Any Young Mechanic have proven themselves to be unstoppable.

The Adelaide-based art-folk five-piece have endured a rocky start to the year, but are on to bigger and better things. Initially known as ‘Wake In Fright’ (an homage to the cult Australian classic film and book of the same name), the band made the difficult but necessary decision to officially change their band name after reaching out to the Wake In Fright Trust for a coexistence agreement. Negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful.

Frontman Sam Wilson explained to The Music in early January, “They did not want to enter into a coexistence agreement with us. The film has been growing in popularity, especially with the 4K restoration, and the trust felt that the fields of industry that we  both operate in are too similar for us to be able to coexist with the same name, and did not align with their plans of growth in the future…So they didn’t say they were going to sue us, but they also didn't promise that they wouldn't sue us.”

But now, the band’s rebirth is soon to be properly witnessed across the Australian states, as the five-piece has just announced their first run of shows as Any Young Mechanic.

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Things will kick off in Sydney on March 1st at The Warren View Hotel, where Any Young Mechanic will be joined by Freight. They will then be playing two shows in Adelaide. They will be playing on March 9th at the Crown and Anchor with Peter Bibby and Ricky Albeck, and will also be playing at WESTBOUND, the free mini-festival brought to you by Renew Adelaide. This run of shows will end on March 22nd in Melbourne, where they will be joined by Daisypicker at the Tramway Hotel.

Wilson says, “It’s a funny thing to talk about playing our first ever shows. That’s been amusing to write online and on Instagram because we’ve been playing for a while now and are pretty well-rehearsed. But we are excited to play to a new kind of audience. Hopefully we will see some familiar faces too.

“We want to thank Freight and Daisypicker in particular, because interstate tours don’t happen without very kind local bands generously providing backline and great music and their own audiences that they bring along. “

He concludes, clearly amused with himself, “In one sense, we are hoping to become an overnight success that was five years in the making.”