Grinspoon, Photograph: Michelle Grace Hunder (Supplied)
Grinspoon will release their eighth studio album, whatever, whatever, on Friday 9 August. Phil Jamieson and co. have shared the album’s lead single, “Unknown Pretenders,” and confirmed an extensive national tour. It’s the band’s first LP since 2012’s Black Rabbits. Listen to “Unknown Pretenders” below.
Grinspoon will begin the “whatever, whenever, wherever” tour in Ballina, just outside of their birthplace of Lismore, on Tuesday 17 September. The tour continues until early December and includes stops in metro and regional locations across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania.
Jamieson, the band’s frontperson and primary songwriter, described “Unknown Pretenders” as a “magical riffy song about the end of the world and who will actually survive.” Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson produced the single, along with the rest of whatever, whatever. Jamieson and Dawson previously worked together on the former’s 2022 solo album, Somebody Else.
“Oscar is an incredibly talented creative, engineer and producer,” said Jamieson. “Recording with Oscar became very collaborative, he’s humble and understands the different dynamics within the band.”
Grinspoon - "Unknown Pretenders"
Grinspoon – “whatever, whenever, wherever” tour 2024
Tue 17 Sep – Ballina RSL, Northern Rivers NSW
Wed 18 Sep – Sopo- Southport RSL, Gold Coast QLD
Fri 20 Sep – The Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane QLD
Sat 21 Sep – The Powerhouse, Toowoomba QLD
Sun 22 Sep – Miami Marketta Laneway, Gold Coast QLD
Tue 24 Sep – The Dag Pub, D’Aguilar QLD
Wed 25 Sep – Brothers Sports Club, Bundaberg QLD
Fri 27 Sep – Harvey Rd Tavern, Gladstone QLD
Sat 28 Sep – Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton QLD
Tue 1 Oct – Seabreeze Hotel, Mackay QLD
Wed 2 Oct – Magnums Hotel, Airlie Beach QLD
Fri 4 Oct – Queens Beach Hotel, Bowen QLD
Sat 5 Oct – Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville QLD
Mon 7 Oct – Hinchinbrook Shire Hall, Ingham QLD
Fri 11 Oct – Burdekin Memorial Hall, Ayr QLD
Sat 12 Oct – Brothers Sports Club, Cairns QLD
Wed 16 Oct – The Station, Birtinya, Sunshine Coast QLD
Fri 18 Oct – Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich QLD
Sat 19 Oct – The Princess Theatre, Brisbane QLD
Sun 20 Oct – Distillery Rd, Beenleigh QLD
Tue 22 Oct – Metro Theatre, Sydney NSW
Fri 25 Oct – Sawtell RSL, Coffs Harbour NSW
Sat 26 Oct – West Tamworth League Club, Tamworth NSW
Sun 27 Oct – Finnian’s Tavern, Port Macquarie NSW
Tue 29 Oct – Uni – Bar On The Hill, Newcastle NSW
Wed 30 Oct – Drifters Wharf, Gosford NSW
Fri 1 Nov – Sydney Coliseum, Rooty Hill NSW
Sat 2 Nov – The Cube, Campbelltown NSW
Sun 3 Nov – Waves, Wollongong NSW
Tue 05 Nov – 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC
Fri 8 Nov – Bridgeway Hotel, Pooraka, Adelaide SA
Sat 9 Nov – The Gov, Adelaide SA
Sun 10 Nov – Northern Sound System Event Centre, Elizabeth SA
Tue 12 Nov – Commercial Hotel, South Morang VIC
Wed 13 Nov – Village Green, Mulgrave VIC
Fri 15 Nov – Pier Bandroom, Frankston VIC
Sat 16 Nov – All Seasons, Bendigo VIC
Sun 17 Nov – Barwon Heads Hotel, Surf Coast VIC
Thu 21 Nov – Discovery, Darwin NT
Fri 22 Nov – Noonamah Tavern Beer Garden Amphitheatre NT
Tue 26 Nov – Astor Theatre, Perth WA
Fri 29 Nov – Mundaring Weir Hotel, Mundaring WA
Tue 3 Dec – Country Club Tasmania, Launceston TAS
Wed 4 Dec – Frankie J’s, Devonport TAS
Fri 6 Dec – Odeon Theatre, Hobart TAS
Tickets via the band’s website
