Bluejuice have spent their few weeks off arguing about who they’d prefer to take out for a meal: Hulk Hogan or Kenny Sutcliffe. The Hulk would have some great tips on kneading a man’s face, but one gets the impression that Kenny is a real smooth dancer. You see where the conundrum lies.

Anyway, in case you were unaware, the band just released their second album, ‘The Head Of The Hawk’ (currently #37 on the ARIA charts!). It’s full of melody and rhythm and harmony, and most other things found in anthropological studies of Western popular music (like the rhyming of ‘baby’ with ‘maybe’, and ‘fly’ with ‘so high’). The band are very proud of this album – it’s a ‘ball-tearer’, as Jamie’s Dad might say.

They’re SO proud in fact, that they’re putting up with each other’s vile body odours and increasingly obvious mental deficiencies and hitting the road, in honour of ‘Head Of The Hawk’. Each gig will begin with a sombre prayer session and an animal sacrifice to a 10x10ft CD art mockup, and the band will perform in a boiling cauldron*, the contents of which will be served to the non-vegetarian members of the audience at the end. The band of course, will be dead after one show, but for such a cause! It’s going to be religious, motherf*ckers.

*animal sacrifice and boiling cauldron subject to local animal welfare laws and water restrictions

After a year of chasing futile dreams on a Russian salmon farm, bluejuice have returned with a new single, a new album, and a modest bag of salmon.

On the advice of their producer and herbalist, Dr Chris Shaw, bluejuice are emerging, filthy and mole-eyed, from the studio they have been inhabiting for the last month. During the course of recording their (very nearly finished) new album, they’ve all developed severe Vitamin D deficiencies, and Stav in particular is addicted to eating the ornamental fish out of the studio fish tank, which is quite a concern for someone who claims to be a vegetarian. To cure these ills, bluejuice are venturing into the fresh air and hitting the road with their pals, Philadelphia Grand Jury, in May and June. It promises to be quite therapeutic for everybody. 

BLUEJUICE AND PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY*

Thursday 28th May
East Brunswick Club
280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, Victoria
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
with Philadelphia Grand Jury and The Harpoons.
Tix available from www.eastbrunswickclub.com

Saturday 30th May
Jive
181 Hindley St, Adelaide, South Australia
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
with Philadelphia Grand Jury and Bakewell Street.
Tix available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets.

Thursday 4th June
Indi Bar
23-27 Hastings St, Scarborough, Western Australia
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
Supports TBA
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX, www.bocsticketing.com.au 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384 www.78records.com.au, and www.heatseeker.com.au
 

Friday 5th June
Players Bar
25 Mandurah Tce, Mandurah, Western Australia
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
Supports TBA
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX, www.bocsticketing.com.au 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384 www.78records.com.au, and www.heatseeker.com.au

Saturday 6th June
Amplifier
383 Murray St, Perth, Western Australia
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
Supports TBA
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX, www.bocsticketing.com.au 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384 www.78records.com.au, and www.heatseeker.com.au

Sunday 7th June
Norfolk Basement
47 South Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
Supports TBA
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX, www.bocsticketing.com.au 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384 www.78records.com.au, and www.heatseeker.com.au

Friday 12th June
The Zoo
711 Ann St, Brisbane, Queensland
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
Description:with Philadelphia Grand Jury and DZ. Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545.

Saturday 13th June
The Annandale Hotel
Cnr. Parramatta Rd & Nelson St, Annandale, New South Wales
Cost:$16.50 pre / $20 door
with Philadelphia Grand Jury and DZ.
Tickets available from www.annandalehotel.com or 02 9550 1078

*Philly Jays are not performing in WA

After 18 months of annoying our audiences by playing new songs instead of those off 'Problems', we're finally going into the studio to record again.

A day or two after the Bacardi Express jaunt finishes, we're going to hole up with producer/mixer Chris Shaw, who has worked with Bob Dylan, Public Enemy, Super Furry Animals, Weezer and LOADS more.

We are EXCITED. It is EXCITING.

Here's a list of tunes we may or may not record. You may know some of them already, and if not, well... this is just a meaningless list of random words. Enjoy!

Broken Leg
Another Lie
Medication
Telling The Truth
So Miss Johnston
Facelift
Adult Contemporary
That Letter
Knife Fight
All Out
The Devil
Head Of The Hawk
Why
Little Emperor
The Truth Is

We shall keep you posted.

Love always,
bluejuice xx