Violent Femmes Announce Only Aussie Headline Show!

For their one and only headline Australian show, Milwaulkee’s finest Violent Femmes will play their eponymous debut in its entirety with added bonus cuts from second album Hallowed Ground.

Released in 1983 Violent Femmes featured a bevy of teenage anthems, the ubiquitous Blister in the Sun, live favourite Add it Up, Gone Daddy Gone (later covered and tuned into a bona-fide hit by Gnarls Barkley) plus Kiss Off, Please Do Not Go and Good Feeling. Classics one and all.

“Bolstered by the rebellious fourtet of tracks “Kiss Off,” “Blister In The Sun,” “Gone Daddy Gone” and “Add it Up,” songs which have each been transformed into party anthems for subsequent generations, the Violent Femmes debut was a forceful case of breaking and entering whereby the band stormed onto the alternative music scene and took no prisoners.

Fronted by the distinctive voice of singer Gordon Gano, the band’s blue-collar ethos, endurance, tenacity and achingly desperate vocals helped them create some of the catchiest and most exuberant songs of the last four decades. Despite logging so many miles and cutting nine studio albums, The Violent Femmes have never relinquished their knack for making music that deeply connects them with the heart and soul of their fans.” – St.Louis Mag

Bolstered by the reaction to their debut Violent Femmes returned in 1984 with follow up Hallowed Ground which did little to dispel the band’s growing reputation for catching the zeitgeist of teenage emotion further launching them into the entertainment stratosphere. Country Death Song, I Hear the Rain, Jesus Walking on the Water; while none of these maintained the radio rotation of those first album faves they have however, remained staples in the Femmes live set and have grown into their own version of ‘a classic’ as time marches on.

“Hallowed Ground stands as a testament to Violent Femmes’ innovative spirit and their enduring influence on independent music. The album highlights the band’s ability to evolve while preserving their unique voice, a quality they’ve maintained throughout their now four-decade career.”

Violent Femmes play Violent Femmes play Melbourne’s Palais Theatre for one-night only Thursday December 5th. Tickets on-sale now.

Elsewhere Violent Femmes play the Good Things Festivals in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane. Details via Feel Presents.