Northeast Party House
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Northeast Party House

Aside from the greatest memory of all – the infamous house party that the band was inspired to form from – Northeast Party House have spent the past few years creating lifelong memories, as guitarist Mitch Ansell tells me, the most memorable was the chance to play at Falls Festival in Lorne on the same stage he had seen many of his favourite bands play and the stage he also managed to creep backstage at after catching the drummer’s stick from Midnight Juggernauts.
“It was crazy, I guess I was pretty young and pretty small but I just kind of crept through this little crack when the security guard was doing something else and then I ended up going through this tight little passageway and through all these pipes and I was just in,” Mitch says.
“Then we met Angus Stone and we were singing with him and it’s just so weird looking back. He was super nice, and we were just these young kids who were probably being super annoying but he gave us about half an hour of his time.”
Having just played Falls Festival over New Year’s, their set at the Byron Bay show easily became a highlight of the tour, which you can clearly see why in their YouTube clip.
“We were pretty nervous going on as DZ Deathrays played before us, so that’s always going to be a tough gig to follow. But at the start we got into it and it was probably one of the funnest gigs we’ve played. We played at Lorne the day before and that was just one of the best weekend of gigs that we’ve ever had,” he says.
Watching the clip as they perform ‘Sick Boy’ and you can see the crowd have all eyes on the band, dancing and slick with sweat, but their performance at Falls wasn’t the craziest they’ve ever encountered.
“I’m not sure what happens in Adelaide but they’re a wild bunch,” Mitch adds with a laugh.
“It was just a crazy gig with some weird things that went on that night and we often look back and laugh. There was a fight in the crowd at the start and a couple were kind of getting pretty sexy with each other up against the fallbacks, it was kind of cool to be playing the gig and looking out and seeing those things – aside from the fight, that’s not very cool.”
Giving one last hurrah to their debut album, released May last year, the band are going on one last tour and are set to play in at the Workers Club in Geelong later this month.
While they’ve been killing it on stage and performing to massive crowds, Mitch hopes this year for something reminiscent of the party that started it all for the band.
“I don’t know if it’s that I’m just not cool anymore or if we’re just not partying in the friendship group, but I think as teenagers you don’t have money so you put on house parties and there’s this competition to have the best party. Then you get a bit older and have a bit more cash from somewhere and you start going to gigs and festivals and it becomes the party in a way,” he says.
“I hope I go to a few more parties this year, last year there was a big drought.”
When&Where: Hi Fi, Melbourne – March 20, Workers Club, Geelong – March 21, Karova Lounge, Ballarat – April 5 & Northcote Social Club, Melbourn – April 25.
Written by Amanda Sherring