Former Royal Headache frontman Shogun has launched a new band

Shogun, the former frontman of Sydney rockers Royal Headache, has announced a new band and has shared a pair of new songs.

Earlier this year, Aussie music fans were undoubtedly devastated to learn that Sydney garage-punkers Royal Headache had called it quits after nine years.

Announcing the news via a Facebook post that simply read “2008-2017”, the group’s breakup came almost a year after they had played their last show in July of 2017.

While the news came as a surprise to some, others would have undoubtedly recalled how the group’s frontman Shogun had revealed the group almost broke up back in 2014.

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Now though, fans are able to see the Royal Headache spirit live on in some capacity, with Shogun announcing the arrival of his new band, Shogun And The Sheets.

Releasing two new songs today, ‘Hold On Kid’ and ‘Pissing Blood’, these tracks form a new 7″ single that will be released early November.

Consisting of “teenage friends and musician’s musicians”, Shogun And The Sheets have played just a couple of shows so far, with another gig booked for this Sunday at Sydney’s Lansdowne Hotel.

“There’s no real message in these songs,” Shogun explained of the new tracks. “I think I keep my lyrics ambivalent deliberately. I like it when you can feel a meaning or presence in a song but you can’t pinpoint what it is. That way the listener can create their own meaning.”

Check out the new songs below, and keep on reading for details about the band’s third-ever show this weekend.