With two EPs under their belt, NSW outfit The Tambourine Girls have are announcing their self-titled debut album is on the way, and have released a lyric video for new single ‘Cupo’ to celebrate.

There’s a huge ’70s influence at work here, and of course a dash of tambourine, but the warmth and reverb belie less happy themes, as frontman Simon Relf examines what life would be like for him had he grown up in Iraq, rather than Australia.

‘Cupo’ was recorded with Tim Whitten (Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus and Augie March), and follows on from fellow album track ‘Police’, which has racked up a huge amount of plays. Everything we’ve heard so far promises a lot from the upcoming record, described as a mix of folk, rock, psychedelia and Britpop.

“The Tambourine Girls wasn’t very rehearsed at all because I wanted to catch the feeling of the band discovering the music,” says frontman Simon Relf of the upcoming release. “There’s one track on the album which was done in only one take, and it was actually the first time we’d ever played it as a band.

“It’s exciting to be able to do that, and it’s great that we have an unwritten understanding as a band to deliver under that kind of self-imposed creative pressure.”

Having supported the likes of The Preatures, Dustin Tebbutt, Holy Holy and Megan Washington since the release of their debut EP, we’re looking forward to seeing what these guys can do when they drop The Tambourine Girls EP on Friday November 4.

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