Porpoise Spit’s debut album Don’t Quit out NOW
+ watch video for recent single ‘Struck’

East coast tour announced - click here for details

Porpoise Spit’s debut album Don’t Quit out now,
featuring singles ‘Struck’, ‘Flat Coins’ & ‘People Like Me’

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Porpoise Spit have finally released their long-awaited debut album, Don’t Quit, on Friday October 13, 2023 on 12” vinyl and all digital and streaming platforms.

They celebrate by sharing the video clip for recent single, ‘Struck’ - watch it here. Don’t miss them performing it live on their forthcoming album tour.

Porpoise Spit have built an audience in Melbourne and increasingly around Australia playing shows with peers such as Cash Savage, Cable Ties and Press Club; the group's roots are in the punk scene, yet the songs also bring to mind the likes of Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen.

They were named first by Double J in their recent Best Bands At BIGSOUND feature, praising their "stirring brand of rock that merges heartfelt ballads, raucous energy, thrashing guitars and a socially progressive punk spirit".

The release of Don’t Quit is supported by a video release for recent single ‘Struck’, an east coast tour announcement and community radio appearances. The band have announced their album tour, landing in Ballarat, Kyneton, Melbourne, Sydney and Port Kembla with more TBA. Click here for dates and ticket links.

Porpoise Spit generates a stirring brand of rock that merges heartfelt ballads, raucous energy, thrashing guitars and a socially progressive punk spirit. With a live show that is as electric as it is galvanizing, 2023 is fast becoming the year of the Porpoise.

“Their whole set just hangs together with that perfect loose/tight balance that makes you so thankful for rock'n'roll.” - Dan Condon, Double J

On recent single, ‘Flat Coins’, Porpoise Spit’s Elly Hewitt says: “Flat Coins was written as a reaction to the monotony of lockdown in a tiny, cold spare room in Coburg. I was reflecting on other periods of my life where I had experienced intense boredom and aimlessness and nothing felt more analogous the lazy, listful days of summer as a teenager roaming the streets of Melbourne, with little better to do than to watch coins warp as trains rushed over them.

“The song also explores navigating the world as a teenage girl, how people try to take advantage of young women and the lengths we have to go to to push down our feelings to ‘get on with it’. Flat Coins is a reflective, storytelling rock song pushing against the idea that ‘we get what we deserve’.”

Porpoise Spit came bursting out of the gates earlier this year with first taste from the album, ‘People Like Me’. The track saw them garner support from triple j and community radio across the country, and play to an absolute chockas Gem Bar for the single launch.

The launch for ‘Flat Coins’ - part of Leaps and Bounds Music Festival - sold out The Old Bar in days of being announced, and only helped to keep the band’s name on people’s lips.

Porpoise Spit’s debut LP Don’t Quit was recorded by Vince McIntyre at Taste Police Studios throughout the lockdowns from 2020-2022, and mastered by Guy Faletolu.

Porpoise Spit released the first single off the album, ‘People Like Me’, back in April. ‘People Like Me’ is a thumping challenge to the status quo with frenetic guitars, ethereal vocals and the iconic thundering crash home that we have come to expect from the ‘Spit. You can listen here.

‘People Like Me’ follows O’Sullivan’s plaguing self doubt in a time of transition and “is a powerful NO to systems that expect you to conform. Holding flags high for the people who choose to inhabit the spaces in between, ‘People Like Me’ is for anyone who has had to explain themselves for simply being who they are.”

If you require any further info or would like to organise an interview with the band, please don't
hesitate to get in touch.

Thanks so much in advance for any and all support.

CONTACT PSYCHIC HYSTERIA:
Kurt Eckardt
psychichysteria@gmail.com | +61 423 382 203

Some recent press for Porpoise Spit:
“Their brand of indie rock is distinctly Australian, and their lyrics are unwaveringly honest. But let's not bury the lede any further: they absolutely rip live.
“They play with contagious energy, but don't sacrifice musical precision in the quest for a good vibe. Each member has their craft down pat. As a unit, there's a hard-earned chemistry that can't be taught, their whole set just hangs together with that perfect loose/tight balance that makes you so thankful for rock'n'roll.
“For fans of: Courtney Barnett, Cash Savage & the Last Drinks, not taking shit from anybody.”
- Dan Condon, Double J

“Gigheads looking to see the roof blown off by the vocal cords of powerful female and non-gendered leads were welcomed with open arms to the second showcase for Porpoise Spit. The Melbourne-based outfit, taking their name from the fictional town in Muriel’s Wedding, took to the Black Bear Lodge stage in front of a packed-out crowd, displaying songs such as Flat Coins and People Like Me.

“It was refreshing to see congruity between both skilful songwriting and performing, and the contrast between Elly’s husky alto and Mill’s high-hitting Australian twang.”
- Laura White, The Music

Porpoise Spit is:
Mill O’Sullivan - guitar/vox (they/them)
Elly Hewitt - guitar/vox (they/them)
Ivy Craw - bass (she/her)
Rory Saba - drums (they/them)
Dom Buckham - drums on recording (he/him)

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