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Stumps @ North Sydney Festival, 2nd Nov

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 2 November 2024

“Stumps make songs as dark and sharp as polished, cut granite, but that are still shiny enough for you to see your face in. It’s a looming monolith of precision beats and slicing melodies – but there’s also enough wobbling madness in there to keep you dancing wildly too.” Gallery Listen

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Stumps @ Wayward’s, 4th May

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 5 May 2018

“Holy shit, Wayward’s is going absolutely bammo for Stumps – the crowdsurfing is endemic, and that thumping, rolling set of tunes, overlaid with the baritone madness is burning the doors down. Also, until you’ve heard Arctic Monkeys’ “When The Sun Goes Down” done by a deep-voiced man in Australia who looks like a geography teacher whose […]

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I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

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