The ‘Less Talk, More Problems’ Tour
Two of Australia’s premier emerging acts, Bluejuice & The Paper Scissors have officially announced a massive co headline Australian tour. Covering 6 states, 2 territories and 1 hemisphere, The ‘Less Talk, More Problems’ Tour will see both bands tread the boards together throughout April / May 2008. Bluejuice and the Paper Scissors are two great independent Sydney bands with shiny new debut albums in their cabinets, and this tour is set to be a two-month-long party across the whole of the country.
Recently shortlisted for
The Amp 2007 awards
, it’s been nothing short of a phenomenal few months for Sydney’s punk hoppers bluejuice.
Vitriol
,
the 1st single from their debut album ‘Problems’ (Rolling Stone) was the 2nd most played song on triple J in 2007, scored #11 in
triple J’s ‘Hottest 100 2007’
, was one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s top 100 tracks of 2007 and the
Australian iTunes ‘Single Of The Week’
during January 2008.
Currently pushing 50,000 YouTube views
, the Vitriol video also took out the highly coveted top spot in the nationwide ‘Sunscreen Music Video Competition’.
New single The Reductionist has been on high rotation on JJJ for over 2 months. Rage placed the clip 3rd cab off the rank for its national debut on Jan 25th and continues to air it in poll position. Rage also made The Reductionist their ‘Indie Clip of The Week’ feature w/c Jan 28th.
Also hailing from Sydney, post-indie/soul four-piece The Paper Scissors first hit the national limelight in 2006 when their track We Don’t Walk from their ‘The Paper Scissors EP’ was picked up by FBI, JJJ and Rage. The success of We Don’t Walk in combination with their burgeoning reputation for frenetic, crowd-friendly, loud and tumultuous live shows, saw them hit stages nationwide with the likes of Midnight Juggernauts, Datarock, Patrick Wolf and at festivals such as Falls, Southbound and The Great Escape.
Released in 2007, their debut LP ‘Less Talk, More Paper Scissors’ assured their rapidly ascending position, both at home and abroad. The Sydney Morning Herald proclaimed of their first single: “Yamanote Line is the best song ever written. Truly”. The Sydney Magazine named ‘Less Talk…’ Album Of The Month for Oct ’07, RRR placed it in their Top 10, and PBS and FBi made it their Album Of The Week. With triple J placing Yamanote Line on high rotation, 2007 saw the band crisscrossing the country, further cementing legions of converted with what the Herald Sun called their “Growling brilliance”.
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