Artist:Captain Kickarse and the Awesomes

Driven by long-term collaborators Phil McCourt and Alex O’Toole, Captain Kickarse and the Awesomes are at the forefront of Sydney’s heaving independent underground. After a long period of inaction, the band has finally returned refreshed and renewed with their debut full length album Grim Repercussions, released through Birds Robe Records Feb 2015. After parting ways with their previous bass player, the pair have weaved a vast array of influences and musical styles into a confronting and creative debut effort, rife with their signature rhythmic complexities and explosive energy. Engaging Birds Robe label-mate Alex Wilson (from Sydney post-rock heavyweights sleepmakeswaves) to lay down bass tracks in the studio, the self produced record shows the band at the top of their game; a relentless yet highly danceable example of musical technicality. Now joined on stage by bassist Simeon Bartholomew (SEIMS, Godswounds), the band are officially back on the scene to tour new material and some ...