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THE BAMBOOS
soul / funk trailblazers release new single
‘PIECE OF ME’
rescheduled live dates to JAN/FEB 2022
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Photo Credit – Ian Laidlaw
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Praise for HARD UP
**** “Melbourne nine-piece have made an album that nails the natural exuberance of their live show” – THE AUSTRALIAN
“Hard Up is an irresistible ride from start to finish” – DOUBLE J (The Best Albums Of 2021 So Far)
**** “..a groove that playing over 20 years will create” – HERALD SUN
“As soon as Kylie Auldist starts to sing the world just seems a better place, doesn’t it?” – CRAIG CHARLES, BBC RADIO 6 (UK)
**** RECORD COLLECTOR (UK)
**** “Definitely sounding like one of their best…” – ECHOES (UK)
**** “Hard Up is a blinding effort…” – BLUES & SOUL (UK)
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Hot on the heels of Hard Up, Melbourne nine piece The Bamboos have released new music as a taster to the upcoming Deluxe Edition of that acclaimed 10th studio album. They’ll look to play them live for the first time on their now rescheduled Australian tour in Jan / Feb 2022.
The week of recording at the country house north of Melbourne in 2019 for Hard Up was a revelation for the band’s collective creative drive and they ended up with a slew of tracks that they loved. Releasing a triple album wasn’t on the cards, which meant that some songs are getting released now as part of what will be an expanded digital version of the album.
First up is ‘Piece Of Me’, an attitude filled funk track which is possibly the fiercest that Bamboos vocalist Kylie Auldist has sounded yet. “I ain’t your property” she fires, daring anyone to deny her independence. “I owe you nothing at all. You want a piece of me?” Backing that up is ‘Reef Shark’, an instrumental that recalls the band’s early Deep Funk roots from when they took Melbourne club rooms by storm. More new music will be released from these sessions throughout the rest of 2021.
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THE BAMBOOS
‘PIECE OF ME’ / ‘REEF SHARK’
& HARD UP
album out now
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Earlier in 2020 the band and its leader/guitarist Lance Ferguson hit an all-time career-high point when they performed some of their most beloved songs with the fifty-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the iconic Hamer Hall. Now everyone will be able to experience that incredible event at home with the launch of the new video streaming platform MSO.Live, where that and many other MSO performances will be available to watch.
Released via their worldwide deal with BMG, Hard Up has been their biggest album to date overseas, cracking the top 20 in the influential US Triple A album radio chart in the US, beating out recent releases from the likes of Arlo Parks, Rag ’N’ Bone Man and Jungle. Airplay has also grown in Europe and the UK with the Hard Up awarded feature album in June by popular French national music station FIP, plays on BBC2 and BBC6 Music in the UK.
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HARD UP
Australian Tour
with special guest RITA SATCH
Friday January 21st – THE FACTORY, SYDNEY
Saturday January 22nd – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
Saturday January 29th – LION ARTS FACTORY
Friday February 4th – THE CROXTON, MELBOURNE
Tickets HERE
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Photo Credit – Ian Laidlaw
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Twitter – Spotify – Soundcloud
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