RVG ANNOUNCE THIRD SHOW AT THE OLD BAR THIS FEBRUARY AFTER FIRST TWO SELL OUT; PLAYING SXSW IN 2018
Wednesday 28 February @ The Old Bar w/ Spotting
Tickets on sale now
“There’s a reason why RVG are one of the most outstanding Melbourne bands around; something effortless in being on stage, something magical in frontwoman Romy’s voice. Guitars shimmer behind powerful vocals, surging with the urgency of 80’s new wave.” – The AU Review
Acclaimed post-punk band RVG have today announced a third show at The Old Bar in Melbourne this February after selling out their first two shows. RVG will now also play on Wednesday 28 February with synth-punk band Spotting – tickets are on sale now and they won’t last. These will be RVG’s final Melbourne shows before they head overseas to perform at SXSW, with additional US tour dates to be announced soon.
Hailing from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, RVG – known less formally as the Romy Vager Group – released their acclaimed debut album A Quality of Mercy in 2017. Self-recorded live off the floor at The Tote, and engineered by their bassist Angus Belle, the eight songs on A Quality of Mercy traverse through the myth of the tortured artist, the isolation of being trans, falling in love with a computer, the feeling of awaiting your fate on death row. Each song is played with wit, compassion and commitment, evident in singer Romy’s delivery, her “fierceness, her flow, and how clear it is she’s singing about what she knows” (The Guardian). The Fader called the album “a much-needed plea for kindness” with Triple R calling it “emotionally engaging”, whilst awarding their Album of the Week.
RVG – LIVE AT THE OLD BAR
Monday 26 Feb w/ Parsnip SOLD OUT
Tuesday 27 Feb w/ Time For Dreams SOLD OUT
Wednesday 28 February w/ Spotting
Tickets on sale now from Oztix
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RVG signed with Our Golden Friend / Island Records who re-released their album in October, which led into a much-hyped BIGSOUND set and four nominations at The Age Music Victoria Awards – for Best Album, Best Song, Best Band and Best Emerging Act. Their set at Meredith Music Festival was one of the most talked about over the weekend, and they went on to support Camp Cope, and then Future Islands, at The Forum – one of, if not the most iconic venue in Melbourne. RVG have since signed with Isla Angus at ATC Live for bookings in the UK/EU and Lucy Beach at Paradigm for North America. All this growing from a band whose first release of their debut album came with no photo, no press release, no plan.
Together, RVG – Romy Vager (vocals, guitar), Reuben Bloxham (guitar), Angus Belle (bass), Marc Nolte (drums) – deliver a refreshing kind of honesty and intelligence that you don’t hear in your everyday garage band. These shows at their spiritual home of The Old Bar in Fitzroy will be your last chance to see them live before the rest of the world discovers the magic that is RVG.
