Press Club

Press Club

One of Australia’s hardest working live bands is set to hit the road once again tonight, before arriving in Sydney tomorrow. Although the members of Press Club had been playing music in various forms together for a “long time” according to front-woman Natalie Foster it wasn’t until they focused their efforts into Press Club officially that things took off.

“When Press Club came together we all decided we wanted to create a new band and see what would come out,” recalled Foster before continuing, “We all got into a room and I think it surprised us all that it was this angsty punk music that came from it.”

With it quickly becoming apparent the direction the band was going to take musically they decided to hit the road. And boy did they go all out. In just two years the band played over 200 live shows across Australia.

According to Foster Press Club chose to go down this route of intense touring because, “we always knew our live performance was always going to be our strongest point.” Taking this approach also got the band in front of a lot of people and rapidly established the band on the Australian scene.

When asked if it was difficult to maintain such a busy touring schedule Foster laughed hysterically and simply said, “YES!”

It’s not only the live touring schedule though that keeps the band busy. Press Club is an incredibly independent band who choose to undertake a bulk of the logistical elements of releasing music themselves.

“We write, record, do the artwork and we’ve made half of the videos ourself because we try to keep things pretty independent within Australia,” explained Foster.

In more recent times though the band have enlisted some outside help, especially in international markets. For their European distribution Press Club have employed the help of UK record label, Hassle, to get their music out to European fans. A decision which apparently has paid huge dividends given their recent tour experiences. Just last month the band returned from a second tour of Europe, which was only shortly after their first.

“We went back after just a couple of months of having been there the first time and the reception between just those two trips was incredible,” said Foster before adding, “It’s crazy to think that anyone wants to listen to us over here in Australia, let alone on the other side of the world.”

During that tour however Foster suffered an ankle injury, which is now giving her nerves heading into the Australian tour.

“I’m a bit nervous [because] we haven’t played in a few weeks. I also ruined my ankle while we were overseas, so I’m still recovering from that. I haven’t really run or jump for the last six weeks so I don’t even know if I can.”

Despite these nerves Foster and her bandmates are exciting to be returning to their roots with this tour, “It’s pretty exciting to be doing some home shows again because I feel like we haven’t been here in a while.”

Nov 1. The Lansdowne, 2-6 City Rd, Chippendale. $23.40+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.thelansdownepub.com.au

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