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While everyone was enjoying the grand final celebrations Jake Doyle and Adam Ritchie, of five-piece the Drunk Mums, were stuck at the airport waiting for a flight to Hobart. After several delays the duo finally landed in Tasmania and were able to talk before they rushed off to another gig.
It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from the iconic garage rock band, but they’ve come back stronger than ever with a list of festivals in the upcoming months, including Kennedys Creek and Paradise Music Festival. The time off has allowed the band to line up some incredible gigs and also to focus on their upcoming album.
“We’ve had a bit of a break just recording the album and stuff. And now the album is all finished,” Jake says.
The time has more than paid off, as we’ve already had a few teasers with ‘Plastic’ and ‘Nanganator’. Both of which stay true to the grunge, punk and Aussie rock sounds that we’ve grown to love.
‘Nanganator’ has proven to be the firm favourite with the clip getting RAGE indie clip of the week and over 3,000 views in a few days. The track is short and sweet, coming in at a ball busting two-minutes with an infectious chorus that was made to sing live.
“People really get into it as it’s a pretty simple song and that’s why we made it. It’s a good song to shout along to the end of the chorus,” Jake says.
The Cairns-turned-Melbourne band seem to have really thought out their sound, with an album that’s so far built off catchy fast-paced beats and chorus’ to sing a long to. Though the plan doesn’t just stop at their music, and the Drunk mums have made some serious decisions when it comes to who they play to.
“We used to just play anything and everything back in the day, but now we are playing in shows with bands that we like,” Jake says.
“It’s just learning from our mistakes I guess, and it’s just becoming easier and easier as it goes on, because we know what not to do and what to do.”
While they’re making the smart choices every band should, they haven’t lost sight of who they were before it all started, and the very people who helped fuel the need for them to travel the country.
“We don’t want to disconnect from people because we are people. We don’t want to look up ourselves or not grateful for being there,” Adam says.
“And that’s the thing, we’re just being ourselves.”
Part of staying true to who they are is backing every decision no matter what. The band have an ethos of it’s never as good as if you do it yourself, and as a result the Drunk Mums get hands on when creating music clips, recording and even in designing album covers.
Their self-titled album, which was banned from iTunes as a feature, has a topless stripper named Peaches as the cover. The band were fully involved in the process and even took a trip to the strip joint to take the photo, as well as take part in other antics.
“The original idea was just to go down to St Kilda and get anyone to flash whatever they want. But it’s worked out good and that album is even going to be released in Spain,” Adam says.
With the new album due out in 2015, it’s worth keeping an eye out for when it hits the shelves. If only to see what cover they come up with next.
When&Where: Kennedy’s Creek Music Festival – October 25-26 & Howler, Melbourne – November 7
By Amanda Sherring