Spring whispers in her cave, licking the frost from her child (and what an awful and squalling beast this child is). With said neonate firmly swaddled in sackcloth and ashes, Gay Paris are hitting the road, September through December, bringing the love that is Satan and a celebration of free will to Australia in the most rambunctious way imaginable. You get the rock n roll dissent you deserve (and at this point, Australia needs five courses and desert with nightcaps at the sleaziest bar in town). Riffs. Love. The Devil; you’re not alone if you want it to be otherwise.
When you wake on September 18, Gay Paris will be posing the question/releasing the album
Ladies and Gentlemen: May We Present To You The Dark Arts
2013’s The Last Good Party took this formless celebration and gave it shape – meaning, something to hold on to while one flailed about in the dark. Fans loved it, critics heaped praise on the more cohesive sound, likening the band to Clutch, Kyuss and QOTSA – more nervous individuals noted that the band was ‘hipster cunts trying to be metal’. On tour, Gay Paris attended to every State and Territory – often giving multiple satisfactions. The party could not stop – because everyone knows that animals cannot lie. This was indeed to be the last good party.
Ladies and Gentlemen, May We Present To You: The Dark Arts asks that the listener suspend their disbelief – for the celebration continues, although this time, along far more sinister lines. Written and recorded over a period of 13 months, album number 3 finds Gay Paris reveling in the bones of the band that they were, fleshed out with carnal bass-lines, starving riffs and lyrics that possess a certain (if horrific) burlesque charm. The beasts are hungry. Bring your meat to the table.
In preparation for the album release, listen to new track “Cult Slang”
LISTEN HERE:
GAY PARIS
New album released September 18
Ladies and Gentlemen, May We Present To You: The Dark Arts
Pre Order album Out through MGM
www.gayparismusic.com.au/
ON TOUR NATIONALLY
TICKETS at www.gayparismusic.com.au/ or selected venues
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 – RAD, Wollongong, NSW
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 – ROLLING STONE LIVE LODGE AT NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB, Sydney, NSW
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 – PUNK ASS KIDS AT ROCKET BAR, Adelaide, SA
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 – WORKERS CLUB, Geelong, VIC
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 –THE EASTERN, Ballarat, VIC
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 – CHERRY BAR, Melbourne, VIC
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 – STUDIO 6, Sutherland, NSW
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 – PHOENIX, Canberra, ACT
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22 – CROWBAR, Brisbane, QLD
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23 – THE HELM, Mooloolaba, QLD
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 – THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, Newcastle, NSW
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7 – THE CARRINGTON HOTEL, Katoomba, NSW
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 – THE PRIER, Port Macquarie, NSW
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 – THE NORTHERN, Byron Bay, NSW
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26 – THE PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Bunbury, WA
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 – THE ODD FELLOW, Fremantle, WA
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 – THE BOSTON, Perth, WA
FRIDAY DECEMBER 11 – THE GRAND POOBAH, Hobart, TAS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 12 – CLUB 54, Launceston, TAS
