New single HOME SURGERY and a wealth of SEPT operations at hand.
Operations of amateur intent tend to cut perfectly through the cultural fabric so manifest in this ragged stage of affairs… Dave has a special way of bringing it all back inside the home. Holes in hearts, cuts to skin… professional advice matters musically in qualifying the tunes that slice their way free.
David McCormack’s TRS80 has a new single out and it’s called “Home Surgery”. As much a short tour operating in theatres of minds across September – cutting up dates and domains as listed below. Along the way introducing some friends of similar music discourse; TREVOR LUDLOW AND THE HELLRAISERS in Melbourne; THE STRESS OF LEISURE in Brisbane; and MAP ENDS in Sydney. For further info please scroll below.
We all know that saving money on healthcare is a real concern, hence doing basic surgery on yourself or family members at home can be a safe and effective option — and it can end up saving you a lot more with no complications, zero infections, and definitely no emergency care required.
“I find doing surgery at home a lot like being in a band” says singer/guitarist Dave McCormack. “You invite a few people over, everyone picks up an instrument and digs in and has a go. It’s fun. Sure, there can be a bit of a mess by the end, but like they say, ‘it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll’”
Of course, your safety matters most — please see a qualified music professional for any procedure and/or new band concept.
To really understand the meaning of the universe, it is recommended you sit in a dark room for 6 hours and watch Jeremy Saunders’ meditative eye gouge video for “Home Surgery” back to back without toilet breaks. It’s freaky good.
VIDEO: HOME SURGERY link here
David McCormack tends to slip out from the cracks in this world… as perception shifts around us and across time travelled he takes the hubris we are left to roll in at times ,and leisurely cuts it up into the rhymes we drag behind us. With latest incursion into the barbed labyrinth of musical decorum TRS-80 – he has enlisted Adele Pickvance (GoBetweens, Chandeliers on bass/keyboards) and Nick Naughton (Biro, Anchors on drums) to help hunt down the foes of our musical imagination and turn out a swathe of delicate numbers to balance our everyday emotions upon. Sometimes your friends will try to kill you… with reflections and humour.
The fruits of these labours come to bear in latest episode NO CONTEXT FOR OLD MEN – all formats unleash the byproducts of different cover art: a 33rpm 7 inch vinyl with 4 of them tracks… a CD with 6 in total… and the digital is anyone’s game.
FRI SEPT 4 – LAST CHANCE ROCK N ROLL BAR Melb
Plus guests TREVOR LUDLOW AND THE HELLRAISERS
Doors 7.30pm Tickets from oztix
FRI SEPT 11 – MIRRORBALL MINISTRIES Bris
Plus guests THE STRESS OF LEISURE
Doors 7.30pm Tickets from Humantix
https://events.humanitix.com/dave-mccormack-s-trs80
FRI SEPT 18 – PETERSHAM BOWLS CLUB Syd
Plus guests MAP ENDS
Doors 7.00pm Tickets from Humantix
https://events.humanitix.com/david-mccormack-s-trs80
TREVOR LUDLOW AND THE HELLRAISERS is a long running project featuring three outsiders hell-bent on disrupting the Melbourne musical landscape from within. Their unique style of surf-folk-pop has been distilled to its current form over many years, countless live shows and several vinyl, CD and digital releases.
https://trevorludlow.bandcamp.com/music
THE STRESS OF LEISURE reside in Magandjin (Brisbane). They are an ever-evolving outfit that practices faux wave rock, having now released 8 albums since 2006. In terms of currency there have been national tours in the last two years with The Fauves and Custard, and the band are right now working on their ninth studio album.
https://thestressofleisure.bandcamp.com/
MAP ENDS are a newly-formed “moderate rock” trio from Sydney. Comprising Australian music stalwarts who have participated in combos such as The Stabs, The Holy Soul, The Laurels and Sachet, their set is laden with joyous guitar noise that has an alleged “bounce” about it.
https://mapends.bandcamp.com/
David McCormack’s TRS80
– No Context For Old Men” OUT NOW
thru VALVE/MGM and online etc etc
Bandcamp too – https://consumevalve.bandcamp.com/album/dave-mccormack-s-trs-80-no-context-for-old-men
VINYLhttps://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/product/david-mccormacks-trs80-no-context-for-old-men-ep-on-7-inch-vinyl/
CDhttps://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/product/david-mccormacks-trs80-no-context-for-old-men-ep-on-cd/
