Starting out in ’88, following on from the late ’80s GOD/Bored scene and anticipating the subsequent successes of Spiderbait and Magic Dirt, the Meanies are genuine Melbourne icons and national treasures. Just back from Japan, THE MEANIES have released their first new music since 2020 in the form of a new double A side single ‘Zamboni/I Agree’. The new single is available as a limited-edition vinyl 7” (in five colour variants – see links below) and digitally, just in time for the band’s first Japanese tour in 25 years (and third in all).
The tour, a co-headliner with Cheersquad label mates Rocket Science, will be followed by a number of local shows in November & December, including single launches in Melbourne and Sydney which have only just been announced:
Sat 2 Nov at Volta, Ballarat, with Los Chicos (ES) & Human Toys (FR) – tix
SINGLE LAUNCH — Fri 29 Nov at the Marrickville Bowlo, Sydney, with Nunchukka Superfly 95 + Sick Fizz – tix
SINGLE LAUNCH — Sat 30 Nov at the Evelyn, Melbourne, with Smoked Salmon + Curlers – tix
Sat 14 Dec at the Corner Hotel, Richmond, supporting Superchunk (US) – tix
Another masterpiece from the brain of Link Meanie, ‘Zamboni’ (a vehicle that cleans and smooths the surface of a sheet of ice, for those playing at home – it also rhymes with baloney) is about “the darkest side of pragmatism in politics. Imagine an outrageous, hypothetical situation as a politician where you support and defend a pathologically lying, hate mongering, rapist conman and then justifying it to your children knowing full well that you lack any real conviction.” (Link Meanie)
Flip over to ‘I Agree’… do you have that friend that is an expert when it comes to politics and world issues? Rants at their friends about the atrocities out there, knowing full well that their friends agree, and they may as well just be shouting at the wind? Link says “This is about those people who want to throw the baby out with the bathwater; politically speaking that is. No babies were harmed in the making of this statement.”
‘Zamboni / I Agree’ AA side 7” single is out now.
FIVE different colour variants:
Eucalyptus vinyl via Cheersquad – order here
White vinyl via Soundmerch – order here
Red vinyl via Artist First – order here
Yellow vinyl via (NZ label) Leather Jacket – order here
Black vinyl via everywhere – order here
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