Responding to suggestions that they have always been nothing more than a primitive wet dream of a 56k modem, Custard are back with new music and new gigs in the year that is 2024. The indie rockers release the first single Molecules Colliding from their forthcoming album, Suburban Curtains which will be available on Friday 11th October. Pre-sale available here for the new album. Fans will be pleased to hear that the band will also tour extensively across the country through November/December.
Says the band about the new single “This is a love song. A long human relationship in three inscrutable verses and one equivocating bridge. Luckily the chorus is empowering in its embrace of contrasts of scale, and recognition of the echoes and repetition within physics and humanity. The finale is open ended, lyrically anticipatory and musically truncated. A study in contradiction and reflection.”
Having formed in Brisbane in 1990, Custard released five albums over the following decade (Buttercup/Bedford, Wahooti Fandango, Wisenheimer, We Have the Technology and Loverama). The band developed a cult following, playing countless shows around the country and touring overseas, as well as producing a parade of memorable singles, several of which became entrenched in Australian pop music history. ‘Apartment’ polled higher than any other local artist in triple j’s Hottest 100 in 1995, with ‘Girls Like That (Don’t Go For Guys Like Us)’ coming in at #3 in the 1998 vote, before the group disbanded in 1999. No reason was given or research conducted.
Since reforming, the band has released 4 albums, “Come Back All is Forgiven” (2015), “The Common Touch” (2017), “The Band Live In The Basement” (2018), and eight album “Respect All Lifeforms” (2020) showed they’re just a damn fine pop band. As Glenn declared, “I like to dance around to almost any sound.”
Molecules Colliding is released through ABC Music.
CUSTARD – NATIONAL TOUR DATES 2024:
with special guests (selected shows)
THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
On sale now
SAT 9 NOV – sydney CROWBAR
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 7pm Tickets oztix
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2972736d-4a5a-4418-8467-beaf7f5f13e0
FRI 15 NOV – hobart REPUBLIC CAFE
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 8pm Tickets moshtix
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/custard-with-special-guests-the-fauves-and-the-stress-of-leisure/168230
SAT 16 NOV – adelaide THE GOV
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 7.30pm Tickets oztix
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/ee211d04-e0da-431f-bee8-439782c85b4b
FRI 22 NOV – melbourne THE PRINCE
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 7pm Tickets oztix
https://princebandroom.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/1ed581de-777d-4464-89b1-3d535c33a378
SAT 23 NOV – gippsland LIVE AT THE BUNDY
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 6pm Tickets trybooking
https://www.trybooking.com/CUNMR
SUN 24 NOV – Castlemaine THEATRE ROYAL
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 4.30pm Tickets oztix
https://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/
FRI 29 NOV – canberra THE BASO
plus THE FAUVES and…
Doors 7pm Tickets oztix
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/895c6620-cda9-4fc8-9e94-40f311d57164
SAT 30 NOV – Ulladulla THE MARLIN
plus THE FAUVES and…
Doors 8pm Tickets oztix
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/53516188-7b31-41f5-914e-f47b0a88846a
FRI 6 DEC – perth MILK BAR
plus THE FAUVES and…
Doors 7pm Tickets oztix
https://milkbar.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2417f05e-71da-494a-a275-2789e18720af
SAT 7 DEC – fremantle MOJOS
plus THE FAUVES and…
Doors 7pm Tickets moshtix
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/custard/170578?skin=mojosbarwa
FRI 13 DEC – Townsvile DALRYMPLE
plus guests
Doors 8pm Tickets oztix
https://bit.ly/3WMr6NF
SAT 14 DEC – Cairns EDGE HILL
plus guests
Doors 8pm Tickets oztix
https://bit.ly/3YKwHGQ
FRI 20 DEC – gold coast MIAMI MARKETTA
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 6.30pm Tickets oztix
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/1e9989ee-f1c0-4f4a-9983-7149e3148e87
SAT 21 DEC – brisbane THE PRINCESS
plus THE FAUVES and THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 7pm Tickets www.theprincesstheatre.com.au
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/custard-woolloongabba-queensland-12-21-2024/event/2500610C08DD15B2
CUSTARD new single Molecules Colliding on air now
Double album Suburban Curtains out OCT 11 on ABC Music
DOUBLE VINYL, CD and CASSETTE – preorder here: https://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/
CUSTARD links
https://www.facebook.com/CUSTAR0/
https://www.instagram.com/custar0/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/
https://www.abc.net.au/abcmusic/custard/