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1^st July 2009

Sundancer - The Tour continues…

With an impressive number of stunning reviews for their second studio album ‘Sundancer’ under their belt, a slew of impressed folk in the wake from the first of the Australian tour shows to support the release and a steady top 20 position in the AIR charts since its release. The Fumes announce round two. Taking in cities and towns they missed on the first jaunt, The Fumes express will be on the road again in August and September.

Read the band’s press and you may wonder how a mere two-piece can garner so much hype and histrionics. But in the case of geetar-slinger and mighty-bearded vocalist Steve Merry and drumming prodigy Joel Battersby, the gushing is with good reason.

 ‘What I love about this record and The Fumes in general is there is no pretence. Excellent second record’ - Rhythms June 2009

They’ve climbed to the top of the stack’- Top Pick- Australian Guitar.

‘The quintessential rock band. ‘This album is just absolutely hell bent on being sensational.’ Four & ½ stars elevenmagazine.com

‘A much needed injection of goodness into the local scene in Australia.’ -undercover.com.au

This Sydney duo can kick more than arse’ three and ½ stars -Bernard Zuel, Sydney Monring Herald

‘Fresh as the morning sun’  Beat, Melbourne

 ‘(‘Sundancer’) places The Fumes army at the front of the Aussie rock scene.’ Four stars-Time Off Brisbane

‘This is an album that keeps on giving’ -Rip it Up Adelaide

‘4 stars!’ The Age, Melbourne.

‘Trust me The Fumes are smokin’ 4 stars’  The Australian.

Sundancer is in stores now thru Kick Music/MGM.

www.myspace.com/thefumesoz

 

PLEASE CONTACT tracey@kickmusic.com.au or 02 9522 0038 for more.

TOUR DATES-                            www.myspace.com/thefumesoz     FRI 14 AUG & 15 AUG – THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL, Yeppoon Pony Club   www.thevillagefestival.org.au/festlocation.html  FRI 21 AUG – COOLANGATTA HOTEL, COOLANGATTA Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545 SAT 22 AUG – SANDS TAVERN, MAROOCHYDORE Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545  WED 26 AUG – BEACH RD HOTEL, BONDI Free Entry  THUR 27 AUG – BAROQUE, KATOOMBA Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au  or Moshtix Outlets   FRI 28 AUG – HERITAGE HOTEL, BULLI Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from the venue: 240 Princes Hwy, Bulli or 02.4284 5884 SAT 29 AUG – TIME OUT FESTIVAL, CAIRNS www.cairns.com.au/timeout  SAT 5 SEPT – JIVE, ADELAIDE Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au  or Moshtix Outlets   WED 9 SEPT- STATION RESORT, JINDABYNE Tickets: $20 www.moshtix.com.au or Perisher Tickets Jindabyne Nuggets Crossing PH (02) 6456 1659   THUR 10 SEPT –ANU BAR, CANBERRA Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Tickets available from www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849 and via ANU Ticketek Box Office – Level 1, Administration Office, Union Building (above the Bar).  FRI 11 SEPT – MANLY FISHOS Tickets: $15 pre / $18 door Manly Fishos, Mall Music Brookvale, Sandy's Records Dee Why, Leading Edge Warriewood Sq, Glass Avenue Newport   SAT 12 SEPT – COASTER, Gosford www.coasterfestival.com.au

 

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Media Release - The Fumes in February..

The Fumes
HUGE MAGAZINE (JAPAN)- July 25th 2008
‘Unbelievably skillful.’

‘It is the sound of The Fumes that seizes the audience's attention and doesn’t let go’

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Some Fuji Rock reviews...
Fuji Rock pre-festival show photos

Fuji Rock pre-festival show review

Fuji Rock performance review

The Fumes live @ Fuji Rock

Fuji Rock 2008 line up

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Queens Of The Stone Age, The Fumes @ The Big Top - Luna Park, Sydney (28/03/2008)
Review by Fiona Cameron, Drum Media #900, 8 April 2008

Some nights it’s like this, where it all goes well from the moment you close your front door until you stagger out of the venue a couple of hours later, exhilarated and exhausted, quivering like a 10-year-old hopped up on sugar, shrieking “I wanna go AGAIN!” And yes, that was me.

You gotta love The Fumes. The duo appeared on stage, cranked out an outstanding set and managed to make me forget just for a little while who we had all come to see. Theirs was a skuzzy, swampy, distorted sound that’s maybe second cousin once removed from the primordial ooze that rock’n’roll springs from. Think filthy, bluesy, somewhat damaged and a strangely perfect warm up for the Queens show. Who wants cool when raw, blistering guitar and drums feels this good? […>

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