A 7" Monument To Hysterical Cathys

Just a short post to give a shout out to Sydney's The Cathys. Featuring members of JuliaWhy?, King Tears Mortuary, Plum and Hell Selzer, the lo-fi pop kids have just released Hysterical Monument, a four-track 7" that sums up the slightly disparate corners these guys have crawled from. 'Loan' is a jumped up pop gleam in the eye, with Sam Giddey's goofy baritone galloping over the top; 'Rebble' is more tempered but no less coiled, taking the tense tempos of Dunedin's finest; 'Subtle Barbs' is a little more laconic, but spirals out into a guitar washout; and 'Heart Disease' finally brings the rock riff out to play, albeit with a giddily sunny disposition. The band launches the 7" in Sydney tomorrow night followed by dates in Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane - see below for details, and order the 7" here.

Sydney: 

Thursday 18 June @ The Union with Disgusting People and Drowning Fleets. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1613992808814040/

Canberra:

Saturday 20 June @ The Phoenix with Mope City, Thunderbolt City + Eadie & The Doodles. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/849857128434071/

Melbourne:

Friday July 3 @ The Tote with Shiny Coin, Chook Race and Summer Blokes. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1399589547035794/

Sunday July 5 @ Grace Darling with Pure Moods and Cool Sounds. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/825112544237141/ 

Brisbane: 

Saturday July 25 @ Trainspotters with Kitchen’s Floor, Cannon and Point Being. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1594349354151380/

Twelve Courses? Your Point Being?

Just a short post about Point Being, a new band out of Sydney that features Nite Fields' Liza Harper (yes, they are still very much alive and kicking - more on that very soon...). The four piece is much more agitated and raucous than the gossamer crawl of that band though, as 'Degustation' clearly displays. The lines "You're not invited/But you come anyway" is pretty great, delivered in a tone that makes it almost impossible to work out if he is pissed off or laconically cheering the usurper along. That kind of ambiguity lends the song a buoyant edge - irrespective of whether the intrusions are wanted or not.


Point Being recently supported Day Ravies alongside Bare Grillz, and their next Sydney show is supporting Bearhug and Step-Panther - a regular Sonic Masala love-a-thon.