The Mouldy LoversStalwart Brisbane septet The Mouldy Lovers have been keeping plenty busy of late, with a recent stint at the Queensland Music Festival and upcoming spot at Brisbane Festival on the cards, and they're looking to keep the momentum going by announcing an extensive tour and new single.
The tune, Boondock, straddles the realms of folk, punk, ska and dub, a kaleidoscopic, highly kinetic cut that makes ample use of the band's voluminous ranks that features anthemic gang vocals, boisterous horns, big, danceable beats and an infectiousness that can't be denied.
According to vocalist Gavin Cook, "The song is concerned with how environment has an effect on people, and how people in turn have an effect on their environment."
Thematic weight aside, it's a truly buoyant experience that's guaranteed to get you grooving along thanks to its ebullient, occasionally chaotic arrangement.
The band will be hitting the road from mid-next month, when they kick things off at Night Quarter, on the Gold Coast, on 13 October. They round out the month with a handful of festival shows — Bayside Blues, in the Redlands; Island Vibe, at Home Beach; and the Tablelands Festival, in Yungaburra — before reassuming their headline duties at gigs in Sydney, Newcastle, Yamba, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston. The band will then take to the stage among the ranks at Jungle Love Festival, outside of Brisbane, to close out the tour.
It's an extensive run indeed — and, all the more impressively, a self-booked one at that — and Boondock should give you all the reason you need to get along and be a part of it.
Give the song a spin below, and head to theGuide for more details on the tour.
