LISTEN: The Living Eyes

The Living Eyes are a super rad band from Geelong, who, if you can’t tell from the Bee Gees reference, are unduly committed to their throwbacks (never a bad thing). Their tracks wink at nostalgia. while being too cheekily raucous to get weighed down by it. These guys are definitely worth getting to know.

Their rad previous 7″ Ways To Make A Living came out last year and the guys managed to snag a gold spot on arguably the one of the best releases of 2012 (if compilation CDs count).

On April 1st (no foolin’), the band are releasing their debut self-titled LP recorded by Mikey Young, and they’re doing a pretty extensive tour around the East Coast to launch it (full dates below).

The two tracks below are worth your ears: ‘Slave Labour’ – a fast and cranky working-dudes anthem and ‘Up And At Them’; a fleshed-out, scuzzy workout but with the same defiant stomping ‘tude.

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LP Tour Dates:

Fri April 5th – FBi Social Club, Sydney w/Gooch Palms, East River + Family
Sat April 6th – The Oxford Art Factory, Sydney w/ The Otchkies + The Nugs
Sun April 7th – Hollywood Hotel, Sydney
Sat April 20th –  Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane w/Tiny Migrants, Cobwebbs + Sewers (FREE ENTRY)
Sun April 21st – Mustang Bar Rock’n’Roll BBQ Brisbane w/The Sulphur Lights + Midnight Woolf (FREE ENTRY)
Fri April 26th – Grace Darling Basement, Melbourne w/ The Bonninelis + The Clits
SAT April 27th –  The Baron Club, Geelong w/ The Kremlings

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‘Slave Labour’

‘Up and At Them’

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