The best of Melbourne synthpop and Brisbane-based indie pop are joining forces for the Strange Geronimo Tour, which sees Strange Talk and Hey Geronimo hitting up venues around the nation this June/July.
Melbourne’s Strange Talk will be hitting the road in support of their 2012 album Cast Away, which scored an 8/10 score from our Tone Deaf reviewer, who proclaimed “the album effortlessly sounds like the soundtrack to warm summer nights with a bubbly, chilled vibe mixed with upbeat dance music.”
Featuring singles ‘Climbing The Walls’ and the fizzing title track, Strange Talk have been racking up fans each time they grace the stage.
Meanwhile, their co-headliners Hey Geronimo have made a celebrity splash off the highest platform with their new single “The Dan Kelly Song”, produced by Magoo and Ball Park Music’s Sam Cromack.
“The track was inspired by a dream I had in which Dave McCormack and Dan Kelly were co-writing songs for Hey Geronimo,” said vocalist Pete Kilroy of the self-confessed group of Dan Kelly tragics. “I woke up, and realising how cool that would be, figured we should just try and write a song in that style anyway. We’re all huge fans and it was either this or get tatts.”
With a wink of approval already granted from the man himself, Hey Geronimo’s borderline obsessive stalking has paid off, both in introducing them to their hero and in creating another sing-along, horn-laden smash to add to their growing list of indie party rock anthems.
Hey Geronimo had a huge 2012, with their single “Why Don’t We Do Something” scoring major syncs and clocking up nearly a million YouTube views. Their follow-ups “Carbon Affair” and “Dreamboat Jack” landed the group a spot as one of Triple J’s Next Crop artists, with multiple national tours and festival slots at the likes of BIGSOUND, Fat As Butter, Homebake and Peat’s Ridge.
The Dan Kelly Song is available for free download for a limited time from http://heygeronimo.bandcamp.com or from iTunes.
Hey Geronimo & Strange Talk 2013 Australian Tour Dates
Strange Geronimo Tour
Tickets are on sale this Friday May 10 www.oztix.com.au
FRI 14 JUNE ALHAMBRA LOUNGE BRISBANE, QLD
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
SAT 15 JUNE SOL BAR MAROOCHYDORE, QLD
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
WED 19 JUNE BEACH ROAD HOTEL BONDI, NSW
Tickets: Free Admission
THURS 20 JUNE TRANSIT BAR CANBERRA, ACT
Tickets: www.moshtix.com
FRI 21 JUNE SMALL BALLROOM NEWCASTLE, NSW
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
SAT 22 JUNE BAROQUE ROOM KATOOMBA, NSW
“WINTER MAGIC FESTIVAL”
Tickets: via venue
THURS 27 JUNE THE HI FI MELBOURNE, VIC
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
SAT 29 JUNE EUREKA HOTEL GEELONG, VIC
Tickets: Available at the door
THURS 11 JULY NEWPORT HOTEL FREMANTLE, WA
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
FRI 12 JULY PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL BUNBURY, WA
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
SAT 13 JULY AMPLIFIER BAR PERTH, WA
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
