It’s no secret Melbourne can’t get enough of Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, snapping up tickets and selling out their upcoming album launch at the Corner in record time. The Last Drinks love y’all too and are stoked to announce a second show on July 21st, with special guest socially progressive punk rockers Porpoise Spit and garage punk collective Dragnet.
Their fourth studio LP, So This Is Love (out now via Mistletone) landed in the top 20 of the Australian vinyl charts and has been garnering glowing reviews and love on the airwaves from radio across the country for singles ‘Push’, ‘Keep Working At Your Job’ and ‘$600 Short On The Rent’
With shows already wrapped in Fremantle, Meeniyan, Ballarat and Torquay, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks hit Brisbane (June 1), Eltham (June 2), Sydney, (June 3), Melbourne SOLD OUT, before taking a short break and returning for their second round hometown show.
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
With special Guests
‘So This Is Love’ Australian Tour Dates
Thu 1 June | Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane QLD
With special guest ENOLA
Fri 2 June | The Eltham Hotel Eltham NSW
With special guests ENOLA
Sat 3 June | City Recital Hall Sydney NSW
With special guest June Jones
Fri 23 June | The Corner Hotel SOLD OUT Melbourne VIC
With special guests Gut Health
Fri 21 July | The Corner Hotel JUST ANNOUNCED Melbourne VIC
With special guests Porpoise Spit & Dragnet
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9 March 2023
Melbourne powerhouse Cash Savage and the Last Drinks have announced a new album, So This Is Love, to be released on April 28 by Mistletone Records via Inertia (Australia/NZ) and Glitterhouse Records (Europe). The band has today shared the first single and clip Co-directed by Ed Fraser and Cash Savage, ‘Keep Working At Your Job’, a wiry post-punk elegy to the grind of late-stage capitalism that’s blunt, yet deeply compassionate. “I think you’re just like me”, Cash Savage sings/speaks, “Broken like the rest of us. Keep it all inside, keep working at your job”.
A pillar of Melbourne’s music and queer communities, Cash Savage has spent the past decade making tough and tender rock’n’roll with her colossal band, The Last Drinks: Joe White (guitar), Rene Mancuso (drums), Kat Mear (violin), Nick Finch (bass), Roshan Khozouei (keyboards), Dougal Shaw (guitar) and Ed Fraser (guitar). The Last Drinks have toured internationally with sound engineer Nao Anzai, who co-produced the album with Cash Savage and Nick Finch.
Their legendary live shows are an overwhelming cacophony of emotion and sound, with magnetic frontwoman Cash Savage at the centre of the storm, exhorting the energies of The Last Drinks with mastery and panache. A cathartic, communal experience that refuses to give the audience an easy ethical bypass, but challenges listeners to ask themselves the hard questions and step up.
You can experience it firsthand on their ‘The Is Love’ Australian tour this May /June, dates are below, and don’t stress Sydney and Brisbane, your dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
‘This Is Love’ Australian Tour Dates
Sat 25 Mar | Good Times Festival Tocumwal VIC
Fri 31 Mar | Meadow Festival Bambra VIC
Sat 6 May | Mojo’s Bar Fremantle WA
With special guest Blake Scott
Sat 13 May | Meeniyan Town Hall Meeniyan VIC
With special guests Gut Health
Fri 19 May | Minerva Ballarat VIC
With special guests Gut Health
Sat 20 May | Torquay Hotel Torquay VIC
With special guests Gut Health
Fri 2 June | The Eltham Hotel Eltham NSW
With special guests TBC
Fri 23 June | The Corner Hotel Melbourne VIC
With special guests Gut Health