After opening Falls Festival for triple j unearthed and touring the country off the back of their single Neighbourhood – including Mountain Goat Valley Crawl, and Melbourne Music Week – Brisbane’s trio of boyish blokes BUGS have returned with new single Glue, and the announcement of their second EP ‘Social Slump’ Due on April 13th.
The boys have also announced that they will be heading on a national EP tour this May and June that will take them to almost every corner of the country. Kicking off at Bloom Festival Brisbane on April 8th the boys then head to Lennox Head on May 11 before making their way to Adelaide, Melbourne, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Wollongong, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Bunbury, Perth, Fremantle, Launceston and finishing up in Hobart.
The video for new single Glue enlists the help a bunch of local Brisbane bands – including Sweater Curse, Eliza and The Delusionals, Neighbour, and Gill Bates – who take the mic and rock out in an empty pool like a rad old school skate video.
Glue explores the fearful feeling that everything around you is constantly moving forward and changing while you are stuck in the same place, head space or behaviours.
Flicking through Facebook photos of people you went to school with having kids & buying homes whilst your living pay to pay off a retail wage sipping $7 Sauv Blanc from the bottle is fun, but toxic. Everyone is running their own race at their own pace, just remember that. No need for judgement in comparison to others, and certainly no need for self-deprecation. Commitment isn’t for everyone!” – Connor Brooker
BUGS ‘ SOCIAL SLUMP’ EP TOUR
SUN 8 APR
Bloom Festival, Brisbane
FRI 11 MAY
The Lennox Hotel, Lennox Head
FRI 18 MAY
Cats @ Rocket Bar, Adelaide
SUN 19 MAY
The Gasometer Upstairs, Melbourne
FRI 25 MAY
Spotted Cow, Toowoomba
SUN 27 MAY
Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast
THU 31 MAY
Strawberry Boogie @ Uni Bar, Wollongong
FRI 1 JUN
Waywards, Sydney
FRI 8 JUN
Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast
SUN 9 JUN
Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
THU 14 JUN
Prince Of Wales Hotel, Bunbury
FRI 15 JUN
Amplifier, Perth
SAT 16 JUN
The Odd Fellow, Fremantle
FRI 29 JUN
Saloon Bar, Launceston
SAT 30 JUN
Republic Bar, Hobart
