The Smith Street Band have been a powerhouse of Australian music for the last decade, since forming in 2009 they’ve released six albums, played every major festival in the country, and toured Australia, Europe & America countless times & toured China once in 2012.
Five of their Six studio albums have hit the ARIA Album Charts, with Don’t Waste Your Anger being their first #1 album in 2020. Three of their live albums have also made the ARIA charts with Live At The Triffid reaching #4. Six of their singles have made jjj’s hottest 100, Death To The Lads (2016) & Birthdays (2017) being their highest placings, both reaching #21, their most recent entry was this year with the song “I Don’t Wanna Do Nothing Forever”.
The Smith Street Band recently released their sixth album, Life After Football. The follow up to their ARIA #1 album Don’t Waste Your Anger, both albums were recorded by bass player “Fitzy” at the band’s solar powered studio in regional Victoria, which they built themselves in 2018.
Featuring the singles ‘I Don’t Wanna Do Nothing Forever’, ‘Everyone Is Lying To You For Money’, ‘Life After Football’ and ‘A Conversation With Billy Bragg About The Purpose Of Art’, their latest album embodies The Smith Street Band’s trademark prolific songwriting while offering some of the shortest and fastest songs the band have released to date. Life After Football was mixed by Anton Hagop (Silverchair, Powderfinger) and mastered by George Georgiadis.
The band spent the start of 2023 touring the country, visiting most capital cities in the country along with a handful of regional shows.
Supported by peninsula locals Rennie and the Shitchair.
Rosebud Memorial Hall
Rosebud Village Green, Point Nepean Hwy Rosebud
Friday, April 28, 2023
7:30 pm
More info and bookings here: https://www.driftartsfestival.com.au/program/the-smith-street-band
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