That's Gentle Ben on stage at Binic last month or The Bubble Boy from Seinfeld. You be the judge. Photo by @dujouraulendemain
It’s a line in the media release that we just have to use: “Like the one-night stand you hoped to never see again, Gentle Ben & His Shimmering Hands are back to ruin your life, break your heart and make your loins quiver”.
The Brisbane “haute couture swamp rockers” (their words again, not ours) left France a few days ago in a smouldering, postcoital ruin, after smashing out 13 shows over 15 days, playing at a former tobacco factory under a big-top, in a 14th century pub, and in front of 10,000 fanatical French fans at Binic.
Gentle Ben turn their sights to the East Coast of Australia this month to unleash their new album, “Brut” on French label Beast Records. It's available in Australia through Spooky Records and it's procurable here.
Gentle Ben & His Shimmering Hands are hitting the road in September:
Gentle Ben & His Shimmering Hands
Brut Album Premières
SEP
20 – Cactus Room, Melbourne
+ Screensaver + Tall & The Arms
21 – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIV
27 – Marrickville Bowlo
+ The Holy Soul
28 – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane
+ Refedex + Anna & The Morphics
Gentle Ben & His Shimmering Hands will also be performing at Rocky’s Boogie at The Tivoli on Saturday August 10.
