In a pairing to make dreams come true, Melbourne’s CAMP COPE and Philadelphia’s CAYETANA have announced a string of sideshows in between their scheduled stops at Weekender Fest (Melbourne) and I Love Life Fest (Sydney and Brisbane). Camp Cope and Cayetana will play three shows together in NSW and ACT in September, including a very special co-headline at Newtown Social Club with Pity Sex (US).
In the midst of an unparalleled year, Melbourne’s CAMP COPE continue their incredible run, topping mid-year album reports nationally, including FasterLouder and Herald Sun who listed their heart-breaking debut LP at #1 and #3 respectively. Over the pond, Zane Lowe at Beats1 (former host at BBC Radio 1) have included Camp Cope’s first single ‘Lost: Season One’ in his Breaking playlist two weeks in a row in what looks to be a completely unprecedented move, calling the Melbourne-based three-piece “honest” and “organic.”
These will be Camp Cope’s only headline shows in NSW and ACT for the remainder of the year, and they couldn’t be prouder to be playing them with Cayetana: a band they not only cite as a formative influence, but, for those of you playing at home, one that influenced a particular lyric on their track ‘Trepedation’ as shouted out in their album’s liner notes. And to make it extra, extra special: these will also be Cayetana’s debut Australian shows.
Consisting of Augusta Koch, Allegra Anka and Kelly Olsen, CAYETANA formed in early Autumn 2011, creating do-it-yourself poppy jams full of raw sound and energy. Over the last 5 years they have crafted a style that is unquestionably organic – from the affecting vocals and rolling, imaginative bass to the steady, spiky drums. Their acclaimed debut album Nervous Like Me was released in 2014 to critical acclaim, with Stereogum calling it “absolutely astounding… high-energy and unaffected pop punk,” with Brooklyn Vegan noting its “quality indie rock with folky songwriting and punked-up energy.” Having released the ‘Tired Eyes’ 7-inch this year, and touring with fellow Philly-natives Beach Slang, Waxahatchee and Modern Baseball, Cayetana will be bringing their incredible live show down to our shores for the very first time this September.
CAYETANA (USA) // CAMP COPE – Australia – Sep 2016
THU SEP 8 – PREKENDER PARTY! @ JOHN CURTIN HOTEL, Melbourne **
SAT SEP 10 – WEEKENDER FEST @ CORNER HOTEL, Melbourne
SUN SEP 11 – WEEKENDER FEST @ CORNER HOTEL, Melbourne (Under 18s) **
TUE SEP 13 – RAD BAR, Wollongong
WED SEP 14 – TRANSIT, Canberra
THU SEP 15 – NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB, Sydney w/ Pity Sex (USA)
SAT SEP 17 – I LOVE LIFE FEST @ MANNING BAR, Sydney
SUN SEP 18 – I LOVE LIFE FEST @ THE TRIFFID, Brisbane
** CAMP COPE not appearing