FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS

Check out this week’s Edge Radio Recommended:

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS - “Recession Pop”

Naarm/Melbourne 6-piece Fairtrade Narcotics have released their second album Recession Pop, a genre-defying collision of rock, jazz, psychedelia & 00s inspired pop production, showcasing the group’s soulful vocals, spirited songwriting, dynamic horns, keys, dual guitars and locked rhythm section.

The album’s title Recession Pop is a tongue in cheek reference to an attitude prevalent in 2000s mainstream music & pop culture of “let’s go dancing at the bar/club to drink/smoke and forget about our problems” which coincided with a wave of hooky, highly produced electronic pop music.

A phrase coined to characterise a global music trend; when applied to an underground indie band from Melbourne, wields a heavy dose of sardonic humour indicative of the album’s character.

More: https://www.edgeradio.org.au/news/edge-radio-recommended-fairtrade-narcotics-recession-pop/

EVERY WEDNESDAY IN NOVEMBER ✮ FREE ENTRY ✮ Evelyn Hotel

Performing 2 sets of new & unreleased works, extended improvisations and original songs from the back catalogue.
Jazz-rock, instrumental grooves, psychedelia and sophisticated pop. Music kicks off each night at 8.30pm sharp.

✮✮✮✮✮ November Residency (FREE ENTRY) ✮✮✮✮✮

We’re back at Sept 13 supporting !! 🎷 Tix are now live ✩‧₊˚

Keen to witness the legends & angels ⊹₊˙⋆

✮ Pic by from our residency
✮ Boggle poster by

7 days of 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 !! ✷｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

Kudos to this lot for being so on the pulse: on ✯ on ✯ Cam F .3 ✯ Joe ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ + + + + +

It's a joy to be on your airwaves.

⛓️‍💥 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓲𝓸 ⛓️‍💥

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Our latest single is out today! ☆♬ 💽

A smooth lil disco number to keep you moving through those times when everything feels impossible ・⁠・⁠・ ☔

⋆ 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 ⋆

Brooke Kymberley ⋆ vocals, keys, trumpet/flugelhorn
George Inglis ⋆ guitar, production, artwork
Wilsen Conn ⋆ bass, backing vocals
Luca Soprano ⋆ drums
Dermot O'Brien ⋆ trombone

Engineered & mixed
Master by Joe Carra

⛓️‍💥 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓲𝓸 ⛓️‍💥

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Thanks to all who came out for our hometown show & .sun.in.abstract for these amazing snaps !! 📸

With our interstate tour all wrapped up, we're stoked to announce that our next single 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 is out 7 days from now on May 1st !! ☆♬ 💽

Tune into at 1pm this Saturday 29th for a premiere spin of the new single & interview with radio angel 🎷

Cute times on tour! 🚐 Thank you Adelaide & Sydney for turning out to our first ever interstate shows, we had a ball 🎀💃🏼🎀

Melbourne: see you this Friday night for an epic double header with & DJ Ponie Curtis (PBS) spinning funk/soul gems til late after our set 🪩

This will be your last chance to party with us as we slip into a brief live hiatus over winter to finish recording LP2 📀

✯ THE EV ✯ THIS FRIDAY NIGHT ✯ 11.04 ✯

See you on the dancefloor 🪩 xoxo

(⁠｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡⁠)⁠➜ MARCH/APRIL TOUR 🚐

🦋 12.03 Kaurna/Adelaide w/ ((FREE ENTRY!))

🦋 22.03 Gadigal/Sydney w/ & ((tix in bio))

🦋 11.04 Naarm/Melb at The Evelyn ((save the date! 🌹))

See you at a show soon # #

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Fairtrade Narcotics are hitting the road in March for our first interstate shows on Kaurna Country + Gadigal Land 🚐

☞ 12.03 Crown & Anchor - Adelaide (FREE SHOW)
☞ 22.03 Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville - Sydney

Sydneysiders can snag tickets for our Lazybones show thru our bio & ⛓️‍💥

Supports + juicy details dropping soon ☔

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Rapt to see Pivot at #2 on the Amrap Metro Charts, we're incredibly grateful for the support we get from grassroots community radio.
https://amrap.org.au/charts

Thanks to Joe of Music Matters on 3CR for this snap from Week 2 of our residency at The Fitzroy Pinnacle, you can catch us this Friday for Week 3 with Dopplerhaus + Please People: FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS ✧ FRIDAYS IN JANUARY RESIDENCY

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS