Quivers (Oyster Cuts Album Launch)

Quivers, of Melbourne / Naarm via other places, will launch their third album of R.E.M.-endorsed jangle pop, Oyster Cuts,  at The Corner. Coming out internationally on beloved US label Merge (Destroyer, The Mountain Goats, Arcade Fire) and being toured all over North America and Europe/UK, this hometown(ish) show will be a big celebration of a new record in one of the best live band rooms this city has.

The road to this moment has been a winding one, the best kind, with a performance for KEXP, US and Australian tours, and a moment where R.E.M. slid into the band’s DMs with fire emojis after their full cover of the band’s Out of Time. This new album is propelled by melodies that recall Galaxie 500 and The Pretenders, with both Sam and now Bella taking lead vocals and group vocals from everyone. It’s sunshine pop with blood in the water, with tape loops that circle like sharks, and twin guitars that glisten while the bass and drums roll in like waves.

Pitchfork described Quivers' last record as “the sound of bedsit 1980s college-rock thrust into the big-tent environs of 21st-century indie, like a Go-Betweens with Coachella-conquering ambitions….and it’s absolutely glorious”, but Quivers only believe in a ragged glory, that live music should sometimes fall apart and be a genuine interaction with each audience. So they will continue to confront love and grief and the glow of friendship from all angles, and hope to meet you on the next winding road ahead. 

With support from The Mirrors and Tamara & The Dreams.