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The horrors of life as a twenty-something: Youâre having less sex, working constant overtime, and handing over most of your paycheck to a landlord who wonât bat an eyelid if the black mold in the ceiling gives you lung disease. Self-worth is a fleeting commodity, sanity even more so. The Goon Sax have always had the market cornered on tales of young-adult embarrassmentâtheir songs cover scenarios like cutting your own hair and being left on read in the group chat. On
Mirror II, the Brisbane trioâs third album and first for Matador, they dig deeper, cataloging embarrassment and every emotion in spitting distance: shame, disgust, malaise, anxiety, discomfort, disconnection, fear, and, above all, cringe. Far from a downer, the album is breathlessly chic, less chaos-for-chaosâ-sake than their previous work but kookier where it counts. Itâs shittier than ever to be young;
The Goon Sax: Mirror II review – striking, superb songwriting by Aussie indie trio theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This event is part of the 2021 RISING Festival.
RISING is a surge of art, music, performance and ceremony in the heart of Melbourne… In other words, it’s a new festival in Victoria’s cultural calendar. RISING will begin on the evening of the total lunar eclipse 26 May and run until 6 June 2021.
A night sitting on pop’s outer reaches with The Goon Sax and Jonnine. The Goon Sax wield three-minute weapons, that’ll shred your heart to ribbons. They’ve taken a big sonic leap since their guitar, bass and drums debut: new edges and angles have formed with the addition of anxious woodblocks and synths. Now, seminal US indie label Matador’s releasing their new record
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The Goon Sax Share Single In The Stone + Announce New Album Annabel Kean / Photo credit: Hugo Nobay / Thursday 13th May, 2021 11:56AM
The Goon Sax return from a three year hiatus with another unapologetically catchy single and news of their third album
Mirror II, their first release since signing to Matador Records. In The Stone was written around the time vocalist
Louis Forster moved to Berlin after recording the Brisbane band s last album
We re Not Talking, and he attributes the track s pop overtones to what was playing in the background of our conversations which often took place in Ubers, supermarkets, outside parties . While Forster was writing songs on the other side of the planet,