Product Overview
Limited pressing of 300 copies on white vinyl
Includes one-sided 24"x12" poster/insert
Introducing the Bayside Beat of The Gnomes!
Although they emerged from Melbourne bayside outer suburbs onto the local live scene with their fresh and spirited indie-rock update of the garage-beat sounds of The Easybeats, Kinks and early Beatles only a year or so ago, Gnome - as The Gnomes were until very recently known - actually started out as a bedroom solo project for teenaged singer/songwriter/ guitarist Jay Millar a few years back. Jay, playing everything himself, started recording and releasing a steady succession of material - quite a few albums' worth - on his own Goblin Records label via Bandcamp. Realizing he needed a band to start playing out, Jay approached some like minded players from Frankston's rehearsal hub Singing Bird, and with Jay on lead vocals and lead guitar, Ned Capp on guitar, Olly Katsianis on bass, and Ethan Robins on drums, Gnome became a band.
Early in 2025, the last solo Jay recordings released under the Gnome name caused something of an international underground sensation when the Bandcamp only I Like It EP - four songs of kranked up Kinks-style mono riffage - was posted by a Spanish garage-punk YouTube page and quickly clocked up over 50,000 views.
At the same time, the band quickly began gaining attention on the thriving Frankston scene and around Melbourne. They started breaking out, sharing bills with the likes of Drunk Mums, Skegss, Split System, The Prize, The Unknowns, Cosmic Psychos, Hockey Dad, Guitar Wolf, The 5.6.7.8's, The Breadmakers, Loose Lips, fellow Frankstoners/Singing Bird alumni The Belair Lip Bombs, and, on a quick trip to Sydney, Cammy Cautious & The Wrestlers.
And now, finally, we have The Gnomes' debut album. Twelve killer tracks that combine the best of the '60s with the best of today. Twelve killer tracks that show off accomplished songwriting, assertive singing and playing and an explosive and authentic swinging group sound. Twelve killers slices of raw rock'n'roll running the gamut from the savage Rhythm & Blues of "Play With You" and “Better With You” to the vibrant beat pop of "I'll Be There" and "I'm Not The One", with forays into the heavy reverb psych of "Stung", the Cavern/Star Club stylings of "Flippin' Stomp" and the first flyte jangle of "Time Will Tell" along the way. There’s more of course, including a new version of that Kinks-style kranker “I Like It” for good measure.
The Gnomes play their first show as The Gnomes Fri Sept 12 at the Curtin, and they also play the Croxton's 10th Anniversary Block Party on Sunday November 2 alongside Spiderbait, Floodlights and others.
They will launch the debut album at the Brunswick Ballroom Friday November 14, after which they play with Toody Cole & Her Band at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on Sat Nov 22. Then they fly to New Zealand for the first time to play the inaugural Grrunk Festival in Galatea on Sat Dec 12, alongside Oregon's Jenny Don't & The Spurs, fellow Aussies C.O.F.F.I.N and Hot Machine and locals The Eastern, Bloodbags, Mads Harrop, Adam Hattaway & The Haunters and CCTV. More dates will be announced soon.
Frankston’s Fab Four are taking their sound to the world. Join them for the ride!
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