EP Focus: The Tommyhawks

 

 

We are super pumped! Our camp has been totally abandoned the past month with Addison and Vanessa away on tour supporting The Bennies so we haven’t even seen each other in over a month and we’ve been pining for each other like you wouldn’t believe! I reckon it’s going to be one very big party.
 

 

You can expect to see the usual shenanigans! If you haven’t seen a Tommyhawks gig you can expect to see a whole lot of fun and love on stage; we’re not really the sultry-gloomy-faced types. If you’re lucky you might get to see Jess get her sticks tangled in her hair mid-hit which makes for a few seconds of panic and hilarity if you’re watching.
 

 

It was super fun. Dave Parkin (Blackbird Studios) is such a legend. It's the second time we’ve recorded with him. We took in some pretty new songs which can be a gamble but we’re really delighted with how they grew through the process. We got to play around with them quite a bit, there's some extra horn lines and guitars going on and we’re stoked with how they turned out.
 

 

It was all a bit of a coincidence really. Addison and Vanessa were at the museum to check out the dinosaur exhibit, I was around that area doing a spot of busking and Jess was hanging around having a bit of a listen. Addison & Vanessa had been wanting to get a sax player on board so they approached me and Jess overheard the conversation and jokingly offered her services… and thus The Tommyhawks were born!
 

 

I think at the end of the day there’s nothing quite like a great gig, seeing live music (in our opinion!) is always going to trump just listening to it on your computer. Perth people seem to be pretty good at getting out to support live music which is really important for musicians now that there isn’t much income from online sales, so we just try to put on a good solid show every gig and hope that people will come back again! 
 

 

Well, we’re releasing a new video clip to Safe House next Tuesday which stars the gorgeous Kiera Owen (Rag’n’Bone). It’s kind of a sequel to Hollow which we released a month or two back. Our good mate Arlo Cook flew over from the east coast to film the two clips in three days so we’re excited to share the sequel finally!

 

Then we’re off the the east coast again in September to play a few festivals and the general #fourgirlsonevan madness. This time though there’ll be five of us sleeping in one very confined camper van for a several weeks so we're looking forward to that bonding experience! We’re hoping to record again at the end of the year/early 2017 as well, so keep your ears peeled!