GREEN ROOM: THE MUNCH

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Written By The Note

Adelaide’s punk and garage sensibilities are on full display in The Munch’s debut album, No Supine. Ahead of their LP launch the four-piece tells us how the eight tracks came together

Congrats on releasing your debut album, No Supine! Tell us more about how this album came to life... 

Thanks! No Supine came together almost as a compilation album. These songs are the ones that have survived over our last four years of gigs. The songs ‘Got Wrong’ and ‘Inside’ have five years between them!

How do you think your musicianship changed throughout the five years? 

Being in school for a lot of the band’s lifetime meant we didn’t have heaps of time to refine our sound. Once we [graduated], it was a much quicker progress. It’s hard to pin down how it changed because it has been a long period of experimentation. We went in different directions with each song to see what works for us. It feels like we’ve laid the foundations for our future music.

You’re launching No Supine at the Cranker on March 15. How do you think the record will translate live? 

We’ll be playing the album in full. We’ve played our most fun shows at the Cranker, and we’re really happy to be launching the album there. Now that ‘Got Wrong’ has had a proper release, we hope everyone will get down to it.

You’ve invited Swapmeet, Hagol and Batsy to play as supports. Why did you choose these acts? 

We’ve been a fan of Basty ever since we saw an emotional show of his a few years ago. We felt his folky scream-along set needed to be included in a gig of ours. We’ve played with Hagol heaps over the years; their music is sick, their messages are important and they’re people we look up to immensely. Swapmeet are of the highest quality in music writing and they are some of the coolest people we know – it would be a sour gig without them.

Catch The Munch play at Crown and Anchor Hotel this March 15 alongside Swapmeet, Hagol and Batsy. Tickets are available here.

Photo by Louis Campbell

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