Bleak Squad, the new Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty, today release the second single and video “Strange Love”, written by Adalita and Mick Turner and the title track from their forthcoming debut album. It follows the album’s first single “Lost My Head” and the earlier pre-release track “Everything Must Change”.
Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), the unlikely quartet unite for the first time on Bleak Squad’s brooding, noir-rock debut LP, Strange Love, due August 22 on Poison City Records.
The album will precede big Bleak Squad shows at City Recital Hall in Sydney on Saturday October 11 and the Recital Hall in Melbourne on Thursday October 16.
Announced today, Bleak Squad will be joined in Sydney by the revered pair of Ed Kuepper & Jim White for what is undoubtedly one of the great double bills of the year.
Prior to the album’s release, Bleak Squad will play its first ever shows on Friday August 1 at Queenscliff Town Hall and Saturday August 2 at Meeniyan Town Hall. Meeniyan is sold out and Queenscliff is not far off.
Bleak Squad’s album Strange Love is available to preorder now from:
Poison City https://poisoncityestore.com/
Bandcamp https://bleaksquad.bandcamp.com/
and Rough Trade (UK-EU) https://www.roughtrade.com/product/strange-love
BLEAK SQUAD LIVE
Fri Aug 1: Queenscliff Town Hall (warm-up show – on sale now)
Sat Aug 2: Meeniyan Town Hall (warm up show – sold out)
Sat Oct 11: City Recital Hall, Sydney (with Special Guest Ed Kuepper & Jim White / on sale July 24)
Thu Oct 16: Recital Hall, Melbourne (on sale now)
Tickets available from BLEAK SQUAD | Feel Presents
