Salary started as Celery, which was a solo bedroom pop project by Sean Gorman....to release a Celery album Sean got a bunch of misfits together from Perth and Fremantle and formed a band......it turned out to be a lot of fun and the bedroom pop segued into a big band and became Salary.....and here we are XO

The Tea Party, the multi-Platinum selling, multi-Juno Award nominated trio consisting of singer/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jeff Martin, bassist and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Chatwood and drummer/percussionist Jeff Burrows has returned with Sunshower, a collection of five new songs that once again showcase their mastery of light and shade, and why they continue to occupy a unique place within the ever-changing musical landscape. 

Released on Nov. 26, 2021 through Coalition Music, Sunshower serves as a companion piece to the 2019 EP Black River, presenting a message of hope in the face of the most challenging year we as a society have endured so far in the 21st century. Together, the EPs will comprise the eventual full-length album Blood Moon Rising, officially marking the latest chapter in The Tea Party’s on-going saga. 

Since releasing its major-label debut album Splendor Solis in 1993, The Tea Party has come to be regarded as one of the world’s most innovative rock bands, with a sound that incorporates everything from traditional instrumentation from around the world, to cutting-edge digital technology. 

Now, after more than 30 years as a band, The Tea Party is ready to open a new chapter in its saga, a story that remains rooted in the goal to create new, ambitious, and thought provoking music.

After years of individually fronting some of Boorloo/Perth’s mainstay acts like HUSSY, NEW TALK & TROLLEY BOY, Shinead Ruby, Kiera Alice Owen & Germaine Jones came together as Grunge Barbie in 2019 and proceeded to take over line ups across Perth and Fremantle. Earning a series of incredible shows (including a pre-lockdown show with Sleaford Mods and support for RVG), Grunge Barbie bend the parameters of grunge, punk and hip hop, weaving them together fearlessly. 

Let's be clear, Grunge Barbie sounds like no other. 

Three powerful women have turned the last couple of years, with all of its see-sawing highs and lows into a blueprint for anyone who has ever had to crash and reboot. There’s darker energies within the trio, sonic flirtations with noisework, brave explorations of cancel culture, outdated ideas within feminism and insidious inequalities based on race, sex or class. This subject matter can be explosive territory however this is where the lyrical capability of Ruby truly shines, posing questions rather than opinions and genuinely speaking to her experience of womanhood in 2024. As rumours of a new EP circulate along and tours on the horizon, you can expect unrelenting forward momentum from this iconic West Australian band.

Grunge Barbie was a revelation in the main support slot….Part hip hop, part post-punk and all attitude, expect to hear more from this fast-rising local outfit. - Xpress Mag

Night Gnomes | The New Album | Out Now!
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