Beloved Melbourne punks The Gooch Palms have called it a day. After providing a decade of mosh-inciting, hard-hitting tunes spanning 3 albums and a bunch of singles, they’re hanging up the boots. The band’s forthcoming “Great Dividing Range” tour is set to be their swan song, so if you haven’t already, make sure you snaffle up tickets and give The Gooch Palms the final hoorah they so clearly deserve.
“Hey everyone, this is really hard to say but after a lot of discussion and back and forth on the future of the band, we’ve decided that our upcoming tour will be the last time we venture out as The Gooch Palms,” the band shared in a statement.
“We’ve been a band for 10 years, played close to 1000 shows across the world, released some 7” vinyls, 3 full length albums and some stand alone singles. We’ve both had multiple nervous breakdowns and experienced some devastating lows, but thankfully, overall, mostly dizzying highs! We’ve played with so many amazing bands in so many amazing venues and seen cities and countries we never thought we’d be lucky enough to visit. Playing in the band forced us out of our introverted shells into the world and through touring we have had so many unimaginably wonderful moments and met some great people, a lot of whom we now call our closest friends. But to quote Kenny Rogers “You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em”. And it’s time for us to fold ’em.
“This will be our last tour as The Gooch Palms and we hope you can make it out to send us off! But regardless, thank you all for taking your time to be fans of our weird little band. Nothing we ever did as The Gooch Palms would have been possible without you.”
Watch: The Gooch Palms – ‘Great Diving Range’
The Gooch Palms
Great Dividing Rage Tour Dates
Sun 22 Mar – Sookie Lounge, Belgrave
With Anty
Fri 27 Mar – The Curtin, Melbourne
With Batz & Forever Renter
Sat 28 Mar – Volta Arts & Culture, Ballarat
W/ Auntie Leo & The Back Stabbers
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Sat 4 Apr – Sound Station Music & Arts Festival, Newcastle
Thu 16 Apr – Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast
W/ The Unknowns & Bad Neighbour
Sat 18 Apr – The Zoo, Brisbane
W/ Voiid, Olivia’s World & Melaleuca
Fri 22 May – Transit Bar, Canberra
W/ Slow Dial & The Narcissists
Fri 29 May – Cambridge Warehouse, Newcastle
W/ Dave & Mall Santa
Sun 31 May – North Gong Hotel, Wollongong
W/ Debbies, Dribs & Fangin Felines
