Melbourne powerhouse band Cash Savage and The Last Drinks are excited to experience Tocumwal while playing at the Good Times Festival next weekend.
Cash said the band has an inside joke about the upcoming appearance, as she is the only one in the group that can say Tocumwal.
And she gets a kick out of listening to the other band members trying to get it right.
Cash has family in Tongala, but says it will be her first time in Tocumwal.
“We’ve never played in Tocumwal, and it’s actually our first time in New South Wales for a while,” she said.
“It will be great to get out of town to play the festival.
“We have been overseas twice in the last year and have been playing shows localised to Melbourne.
“Then we have been working on the new album that will be out soon, it’s been super busy.”
The album, ‘So This Is Love’, is due for release on April 28.
Cash describes the first single, Keep Working At Your Job, as “a wiry post-punk elegy to the grind of late-stage capitalism that’s blunt, yet deeply compassionate”.
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 plays guitar, Rene Mancuso is on drums, Kat Mear plays the violin, Nick Finch is on bass, Roshan Khozouei is on keyboards, Dougal Shaw is on guitar and Ed Fraser also plays guitar.
The Last Drinks have toured internationally with sound engineer Nao Anzai, who co-produced the album with Cash Savage and Nick French.
Their legendary live shows are described as an overwhelming cacophony of emotion and sound, with magnetic frontwoman Cash Savage at the centre of the storm.
She exhorts 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.
When asked about how she feels playing to a more intimate crowd setting, Cash said “I can’t wait.”
“I love how the festival incorporates the local layout of the land, the people and the produce,” she said.
“It will be ideal for people intimidated by bigger crowds.
“With intimate, smaller events the crowd are not going to miss a thing,” she continued.
“I’m really looking forward to visiting the country and regional areas, getting involved in the festival to help make it community driven and community involved.”
The Good Times Festival is being held Saturday, March 25 starting at 10am at the Strawberry Fields festival site - 467 Tuppal Rd, Tocumwal.
It is a day/night extravaganza to soothe the ails of modern life and help the summer vibes linger.
It is intentionally designed to put the “good” back into festivals, with a unique blend of music, hospitality and wellness.
An intimate event, attendance is capped to just 1000 guests.
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Berrigan Shire and Moira Shire residents wishing to attend next week’s Good Times Festival will get a half price discount on adult tickets.
And as an extra bonus, all local under 18s can attend free of charge.
Locals can go to www.good-times.com.au to claim this offer. You must show proof of address at the gate to enter with your discounted ticket.
All other tickets can be purchased at https://events.humanitix.com/good-times-2023.