There are a baker’s dozen reasons to love raucous rockers Bakers Eddy. They chose Melbourne as the launchpad for their music career, moving from their hometown of New Zealand at the end of 2016, they’ve slid into our scene seamlessly with their killer anthems and support for our local artists, and they’re unapologetically themselves with their sarcastic humour and downright playful punk attitude.
With a heap few EP’s and a stack of singles behind them, including a track that captured the attention of triple j, ‘Good Decision’, 2019 saw the boys release two brand-spanking-new musical slappers – the larger than life ‘Can’t Afford It’ and angst heavy ‘On My Own’ ready for the misunderstood reckless youth to belt.
“Stoked that it’s been interpreted that way but it could also be for angsty grandparents too,” the boys say. “It’s more about how everyone has bad days, down days, lazy days and that’s totally okay. Especially these days when everyone is obsessed with celebrities and influencers 15-second highlight reels of the “good life”, don’t buy into that shit. Put your feet up, order a pizza, rub vaseline on your nips, whatever floats your boat. It’s okay to have a shitty day and self-care. The beautiful thing about music is that it can be interpreted in so many different ways so it would be amazing if someone used this song to be okay with themselves when going through a break up.”
It’s no doubt that these tracks set the crowds into an absolute mental frenzy at their live shows but if you’re expecting the hectic chaos of the ‘On My Own’ outro live, think again.
“Our drummer sucks so much that we have had to change the outro so Jamie can suck less. Nah but it goes down a spicy little treat live,” they joke.
‘Can’t Afford It’ and ‘On My Own’ will belong to an upcoming EP for the group and we are hella keen!
“Cat’s out the bag. Can’t wait to get the EP out. Super stoked about it, in our opinion, it’s a step up from the last one.”
The boys will be taking these tracks, and perhaps some newbie teasers, to the stage at Falls Festival over New Year and Party In The Paddock next February. Punters get ready for a full on mosh-fest… actually scrap that. The boys prefer a tame space and silence throughout their performances so please be respectful of that.
“We don’t like moshing. We don’t like loud noises. We don’t like fun. We don’t like dancing. So hopefully we see everyone standing still in complete silence with their wine glasses and pursed lips and, dare I say it, softly clapping if they enjoyed a song. But only at the end of the song, don’t be rude,” they say sarcastically.
But in all seriousness, the boys are keen to jump on the stages and get the crowd going for what is set to be a wild ride. Though it’s Bakers Eddy’s debut at Party In The Paddock it’s not the first time they’ve played a paddock party setting.
“We haven’t played Party in the Paddock before but I guess we’ve played some sort of paddock before. Jamie’s dad used to put on equinox parties with 400 hippies in the valley back home when we were teenagers. They would set up a full-on electro tent with lasers and smoke machines, a massive bonfire with the obligatory drumming circle. We used to play our 3 chord punk songs to this mass of hippies, obviously went down a treat. But we’re keen to muzz out to Matt (Corby) and hopefully see some other Corby’s out there, Schapelle or otherwise.”
Get ready to get lose with Baker’s Eddy!
Party In The Paddock tickets at www.partyinthepaddockfestival.com.au
Bakers Eddy are also performing at Curtin Hotel in Melbourne on December 29, Falls Festival in Lorne on December 30 and NYE on the Hill on December 31.
Written by Tammy Walters
Photo by Giulia Giannini McGauran