Jangle pop/alt country five-piece Full Power Happy Hour is launching its new single, Siblings, in The Bunker at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi on Friday 1 July.
They will be supported by alt-country songwriter Nathan Join Kearney and singer-songwriter Zac Gunthorpe.
Siblings is the vibrant new single by the Brisbane indie-folk fun merchants, and it delves into the unique intensity of close blood relationships – you can choose your friends but never your family.
Alex Campbell’s hook-laden and ultra-expressive vocals ride atop crisp, bouncy acoustic melodies and rousing gang vocal counterpoints.
Full Power Happy Hour first captured hometown hearts with their heartfelt, high-energy live shows and parlayed that momentum into their acclaimed 2021 self-titled debut album. That initial collection was released to great acclaim – deemed Album Of The Week in numerous publications – and debuting at number four on the AIR independent Chart upon release.
With songs based around the beguiling world view and bewitching vocals of singer-songwriter Alex Campbell, the band’s unique aesthetic mixes the intimacy and fragility of ‘60s folk singers like Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez with the ramshackle bonhomie of The Pogues, tempered by a more modern indie-rock sensibility akin to The Clean. The results are purely and defiantly Full Power Happy Hour.
Buoyed by the success of their debut and their first extensive tours away from home, the band return with their confident and assured second album which is still rife with impassioned lyrics, joyful camaraderie, and heart-stirring harmonies, but now with more focused arrangements and a self- belief in both writing and delivery that elevates these songs to new emotional and visceral heights without sacrificing any of the band’s inherent, laidback charm.
Nathan Join Kearney has released two solo albums and two solo EPs and plays regularly in Brisbane and along the East Coast. His songs evoke echoes of Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris and Uncle Tupelo, with a modern Australian perspective.
Zac Gunthorpe simply needs just his guitar and voice to enchant the night.
In a celebratory 10th year as a recording artist, Zac has recently released new single Wonder And Why, capturing an Australiana-esque feel that seems to sway like a leaf on an autumn breeze.
TICKETS: $15 (+ booking fee) through Oztix. 18+ event. Doors open 7.30pm.
