Mulubinba/Newcastle indie-rock act Turpentine Babycino impressed me from the jump with their debut single “Write a Song Sounds Shit.” Now with the release of their follow-up “Calamity,” they prove they’ve got real staying power. It’s another high-energy number that’s short, at less than three minutes, but definitely not sweet.
“Gabe, our drummer, wrote the music for this song and it was my job to create a story with the lyrics and melody,” explained the band’s frontwoman, Georgie Winchester. “The music was very energetic and kinda agro which spurred a sleeping monster – memories of my days at college university. I was reading a book at the time in which I found the word ‘calamity’ meaning ‘an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster’. This is exactly what happened during my time at college after getting mixed up in a passionately toxic relationship. I decided it was my time to finally write about my experience and get the fuck over it through this track. In my mind, I traveled back to those days at uni and felt everything again which was great as I harnessed the emotions and wrote the song in around 30 minutes. As a band, it’s one of our absolute favorite Turpentine tracks as it sounds awesome live and it’s as real as it gets.”
You’ll soon get to hear just how awesome it sounds live soon, as Turpentine Babycino are wasting no time getting on the road. They’ll kick things off with a couple of hometown shows before touring up and down the East Coast.
22 January 2023 – The Cambridge Hotel, Mulubinba/Newcastle
28 January 2023 – Prince Hotel, Mulubinba/Newcastle
3 February 2023 – Towradgi Beach Hotel, Dharawal/Wollongong
9 February 2023 – The Retreat Hotel, Naarm/Melbourne
11 February 2023 – Transit Bar, Ngunnawal/Canberra
17 February 2023 – Lass O’Gowrie, Mulubinba/Newcastle
23 February 2023 – The Rails, Cavanbah/Byron Bay
24 February 2023 – Tomcat, Meeanjin/Brisbane
25 February 2023 – Wave Bowl, Guruk/Port Macquarie
2 March 2023 – Eddie’s Grub House, Bundjalung/Coolangatta
3 March 2023 – Last Rites, Yaegl/Yamba
5 March 2023 – The Grand Junction, Wonnarua/Maitland
8 April 2023 – The Beatty Hotel, Dungog/Gresford
29 April 2023 – Hoey Moey, Gumbaynggirr/Coffs Harbour
Image used with permission from Good Intent