Holocene – Return of the Pop Astronauts!
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12 October 2025 starting 3:30 am
How much?
From: $11.25
What?
HOLOCENE, with Via Alpina and Bell Tower Letdown, at The Last Chance
HOLOCENE – ‘90s Pop Astronauts return to earth!
1990s indie pop darlings Holocene return to Earth with some select gigs and a reissued album.
Holocene invites you to a special show at The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar (238 Victoria St, Melbourne) to help celebrate the imminent rerelease of Spurr on LP and CD, and lead track ‘Celestion’. Holocene’s guests along for the magic carpet ride are bright young melodicists Via Alpina, and Perth jangle diaspora ‘supergroup’ Bell Tower Letdown (members of Beekeepers, Ammonia, Blueline Medic, etc.).
Back in the 1990s, Australian alternative bands such as You Am I, Even, Ratcat, and Jebediah were kicking goals by melding smart, creative pop songwriting with brash, exciting guitars, for a swoony, heady musical experience. Melbourne band Holocene were part of this push, inhabiting the ‘Fitzroyaly’ scene, based around Brunswick Street venues such as the Punters Club and The Evelyn. A string of well-received EPs (featuring Pop Astronauts, Guitarbarella and Flying) led up to the band’s album Spurr (long since out of print).
Now, 2025 sees the album newly remastered and given the deluxe LP treatment for its 30th anniversary, with bonus tracks and coloured vinyl options. Exuberant lead track ‘Celestion’ will be hitting the airwaves leading up to the album, and Holocene are back playing again, bringing back the melodies, the vocal harmonies, and the exuberant guitar interplay that created such an impact the first time around.
Holocene’s show at The Last Chance will be held on Sunday, 12th October, with doors at 2 pm. Tickets are $10 plus booking fee in advance, or $15 entry at the door.
(Yummy food is available from The Last Chance kitchen too.)
Special Guests:
with guests Via Alpina and Bell Tower
HOLOCENE – ‘90s Pop Astronauts return to earth!
1990s indie pop darlings Holocene return to Earth with some select gigs and a reissued album.
Holocene invites you to a special show at The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar (238 Victoria St, Melbourne) to help celebrate the imminent rerelease of Spurr on LP and CD, and lead track ‘Celestion’. Holocene’s guests along for the magic carpet ride are bright young melodicists Via Alpina, and Perth jangle diaspora ‘supergroup’ Bell Tower Letdown (members of Beekeepers, Ammonia, Blueline Medic, etc.).
Back in the 1990s, Australian alternative bands such as You Am I, Even, Ratcat, and Jebediah were kicking goals by melding smart, creative pop songwriting with brash, exciting guitars, for a swoony, heady musical experience. Melbourne band Holocene were part of this push, inhabiting the ‘Fitzroyaly’ scene, based around Brunswick Street venues such as the Punters Club and The Evelyn. A string of well-received EPs (featuring Pop Astronauts, Guitarbarella and Flying) led up to the band’s album Spurr (long since out of print).
Now, 2025 sees the album newly remastered and given the deluxe LP treatment for its 30th anniversary, with bonus tracks and coloured vinyl options. Exuberant lead track ‘Celestion’ will be hitting the airwaves leading up to the album, and Holocene are back playing again, bringing back the melodies, the vocal harmonies, and the exuberant guitar interplay that created such an impact the first time around.
Holocene’s show at The Last Chance will be held on Sunday, 12th October, with doors at 2 pm. Tickets are $10 plus booking fee in advance, or $15 entry at the door.
(Yummy food is available from The Last Chance kitchen too.)
Special Guests:
with guests Via Alpina and Bell Tower
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