album interview

Ever since the opening lines of Wisdom Teeth in 2014, we’ve been hooked on the driving and passionate Brisbane-based punk of WAAX. Their path has been a tumultuous one, but after Big Grief, their debut album was released in 2019, the band delivered some visceral live shows to legions of fans before everything suddenly shut-down a year later.

With so much uncertainty around the future of live music, it was a tough time to know what was coming next, and for WAAX, a band reliant on performing, what was next?

Now we know, as their second album, ‘At Least I’m Free’ has been unleashed on the world and it’s a huge step in the evolution of this band.

Driven by personal experience and delivered with the same passion we’ve come to know and love from the whole group, but in particular, lead singer, Marie ‘Maz’ Devita.

She’s not yelling, she just Italian, and we were excited to welcome Maz from WAAX to The Tuckshop!

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“Gorgeously restrained and gentle” is probably not a phrase that would have been used to describe our guest a few years ago. 

Melbourne’s Camp Cope made their name with scorching records like their debut self-titled and 2018’s How to Socialise and Make Friends – they were albums that railed, with fury and passion, against the sexism and inequality that exists within Australia. 

On their new album, Running with the Hurricane, the trio – which consists of Georgia Maq, Kelly-Dawn Helmrich, and Sarah Thompson – changed tack a bit, switching out the punk fury for gorgeous alt-country. 

It’s a moving listen from one of Australia’s best bands The Tuckshop were excited to welcome back Kelly to tell us all about it!

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With years of releases and touring under their belt, Sydney indie-rockers, PLANET have released their debut album, Information Overload, bringing together the old and new into a rousing and brilliant package.

Despite touring and recording plans changing over the last two years, the band still managed to work with legendary producer, Adrian Busby, on this record which will surely set a new bar for a band that are aching to break out around the world.

Singer, guitarist and main songwriter, Matty Took, joined The Tuckshop to discuss the long-awaited debut, what the future holds and why it’s handy to know people with access to studios!

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