Acclaimed jewel of dark country blues Cash Savage, and her band The Last Drinks, release their second LP The Hypnotiser on Friday 2nd August. This stunning recording balances the soulful confessions of Cash’s compelling tales with evocative strings, triumphant horns, a 45-voice choir and the band leader’s impassioned cries of love, loss and despair.
The cohesiveness of the words and music is a more collaborative effort than on the band’s debut album, 2011’s Wolf. Having spent the gulf between albums on the road — in country theatres, urban venues, the Famous Speigeltent, Meredith Music Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and the willow-shrouded Riverboats Music Festival alongside Pete Murray, Clare Bowditch and James Reyne — the once fluid Last Drinks lineup has solidified.
Together this group of musicians has created a work that alludes to an undercurrent of drunken kinship polished with hard yards, while still retaining the soul for which Cash is known. and now they’re ready to take their new material on the road in the Hypnotiser Tour, trekking the country through July and August.
Take a listen to the new album’s title track below and scope Cash Savage & The Last Drinks 2013 Australin Tour dates below.
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks 2013 Australian Tour
FRI 26 JUL – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
$12 ON THE DOOR
SAT 27 JUL – Curtin Bandroom, Melbourne
$18 + BF [PRE-SALE]
Support from The Infants
THU 8 AUG – Moonshine @ Hotel Steyne, Manly
FREE ENTRY
SAT 10 AUG – GOODGOD, Sydney
$10 + BF [PRE-SALE]
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks [9.30pm]
Support from Twincest [8.30pm]
SUN 11 AUG – Grand Junction (Junkyard), Maitland
FREE ENTRY
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks [6.30pm]
Support from Eaten By Dogs [5.00pm]
FRI 16 AUG – The Joynt, Brisbane
$10 ON THE DOOR
SAT 17 AUG – Royal Mail, Goodna
FREE ENTRY
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks [5.00pm]
Support from Tim Neilson [3.30pm]
SUN 18 AUG – Café Le Monde, Noosa
FREE ENTRY
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks [4.30 – 5.30pm]
Support from Tim Neilson [3.45 – 4.15pm]
Local support TBC [3.00-3.30pm]
