poster by chris zhang
A few years, and a few new band-mates along from first CD, “Panda Noise”, China’s Carsick Cars are back with their second studio album, “You Can Listen, You Can Talk”. They’re bringing this latest release to our shores for a National tour this October/November!
Their new record was produced by legendary producer Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth, Helmet, Dinosaur Jr) after New York composer John Myers caught a Carsick Cars show during his visit to Shanghai and was so struck by the band that he immediately began lobbying for Tiers to produce them. “You Can Listen, You Can Talk” highlights the bands’ growth and offers a more complex sound featuring delicate, shimmering songs side by side with powerful, rage-filled eruptions of noise and chaos.
Marked by front man Zhang Shouwang’s almost magical song-writing skills, this latest album is the perfect example of his knack for combining complex harmonic structures with beautiful melodies and straight ahead guitar riffs, making “You Can Listen, You Can Talk” a perfect introduction to Carsick Cars.
Catch Carsick Cars on tour in October/November this year!
Oct 27 -The Barwon Club, Geelong
Oct 28 – Kipl. Nth Melbourne (Zhang Shouwang solo experimental set)
Oct 30 – The Toff, Melbourne
Oct 31 – the NOWnow, 402@Hibernian House, Sydney (Zhang Shouwang solo experimental set)
Nov 2 – Croatian Club, Newcastle
Nov 3 – FBi Social, Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney
Nov 4 – house show, Canberra
Nov 5- Woodland Bar, Brisbane
The Carsick Cars Australian tour is presented by tenzenmen (Sydney) and Maybe Mars (Beijing) as part of the Sino Australian Music Exchange). SAME is an initiative started by Tenzenmen and Chalk Horse gallery in Sydney to encourage and help Australian and Chinese alternative musicians play in each other’s countries. The project was initially supported by the Australia International Cultural Council in 2010 and continues on to this day. Melbourne band Bone have just returned from China as part of this initiative.
DAMN!
No money to travel and these awesome indie bands never come to Adelaide.
This is a band of i think not only great songs but historical and social importance and important AWESOME raw energy.
You’d be silly to not go!
Backyard party in Canberra will be awesome. Just don’t step on the veggies and watch your head on the hills hoist.