Stepmother, no not yours, the trio from Australia, will be releasing a new LP sometime in the near future. The title, release date, what formats it’ll be on are all a mystery at the moment. But what we do know is that it is their sophomore LP, following 2023’s Planet Brutalicon, the single cover is just about everyone’s Christmas from the 80s, and they’ve dropped the first pre-release single, “Vacant State.” That song comes as a music video that you can enjoy below. Enjoy the video games, bombers and either jets scrambling, explosions, and all of the fuzzed out guitars you could ever want.
The band is also touring around parts of the USA starting this week. See info on those tour dates below, and find more Stepmother at their Bandcamp or Spotify.
3/21 VENTURA CA- VAQUERO DEL MAR
3/22 LOS ANGELES CA- BIGFOOT LODGE
3/23 LONG BEACH CA- ALEX’S BAR (MATINEE)
3/27 SAN FRANCISCO CA- KILOWATT BAR
3/28 PORTLAND OR- THE HIGH WATER MARK
3/29 OLYMPIA WA- CRYPTATROPA BAR
3/30 OAKLAND CA- MERCHANTS SALOON
4/3 NEW YORK – TV EYE
4/4 PHILADELPHIA PA- FOTO
4/5 PITTSBURGH PA- ROCK ROOM
4/6 CLEVELAND OH- TBA
4/10 RICHMOND VA- COBRA CABANA
4/18 OJAI CA- OJAI DEER LODGE
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
