar into something wholly her own. In a world consumed by the bombast of ambition and insincerity, the subtle surety of Girl Friday and the warm intimacy of her songs is one of the most welcome discoveries a listener can make.”
GOLD GULL DUO Brendan Gray (vocals/guitar/keys) and Ash Jones (Violin/mandolin/bass- and pretty much everything else). In 2019 they put out their third full album “The Opal Aquifer” a brilliant showcase of Brendan’s exceptional songwriting skills and arrangements on songs that are by turns evocative and moody and still danceable.
The Retreat Hotel would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which The Retreat now stands, and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded and that our venue operates on stolen land.