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'Midsommar' Star Jack Reynor on Full-Frontal Nudity and His Brushes with 'Star Wars'
July 03, 2019 9:15am by Brian Davids
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The Irish actor discusses his love of art house cinema, meeting with J.J. Abrams for 'The Force Awakens' and being considered for the titular role in 'Solo.'
[This story contains mild spoilers for Midsommar.]
Jack Reynor welcomed the chance to step out of his comfort zone for Ari Aster. The Irish actor returns to the big screen via A24's Midsommar, Aster's follow-up to his 2018 psychological horror hit, Hereditary. Reynor plays Christian, a grad student whose relationship with Dani (Florence Pugh) has reached the point of indifference. Despite a desire to end the relationship, Christian can't bring himself to do so after Dani suffers a profound tragedy. Out of compassion, he invites Dani to attend a once-in-a-lifetime festival in rural Sweden, which he'd already been planning to attend with his friends. Upon arrival, Dani and Christian's relationship is immediately tested thanks to the festival's sinister pagan rituals.
Reynor was immediately attracted to Midsommar's role reversal as far as the horror genre is concerned. Despite his past reservations, he embraced the script's full-frontal nudity and sexual content that put the male character in the same position that so many women have endured throughout the history of the genre.
"He suffers this very humiliating and exposing fate, and as a cinephile, I've really only ever seen that happening to female characters in the horror genre… especially in a sexual context," Reynor tells The Hollywood Reporter. "So, it was an opportunity to be part of something that flipped that on its head, and I really wanted to engage with the experience of it by advocating for as much full-frontal nudity as possible."
The former Transformers star credits his experience on 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction for reaffirming the type of career he strives to have in independent arthouse cinema. Despite his lack of interest in franchise storytelling, Reynor is absolutely willing to make an exception for Star Wars, after auditioning for J.J Abrams' The Force Awakens and reaching the top three (out of 2,500 actors) to play Han Solo in Ron Howard's Solo.
"For each of those films, the casting process went on for a good nine months. Who wouldn't have wanted to play [Han Solo]?" Reynor remarks. "Ultimately, it wasn't to be for me, but I did watch [Solo] and not only did Alden Ehrenreich do a really great job, it was my favorite of all the Star Wars movies that have come out recently."
In a recent conversation with THR, Reynor discusses his fondness for his MIdsommar scene partner Florence Pugh, his friendship with actor Will Poulter and the blockbusters he turned down in the name of creative integrity.
Has Midsommar ruined flaky pies and pastries for you?
(Laughs.) Omigod, yeah. It's hard to eat them now without having flashbacks of putting pubic hairs in my mouth. I don't think I'll ever look at a Cornish pasty the same way again.
I imagine it's somewhat difficult to prepare for a movie like Midsommar, but have you experienced any culture shock in your life that gave you something to channel into your performance?
When my career started and I began traveling extensively, there were some places that I went to that were so far removed from what I've grown up in, that it was, like you say, a culture shock. In terms of this character and the role, the heart of it lies in the relationship more than Christian's experience in the community of heathens. So, I really spent most of my time thinking about that and having conversations with Ari [Aster] and Florence [Pugh] about it.
Right away, we're introduced to Christian and Dani's relationship and how it's clearly run its course. Since you can feel the distance between the two characters, I'm curious if you and Florence opted not to do any chemistry building. That way, your lack of familiarity with each other could help create the disconnect we feel onscreen.
In fact, it's actually the opposite. Florence and I were very, very good friends; we're very close. We would decompress with each other when we came off the set. We would cook dinner for each other, and we were a good kind of support system for one another on the film. I think that the warmth of our relationship in real life actually contributes an awful lot to the feeling of the relationship between Dani and Christian feeling lived in, which is obviously vital for the film to work. It needs to feel like at one time these people have been together for a reason. They're not strangers to one another; it's just that their relationship is dissolving. The fact that we had such a good relationship with one another was a really beneficial thing. It was painful for both of us at times to have to perform in such a way with one another that was callous and emotionally bereft. At least, it was for me. There was one moment in particular that I've never experienced on set with any actor before. In the opening sequence of the film, when Dani discovers this tragedy that's happened with her family and she is roaring crying in a really primal way, I'm holding her in my lap on the couch, and I've never had an experience before where I didn't have to decide what I was gonna do with my performance. My scene partner literally just gave me the performance. Once she was in that frame of mind and once that performance was coming out of her, it was just a gift. The tears are coming out of my eyes and I'm heartbroken, holding this person in my arms who feels viscerally just broken. It's such a testament to Florence as an actor, her control and the power of her performance. It's really an astonishing feat for an actor, and I've never experienced anything like that before, certainly not to that degree.
You've been up for some big roles, one of which we'll talk about shortly, but at this point in your career, is an original role via an auteur filmmaker, like an Ari Aster, Jordan Peele or Chris Nolan, more rewarding than a famous character with baggage?
Yeah, 100 percent. It's an opportunity to develop a character and tailor it to your own kind of feeling; that's really what excites me. To take ownership of your character, by its very nature, is more rewarding than being involved in sequels, remakes and whatever. So, that's predominantly what I look for in my career, and Midsommar, in particular, was an opportunity to do something that is so far removed from what we see in mainstream cinema. And yet, it has a really broadly appealing feel. So, I think that's a testament to Ari. The opportunity to develop a character, who, at surface level, is inattentive and a lacking person in this relationship, and then, to try and invest some empathic traits as well, and to acknowledge within myself that I have the capacity to be like this person at times, and so does everybody on the face of this planet at one time or another. We've all had demands put on us by the people that we love and by our friends in their times of need. And there are times when all of us come up short in our responsibilities to people in our relationships.
That was a big part of the reason why I wanted to sign on to the film. The other big reason was because I was fascinated by this archetypal alpha male character being stripped of absolutely everything over the course of the film — including his community of friends who uphold his structure as an archetypal alpha male and ultimately, his own personality. He suffers this very humiliating and exposing fate, and that's something that, as a cinephile, I've really only ever seen that happening to female characters in the horror genre, particularly that level of exposure, especially in a sexual context. So, it was an opportunity to be part of something that flipped that on its head, and I really wanted to engage with the experience of it by advocating for as much full-frontal nudity as possible. I know that it was very important to Ari too that it was one of the features of the film. It was an interesting experience to do it, and it was a difficult experience. It made me feel more vulnerable than I anticipated — and I did think I was gonna feel vulnerable — but I'm really glad I had the opportunity to do that.
Regarding the nudity, I read some old interviews of yours where you seemed to rule out the idea. So, this wouldn't be the first time where the right filmmaker with the right material inspired an actor to step out of their comfort zone.
Yeah, I think that was the thing that really stood out for me in the script. I recognized that this is something that really only happens to women in horror films, and it's an opportunity to do something different, something that feels new. As an actor, you want to find things to do that haven't really been seen by a mainstream audience, particularly. So, this was certainly an opportunity to do that, and I felt very ready to do it. I don't have an issue with the nudity; it's more an issue of the mental space that I needed to occupy throughout that entire sequence. That was the part that I think was really difficult.
I just interviewed a horror director whose set required the blessing of a priest. Thus, did anything creepy or unusual happen on the Midsommar set?
Nothing really creepy or unusual happened, but we did have a live bear on set one day. He was a little pissed off, hanging around on set. He was ready to work. So, he got pissed off and decided he was gonna bounce up and down in his cage and rock the truck back and forth, which was an odd thing to see on set. That was probably the scariest thing that happened.
Do you and Will Poulter share an agent since you've made four films together?
(Laughs.) No, we just share a similar taste in film. He's one of my best mates; I love him to death. We've worked together four times now, and I don't think there's any danger of us slowing down because we just really love working together. He's the best guy.
I hate to be predictable, but I have to ask about your Star Wars auditions. Starting with Episode VII, I presume you read fake sides for your audition, but since you eventually auditioned for Han Solo, do you know if you were vying for the role of Poe Dameron?
I have no idea to be honest with you, but I get the sense that I wasn't. I don't want to go into it too much because I don't know what kind of trouble I could get into; obviously, Star Wars is a big institution. It's also long enough ago now that I can't really remember what the sides were, but it was very exciting to be considered for Episode VII. It was a long process, obviously, and I met with J.J. [Abrams] a couple of times on it. It was an exciting time, and then, of course, I was considered for the Han Solo movie, too. Again, that was a long process. For each of those films, the casting process went on for a good nine months. It was interesting, and I think it would've been exciting to do the Han Solo movie. Who wouldn't have wanted to play that character? Ultimately, it wasn't to be for me, but I did watch the film and not only did Alden Ehrenreich do a really great job, it was my favorite of all the Star Wars movies that have come out recently.
Out of 2,500 actors, you made the final three for Han Solo. As much as I like Solo, it's the first Star Wars film to lose money after being plagued by on-set drama. Knowing how it turned out, would you still have gone through with it had you landed the role?
Absolutely. If you're an actor in this day and age and you're only driven by the bottom line — a film's critical reception and its box office success — you're not going to have a particularly fulfilling career. There's so much to be gained from the experience of making a film — working with people, the community you can develop, the travel. There's a world out there to be seen, and sometimes, these films bring you to places you never would've been before. That is really what drives my decisions in the roles I take, sometimes. It might shoot somewhere amazing that I've never been; it's just a new and unique experience to be had. All of that stuff builds up and becomes part of your reservoir of experiences to draw on as an actor. If it had worked out and I got the film, I would've done it, 100 percent, even knowing how it was received.
Since Transformers: Age of Extinction is now behind you, did you ever voice your concerns over the relationship your character had in that movie? The movie seemed self-conscious about it since it spent a few minutes trying to justify a 20-year-old man dating a 17-year-old girl.
That wasn't something that came up until we were in production. Initially, it wasn't really in the script. Realistically, I was 21 years of age, making this huge franchise film, and doing what I was told, because that's kind of what you do when you get on one of those films. When you look at the culture of it now, especially given the advent of the #MeToo era, yeah, it's definitely a problematic joke, but I'm not the writer of the film. I was a 21-year-old actor coming in from independent Irish cinema, and it didn't really feel like my place to comment on what these guys wanted to do. It's their film and their responsibility, really.
You didn't have to make two more Transformers movies as originally planned. You also wouldn't commit to films like Independence Day: Resurgence and Gods of Egypt. When you reflect on the roads not taken, does that make Midsommar or Sing Street all the sweeter?
Yeah, it's not by accident that I've developed the resume that I have. I'm not really hugely interested in the world of franchise films; I just don't find myself being stimulated by their stories. It's different on the Star Wars movies because I grew up with Star Wars; I love Star Wars. But largely, I'm not particularly interested in superhero movies or big, blockbuster franchises. I'm more concerned with independent arthouse cinema, really, and characters I can relate to, that I think are interesting, that have texture and layers and that are challenging to play. I've tried to, as best I can, hold the line and maintain my creative integrity throughout my career by turning down bigger things that are less interesting and trying to hold out for stuff that is really interesting. At times, it can be difficult, obviously, because we've all gotta make money and we've all gotta eat. At this point, if you're a young actor and you're trying to get an existence just on the back of feature film, and not do a big franchise, you're going to be in trouble. You've gotta do something here and there that might not necessarily live up to what you expect in terms of your own creative integrity. That's part of it; that's part of the industry in 2019.
While it's not currently on Netflix, the streamer did wonders for Sing Street, a movie in which your performance received widespread praise. Is that the film you're approached about the most?
Yeah, I'd say so. People really love that film, and they really related to the character. Yeah, largely, that's the one people recognize me from, and I'm very proud of it. It's definitely one of the films that I loved making, and it was great to be back home in Ireland, working with people who were friends and who I'd worked with in the past. It felt kind of like a homecoming to do that movie. For John Carney, the director, it's kind of a semi-autobiographical film, and it was a pleasure and an honor to play a character that was representative of some different people in his life.
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Plastic takes a long time to degrade. Nobody is quite sure how long it takes for plastic to biodegrade—it hasn't been around long enough, and the first plastics made are still around today. Scientists believe, however, that plastics will take hundreds of years to degrade fully—if not longer. Plastics as we know them have only been around a hundred years, and they are already a problem. Imagine five hundred years' worth of plastics in our landfills.
Plastics contain harmful chemicals. These include cadmium, lead, PVC, and other pollutants in the form of artificial coloring, plasticizers, and stabilizers. Some of these have been discovered to be harmful and are not in currently-manufactured plastics, but the older, more toxic plastics are still filling up our landfills and floating around in our oceans, releasing pollutants into the environment. These can seep into groundwater from landfill runoff and cause health risks for both wildlife and humans.
Recycling plastic saves energy. Studies show that the energy saved by recycling a single plastic bottle—as compared to producing a new one from scratch—is enough to power a single 60-watt bulb for six hours. Think of those 2.5 million bottles thrown away per hour in the U.S.—we could practically power our homes on the energy savings we'd gain by recycling every one of those plastic bottles.
Recycled plastic is useful. Recycled plastic is found in many unexpected places—including carpeting, the fuzz on tennis balls, scouring pads, paintbrushes, clothes, industrial strapping, shower stalls, drainpipes, flowerpots, and lumber. It also contains oils that could be recycled and reused as fossil fuels.
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Our partners at WBIR-TV and our friends at Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention–or ASAP–of Anderson County will hold a drug take back event today (Tuesday, November 14th) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Clinton Police Department headquarters.
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Anthon Gerard Alexander van Rappard (Zeist, 14 de mayo de 1858-Santpoort, 21 de marzo de 1892) fue un pintor y dibujante neerlandés. Fue discípulo de Lawrence Alma-Tadema y Jean-Léon Gérôme y durante cuatro años amigo y mentor de Vincent van Gogh, de quien se dice que le apreció por su compromiso social, entre otras razones.

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De acuerdo con el RKD trabajó en París, Bruselas, Utrecht, Ámsterdam, y Terschelling antes de trasladarse a Santpoort. Estudió en la Rijksakademie de Ámsterdam y fue miembro de Arti et Amicitiae de Ámsterdam, Pulchri Studio de La Haya y otras sociedades artísticas.

Su correspondencia con Van Gogh entre los años 1881-1885 es una de las fuentes más importantes para trazar la biografía de Van Gogh. La obra de Van Rappard es reducida debido a su corta vida.

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Bibliografía
 Brouwer, Jaap W., Siesling, Jan Laurens, y Vis, Jacques, Anthon van Rappard, companion & correspondent of Vincent van Gogh; his life & all his works, De Arbeiderspers, Ámsterdam & Gary Schwartz, Maarssen 1974, ISBN 90-295-3441-9

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35K enroll in Colorado's new public option health insurance program
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Jan 19, 2023 Updated Jan 20, 2023
This story has been updated with comments from the Colorado Association of Health Plans.
(The Center Square) – Approximately 35,000 people enrolled in Colorado's public option health insurance program during its first enrollment period, according to the state's Division of Insurance.
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis said the number enrolled surpassed original estimates during this week's State of the State address.
A state law passed in 2021 created the "Colorado Option." It requires health insurance carriers to offer a standardized plan within individual and small-group markets at reduced prices and covers all benefits required
Late last year, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies stated Coloradans could save up to $326 million on health insurance in 2023 due to the Colorado Option. The law requires premiums to be set below 2021 prices, with adjustments for inflation, by 5% this year, 10% in 2024 and 15% in 2025.
"In Washington state, their public option only had approximately 1% of total enrollment in its first year," Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway said in a statement. "The fact that we are at 13%, far surpassed my hopes for what we would achieve in our first year. But perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. Not only do these plans create more competition in our insurance market, they offer a better value to Coloradans, with many services that lead to better health outcomes offered at no-cost or low costs."
Analysis by the Common Sense Institute found the mandated price reductions without a reduction in health care costs would force medical providers to "cut costs in a way that impacts quality and access or pass on costs to the remaining private insurance market through higher prices." In October 2022, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced final rates and an average price increase of 10.4%.
Polis said health care in the state and the nation requires additional reform.
"The United States spends far more on health care than our peers around the world, and our results are no better," Polis said during Tuesday's State of the State. "Meanwhile, Coloradans still pay some of the highest costs for health care, particularly hospital care. Sadly, we are among the top 10 states for hospital cost, price and profit. Let's change that. Our work to save people money on health care is more urgent than ever before, and we must leave no stone unturned."
Brandon Arnold, associate director of the Colorado Association of Health Plans, told The Center Square in an emailed statement that "most Coloradans have agreed that a non-standard, private insurance plan is better suited for them."
"Health insurance providers have tight medical loss ratios that limit the amount of premium dollars that can be spent on administrative costs and profits," he said. "In the midst of this, the administrative burden on health insurance providers has only increased as a result of increased red-tape and bureaucracy from the Division of Insurance and the Governor's office because of initiatives like the Colorado Option. More than 87% of Coloradans find better value through Colorado's health insurance providers, but efforts that could save people money on healthcare, like decreasing the regulatory burden, have been lacking."
Joe Mueller covers Missouri for The Center Square. After seven years of reporting for daily newspapers in Illinois and Missouri, he spent the next 30 years in public relations serving non-profit organizations and as a strategic communications consultant.
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The foot race was one of the events dedicated to Zeus. Panathenaic amphora, Kleophrades painter, circa 500 BC, Louvre museum.
Sport was an important form of worship in the Ancient Greek pagan religion. The ancient Olympic Games, called the Olympiad, were held in honour of the head deity, Zeus, and featured various forms of religious dedication to him and other gods. As many Greeks travelled to see the games, this combination of religion and sport also served as a way of uniting them.
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^ "Judicial review of 'sport' or 'game' decision begins". BBC News. 22 September 2015.
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Bidwell's Coral Tree features showy clusters of red tubular flowers at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall. Its pointy leaves remain green in color with distinctive light green veins throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Bidwell's Coral Tree is a multi-stemmed perennial with a more or less rounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
Bidwell's Coral Tree will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. Although it is technically a woody plant, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as a perennial in our climate if planted outdoors over the winter, usually regrowing from its base (crown) the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.


Buddy Rogers is awarded the inaugural World Championship of the World Wide Wrestling Federation at a Capitol Sports TV taping, after defeating Antonino Rocca in a 'mysterious' tournament in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
In reality, there was no tournament, and the storyline was used to cover Northeast promoters breaking off from the established National Wrestling Alliance office. Rogers had recently dropped the NWA World championship to Lou Thesz, a move that New York promoters Vince McMahon Sr. and Toots Mondt took issue with. They decided to form their own title, in order to take greater control of the huge metropolitan areas in the North Atlantic.
The company and the championship would go through two name changes over the years, with Vince McMahon Jr. shortening the name to simply 'WWF' in the early 80's. In 2002, a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Fund would force McMahon to switch to the modern-day, World Wrestling Entertainment.
According to the official WWE title history, the World title of today (currently on their Smackdown brand) still shares direct lineage to the championship awarded to Buddy Rogers on this day in 1963.


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Introducing the swirling psych sounds of Perth's Western Kinsmen Of The Sun
They launch their new single, Heaven, tonight - Friday 18 August.
Header photo by Peter Heathcote.
Western Kinsmen Of The Sun are a Perth band we actually stumbled across late last year at a uni band comp, and they blew us away with a powerful half-hour of psychedelic stoner jams that were kinda like a mellow version of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Their tracks, while lengthy, never felt obnoxiously long, and have plenty to say within them both instrumentally and lyrically. They're launching a new single, Heaven, at Mojos in Fremantle tonight, and we decided to get to know them a little better beforehand.
Tell us about about yourselves?
Western Kinsmen Of The Sun were spawned from a collective love for experiment and narrative, the idea that music can achieve more when it delves outside of expectation, to work on our emotions and explore the immense possibilities that music offers. The far reaching musical taste of all of us helps, we listen to an eclectic mix - Nina Simone, King Gizz, Hideous Sun Demon, Stella Donnelly, Leonard Cohen, Kendrick Lamar, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds... They all get played when we get together (not everyone appreciates everyone's taste however haha). Our upcoming EP Liminality was never intended to be what it has become. Initially it was going to be four or five distinct songs, that existed independently of each other but still worked well musically. It's became a lot more cohesive in a narrative sense - when I realised that the lyrics I was writing were almost unintentionally telling a story from song to song. Following this Kinsman who feels himself through a world that he is yet to fully understand, making deals with devil, reconciling his wrongdoings and chasing the sun. The Kinsmen are Jay (guitar), Macca (bass), Rory (drums), Nick (keys) and me - Finn (guitar/vox).
What kinda tunes we talkin'?
Musically it's pretty diverse. We move about a lot, from rock, to jazz, to soul... We're a psych band. But not if you see a psych band as big washed out phasers and crazy delays. Identifying as a 'psych band' is nice though, because it frees up room for experimentation and doesn't serve to box in what type of music you decide to play. The one thing that kind of separates our sound, especially I think in a live set, is the way that we play with timings. If you watch a live set or listen to our new track Heaven you'll hear us playing in three or four different time signatures in one song. It's self serving, we do it for ourselves because it's fun to play, but to blow our own trumpet I think it sounds pretty sweet as well.
Production/writing process:
It kind of changes from song to song, for most of the songs on Liminality I would bring the initial idea to the table, sometimes just a snippet and other times a fully fleshed out song. From there we play with it as a band and it transforms into this thing that could never have occurred without everybody taking a knife to the thing and re-stitching it to become something that is all of ours, and better than anything that just one of us could create.
Can you tell us about your new single, Heaven?
Heaven is the closing track from Liminality and the final part of the narrative.
In its religious conception, Heaven as a place of eternal bliss and happiness, removed from suffering, is completely alien to my understanding. I feel that happiness can only really exist alongside suffering, and that's one theme that runs through the EP. If happiness and suffering cannot exist without the other - then how can one hope for never ending, eternal bliss? I think the concept of Heaven can be better found in the defining moments of one's life, where true happiness is felt, if not forever, but in the beautiful moments of our lives when we feel like we've have added something unique and lasting to the world. Be it in a memory made, or something new discovered. The song is about Heaven, not as a place, but as a time or times in our life where we've beat our hindrances and are living in a moment of clear, unchallenged happiness.
Heaven was recorded, mixed and mastered at Poons Head Studios by Rob Grant (Tame Impala, POND, Melody's Echo Chamber).
Any shows coming up?
This Friday the 18th of August is the big one that we've been working towards! We'll be launching this single alongside our brother band Spacey Jane (check them out) who will be releasing their debut Single Still Running. Supports come from neo-soul groovers Demon Days and a Jazz/Rock/Hip-Hop eclectic called Casual Sets, formed from some of our favourite musicians from bands such as Koi Child, POW! Negro, and Mosquito Coast. Get more info on it HERE.
We'll also be supporting Psychedelic Porn Crumpets in Mandurah for their national tour on September 24th, and playing another sneaky little show, yet to be announced, after the AFL Grand Final on September 30th (will be abundant with meat pies, and back slapping).
What's the rest of the year have in store?
We'll be diving straight back into recording for the next one, but after this single launch we'll be releasing our debut EP Liminality later this year.
Where can we hear more of your music?
Those live shows are a good start, otherwise we're up on all your digital streams and BANDCAMP, keep your ears out for the rest of the EP later this year.
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