The Underground Stage
As 2023 curled up and died in the corner, December still served up some musical treats to warm the cockles, and they all got stuffed into this month’s digital fanzine. Two brilliant day-long events – Fangzstock and Transgenre – took up a lot of the stage time, and were both inspirational examples of how artist-run, […]
“FVNERAL play their own Transgenre party tonight, bringing the sad into the celebration in a way that still leaves us lifted and buoyed. Handily one of my favourite bands of the year, while easily one of the hardest things to listen to. Magical.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
October was a HUGE month for the city more generally this year, with the inaugural version of SXSW Sydney blowing up on a million stages. It was a wild time too and so this month, I’ve included photos from every one of the fifty shows I caught across the week. To celebrate it being the […]
“Taken from their excellent ‘HONEST’ EP, this is another of FVNERAL’s delicate, fractured songs, and it’s hard not to listen to the whole collection with a tear in your eye and a smile on your face. It takes nerve to be this candid, and it takes strength to be this gentle. Wonderful stuff🥹”
“FVNERAL haunt and hypnotise on ‘MERCY’, floating deep into your core without you even noticing it. A few listens in and you realise you might have just stopped breathing there for a bit 😵💫”
“FVNERAL raise the hairs on my arms, equal chills of pleasure and dread. There is such courage in these songs, a determination to stand against headwinds and catastrophe and to stand tall and proud in their face, so much so that – with barely a raised voice – it’s brutally humbling. Now if you’ll excuse […]
August was filled to bursting with outstanding gigs in Sydney. From Johnny Hunter (this month’s cover photo) to Dulcie to Annie Hamilton to These New South Whales, everywhere you looked there was a high-impact show. There were incredible quieter moments too, with KHAOS EMRLD, FVNERAL, and Selfish Sons all stripping it right back to deliver […]
“A sad, sad song that nonetheless bulges with hope, this is a quiet masterpiece from FVNERAL, a bright light in pitch blackness. It might be a song about the darkest places, but it’s delivered with the lightest touch 🕯️”
“FVNERAL’s set of “sad fucking songs” may be quieter than normal tonight but they still land with deafening impact. It’s tough-going, with frequent moments of brutal emotion, but the literate beauty that wraps it all up distracts you from the deep wounds it inflicts. This is a set of gorgeous nightmares, and they soar so […]