Fresh from their sold out show supporting Japanese heroes the Boredoms, relocated Canberra freakazoids Bum Creek are getting hungry! Their debut album AL has just come out on limited edition vinyl from Chapter Music, and to celebrate, the improvised noise idiot savants are putting on a lunchtime spread!

So come lunch with Bum Creek and friends the Ancients, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Anthony Pateras, Matthew Brown and Northlands on Saturday afternoon, November 20 at the Tote Hotel. There’ll be a BUM BQ with sausages and vegie options, limited edition Bum cupcakes and more, including sounds selected by DJ Shags and DJ Twin Twin, and interior decoration by Frommer and Wotherspoon.

The finer details are as follows:

BUM CREEK – AL BUM LUNCH!

Saturday November 20, 12pm – 5.30pm

Tote Hotel, Collingwood

with the Ancients, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Anthony Pateras, Matthew Brown and Northlands, DJ shags, DJ Twin Twin

tickets $10 on the door

VINYL-ONLY ALBUM, WITH DOWNLOAD CARD, IN STORES OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!

AL is the debuttocks ALbum by gonzoid Canberra immigrants Bum Creek. Relocating to Melbourne from their hometown a few years back, Sam Karmel, Trevelyan Clay and Tarquin Manek have made a reputation for themselves as one of the strangest, stupidest and most amazing live bands in town. They turn every show into a triumphant, lurching mess of synth squiggles, kraut percussion, confrontational stage antics and vocal gibberish.

The question, though, with this kind of performance-heavy, musically nonsensical behaviour, is always whether it can be translated into a listenable record. This has been answered by the somewhat surprising fact that, sequestered away in their own studio far from prying eyes, Bum Creek make amazing music.

Available on limited edition vinyl only, with a digital download card inserted into each copy, the largely improvised AL is sophisticated, wide-ranging and even subdued in places. The loping, only slightly spastic riff of Bollywood is as close to a pop song as the band will probably ever get, while the drifting vocal monologue of Weird Prince is alternately hilarious and haunting. Across its six extended tracks, AL hints at the bandmembers’ rich and varied musical backgrounds, which range from minimal techno prodution to free jazz.

VINYL-ONLY IN STORES OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE NOW!

VINYL-ONLY ALBUM, WITH DOWNLOAD CARD, IN STORES OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!

AL is the debuttocks ALbum by gonzoid Canberra immigrants Bum Creek. Relocating to Melbourne from their hometown a few years back, Sam Karmel, Trevelyan Clay and Tarquin Manek have made a reputation for themselves as one of the strangest, stupidest and most amazing live bands in town. They turn every show into a triumphant, lurching mess of synth squiggles, kraut percussion, confrontational stage antics and vocal gibberish.

The question, though, with this kind of performance-heavy, musically nonsensical behaviour, is always whether it can be translated into a listenable record. This has been answered by the somewhat surprising fact that, sequestered away in their own studio far from prying eyes, Bum Creek make amazing music.

Available on limited edition vinyl only, with a digital download card inserted into each copy, the largely improvised AL is sophisticated, wide-ranging and even subdued in places. The loping, only slightly spastic riff of Bollywood is as close to a pop song as the band will probably ever get, while the drifting vocal monologue of Weird Prince is alternately hilarious and haunting. Across its six extended tracks, AL hints at the bandmembers’ rich and varied musical backgrounds, which range from minimal techno prodution to free jazz.

VINYL-ONLY IN STORES OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE NOW!

VINYL-ONLY ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER FROM CHAPTER WEBSTORE NOW!

AL is the debuttocks ALbum by gonzoid Canberra immigrants Bum Creek. Relocating to Melbourne from their hometown a few years back, Sam Karmel, Trevelyan Clay and Tarquin Manek have made a reputation for themselves as one of the strangest, stupidest and most amazing live bands in town. They turn every show into a triumphant, lurching mess of synth squiggles, kraut percussion, confrontational stage antics and vocal gibberish.

The question, though, with this kind of performance-heavy, musically nonsensical behaviour, is always whether it can be translated into a listenable record. This has been answered by the somewhat surprising fact that, sequestered away in their own studio far from prying eyes, Bum Creek make amazing music.

Available on limited edition vinyl only, with a digital download card inserted into each copy, the largely improvised AL is sophisticated, wide-ranging and even subdued in places. The loping, only slightly spastic riff of Bollywood is as close to a pop song as the band will probably ever get, while the drifting vocal monologue of Weird Prince is alternately hilarious and haunting. Across its six extended tracks, AL hints at the bandmembers’ rich and varied musical backgrounds, which range from minimal techno prodution to free jazz.

This Bum Creek tension between live dementia and musical smarts has not gone unnoticed. The band were chosen to support the Boredoms at the Melbourne International Arts Festival in October, and even gave guided “Art Walks” at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of the 2009 Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Now with AL, Bum Creek are ready to leave their hometown and spread throughout the universe like a particularly infectious musical rash.

VINYL-ONLY ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 9, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER FROM CHAPTER WEBSTORE NOW! INCLUDES DOWNLOAD CARD.

Known for their wild and transcendental live performances, in the studio Bum Creek explore slightly different territory. Subdued loping rhythms and dub-tinged squiggles, vocal improvisation and processed guitar create a disorienting cocoon world that once entered, is hard to leave.