Taking some much-needed downtime after two wild years on the road, The Gooch Palms spent the past summer relocating from Los Angeles, where they had been residing for the previous three years, back to their hometown of Newcastle to settle in for some songwriting and recording.
What a fruitful summer it turned out to be as the first tasty morsel from this creative session comes in the form of a two-minute-forty-second feminist punk anthem, Busy Bleeding. Busy Bleeding is poppy upbeat ode to “that time of the month” and does it’s bloody well best to help quash the old taboo around periods and shed some much needed light and a splatter of blood on the topic. With classic lines suck as “running red, dropping dead, I’m in pieces” and “second pair of underwear, what a burden” half the population can relate and after a few listens, the other half will at least get the picture of what we’re all dealing with here!
“For half our natural lives women are dealing with this and why it’s such a big taboo is beyond us. Let’s forget the polite secrecy and scream and shout about periods ya’ll!!! We’re all taught early on that periods are embarrassing and gross and boys are raised not knowing anything about it until they’re forced to go grab some tampons for their female companion or friend from the store and it’s like the whole world is ending. ‘I hope this guy at the checkout doesn’t think I’m buying these to stick up my butt!!!’ Classic! Let’s talk about it like it’s no big deal, then it won’t be!” explains Kat from The Gooch Palms.
The release of Busy Bleeding comes just in time for fans to get a few listens in before The Gooch Palms hit the road with their other 420 loving mates The Bennies for their “Natural Born Chillers” Aussie tour as well as a few other appearances around the country including GOMA and the Beer & BBQ Festivals! So go take an earful of Busy Bleeding and get ready for 2018 to be officially known as “YEAR OF THE GOOCH”!!!
THE BENNIES ‘NATURAL BORN CHILLERS’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR
w/ The Gooch Palms + Young Offenders
WED 27 JUN
The Triffid, Brisbane
THU 28 JUN
Shark Bar, Gold Coast
FRI 29 JUN
Small Ballroom, Newcastle*
SAT 30 JUN
Factory Theatre, Sydney
SUN 1 JUL
Uni Bar, Wollongong
THU 5 JUL
Uni Bar, Adelaide
FRI 6 JUL
Howler, Melbourne*
SAT 7 JUL
Worker’s Club, Geelong
SUN 8 JUL
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
FRI 13 JUL
Saloon Bar, Launceston+
SAT 14 JUL
Brisbane Hotel, Hobart+