We Are In Band Love

If Honeybone was a 13 year old girl, we'd be all 'OMGGGGG HE IS LIKE, SOOOOOOOOOO HOOOTTTT' (Well, it's been a while since I was 13 and I don't know any, but I assume that's what they're like).

Tis not a bieber-boy we love, but a band. They are Children Overboard, and they rock all of our socks. And our ears. (PS guys if you're reading this, don't be scared. I'm not gonna stalk you or anything... probably).

This is them, they are cool.

They played with us at our gig at The Tote on July 1st and blew my mind. Twas a rainy, cold Sunday evening . Not a huge crowd which was a shame because every band that played (The New Savages and Howard also) was amazing. Children Overboard played a bluesy, soulful, rock 'n' rolly mixture of musical goodness and I was like 'woah'. And they like us too! It's like, meant to be and shit.

They have an EP online that you can download for FREE here www.childrenoverboard.com. I recommend you do it now. They moved here to Melbourne from Wollongong not long ago, so they're in the same boat (so to speak) as us. We're hoping to do a ton of gigs together and be band friends. Yay!

Their facebook page is here: www.facebook.com/childrenoverboard go like them NOW. Well you know, if you want to. I don't want to be pushy. I just recommend it.

Our gig at The Tote was really fun, even though there wasn't a ton of people (we're used to that). Our mates came down and watched us which was cool as. We played for an awesome 40 minutes, which seemed like so long compared to our Revolver 20 minute set. I hear The Tote is an 'iconic' Melbourne venue (Jack from 'Low Speed Bus Chase, fellow Dunedin band living here in Melbourne, told me that), so it was pretty wicked to play on that stage. Hopefully we get to again!

I also want to mention another band that blew my mind, on Thursday last week we headed down to Yah Yahs to watch Children Overboard (we are total fans) and they played with a band called The Velvets. They are EPIC. They played a Black Keys song that I love, and I really wanted to rock out but I was in danger of having a coughing fit so I just hung back and bopped my head a bit. They like The Checks apparantly, which is crazy, cause so do we. Funny that. We want to play with them too so hopefully we'll suss something out.

Their facebook is here: www.facebook.com/thevelvets. 

This is Us at The Tote, cheers Ashleigh Dunn for the snaps.

In the moments between falling in love with the various bands of Melbourne, we've been keeping fairly busy. Drew is getting back into making pedals and things like that, hit him up if you want something made. We're all working at our jobs during the day, writing and rehearsing at night. We've got a couple of new songs on the grow and old ones being played again (Dunedinites, remember that epic 11 minute song we used to play?). Once I get over my hatred of anything I create, songs will probably be coming out me ears.

Drew soldering something to something.

Off to practice now, ya'll come back now y'hear!

xxx