Crafted at Abbey Road Studios, The Age of Entitlement is the new album from The Basics. It is their first in six years. The title will be a familiar phrase to some readers, as bassist Kris Schroeder explains: “Yeah, we pulled the title from Joe Hockey’s infamous speech, but we’re definitely not drawing any sort of line to that. It’s a clever turn-of-phrase, though – it can mean so many different things to so many different people … Tell me, what does it really mean to a 15-year-old in this so-called Age of Entitlement, as opposed to a 75-year-old who’s lived through so many?” For them, it seems more about finding greater peace with where they as a band – and individuals – are at. The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine – October 31.
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