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Photo – Tom Wilkinson

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Your tour dates with Spanish Love Songs are coming up next month in May. What are you looking forward to?
I am looking forward to getting back on the road! It’s been such a long time since we’ve done a full Australian tour. We put the record out last year and some big changes happened in my life, so I haven’t really had a chance to tour, but things are kind of settling down a bit. This is my chance to get back on the road. We’re just bloody excited to go do what we do. I’m very happy about it.

Do you have a favourite state to perform in?
I mean, I love playing at home in Tassie. We’re not playing in Tasmania in this tour. So, I’m going to say it’s Queensland. We’ve always had such a good relationship with Queensland. We played some of our first shows ever out of Tassie in Brisbane. We’ve got a lot of family there so it’s really nice to get back.

Do you notice a shift in crowd energy when you perform in different states?
Yeah, absolutely. You can feel how it changes where you go. It could also change depending on which night of the week you’re playing on. I think we’re on the Goldie on a school night. You’ve just got to do the work to try and win the crowd over and get people on your level.

You’ll be playing at Miami Marketta! It’s an awesome venue with fantastic energy, no matter which day you visit!
Yeah, the place is awesome. We’ve played there before. It’s got awesome food out in the middle of it. I love it!

How do you find creative inspiration in your songwriting process?
Songwriting for me is very personal and very cathartic. I guess, I’m not really good at telling stories that aren’t mine. When you hear a lot of songwriters that can create whole worlds and how they’ve drummed up the whole thing and created scenarios and stories. For me, it’s kind of got to be about what I’m going through and what I’ve been through. You can kind of then relate characters or whatever to that process, but it has to be personal for me.

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Why do you think fans resonate with your music?
Well, from all the things that have been told to us in our inboxes or from the people that seem to love standing there and singing. I’m hopeful that there is a relationship you get from telling a person an honest story because at the end of the day, we’re all pretty much the same when you get down to it and everyone kind of has the same experiences or has had the same. If you can connect with fans in that way, then half the battle is won. I’m really lucky to have that connection with our fans.

Do you have a favourite fan story?
Had a lot of Luca Brasi tattoos which is always a really lovely thing. I’ve handwritten a bunch of lyrics on paper that have been tattooed. Stuff that’s permanent is pretty amazing. They’re the ones that always stick with me. My son’s been really unwell, so we’ve had to move states to look after him. We were playing some festival last year and the security guard came and brought a fan out who had been going through chemotherapy, the same as my little boy. To have that connection and that resonation was pretty bloody intense. That’s the one that’s going to stick with me, to know that our music was a part of their journey.

How has your musical journey evolved from your first release ‘Extended Family’ to ‘World Don’t Owe You Anything’?
That journey – it’s weird to say – but that was 13 years ago since we put our first record out. I don’t know where time has gone, we were just 20 year old kids that just tried to write enough songs for an album. We had no idea how to write a song, how to be in a band, we’d never done it before. We literally smashed out 10 songs, enough to make an album and that was it. Whereas hopefully it might show a little bit that we’ve matured a bit over time. I break down the songwriting process to be a bit more methodical and mature about how we do things. At the end of the day, we’re still four mates that went to kindergarten together, basically. We’re still morons that get to hang out all the time and go to the pub. I think the process and what we do is a little bit more refined now for sure.

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How would you describe your sound now compared to 13 years ago?
That first record, I listened to it not so long ago and I was thought, I don’t have that want or desire to yell really loud and thrash the sh*t out of my voice and sing songs about drinking underneath a bridge, which is what was going on in those days. That energy is still there in a sense and we do manage to get a beer underneath a bridge every now and again. We’re a bit older, we’re a bit more considerate about how we do things.

For new fans wanting to grasp your message and truly get a sense of who you are as a band, which song would you recommend they listen to?
I still think my favourite song that we’ve ever written is called, Anything Near Conviction. That one really resonated with people. There’s something very personal about it because it kind of kicked off this whole journey. It was our first song that got really high rotation on radio and the first time we went overseas.

Do you have a performance pre -ritual that you do before a show?
I try to stretch a little bit because I’m old now and everything hurts. Try to drink water. Try to wind up my voice. Try not to yell too much in the band room. Just before we go on stage, our whole crew and us huddle together and sing the football club song of where we grew up in St. Helens on the East Coast of Tassie.

What song is it?
I’m not sure if it has a name, but it goes like this: “What do we eat?” and the chant is “seaweed.” Then the next question is, “How do we eat it?” and the response is “raw.” After that, it goes, “Did we win?” and the reply is “We sh*t it in.”
That’s always been a tradition that we’ve had for 10 years. Every single show.

What piece of advice would you give to an artist starting out?
Don’t fall for the bullsh*t that people will try and sell you in this industry. I see so many bands that I love and just watch them fall into these traps of being signed to these horrible contracts and dealing with assholes. It just sucks. I hate that side of it. The other thing I always say is, people really remember someone who’s kind to you. You remember that first interaction. If you have a chance to have a chat, and you’re a genuine, kind person, it goes a hell of a long way. You can make some amazing friends by doing this. That’s the most important part about this, in my opinion, the connections. People have a long memory and it’s a small industry. If you’re going to be a prick and self entitled, you’re not going to get that far. You might get far, but people aren’t going to remember you very long.

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Do you think there’s a way to combat the issue with contracts?
I don’t know. It’s so hard because you need to find a way to get a leg up in the industry too. It’s not the easy thing and it’s getting harder and harder to play successful shows and get your music out there. The industry is going through a tough time. Get a lawyer to read through your contract would be good advice to start with. There’s some terrible clauses in there.

Is there a dream collaboration you want in the works with an artist?
Our favourite band collectively is a band from America called Hot Water Music. Like an old punk band that’s been around forever. We always wanted to do a song with Chuck from that band and it still hasn’t happened. That’s my dream collab for sure. I’d love to one day have a song with Chuck. I’m going to put it out there. I’ll visualise it. I’ll make a vision board and I’ll make it happen.

Favorites?
Album: Caution by Hot Water Music.
Artist: Probably the same, but I want to say something else. General Lime. I’m gonna say Hot Water Music. It has to be. God is all I’m talking about, unfortunately. You’re manifesting this now. Movie: Inception but I want to say that De Niro one, Casino maybe.
Place to visit: Gold Coast, Miami, Marketta
Venue to play: Absolutely, Miami, Marketta on the Gold Coast. I love it.
Food: Mexican
Drink: Spicy margarita
Tattoos: We were on tour in China years ago and my mate and I went to an all night tattoo parlor and got a tattoo that says “Fuck Busby” and he’s the guitar player in our band and we both got it. We went back to the room and we were so pumped to wake him up and show him. And he just rolled over and looked at it and goes, can you turn the light off? And that was it. That’s the biggest anti-climax of all time.

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LUCA BRASI
‘THE WORLD DON’T OWE YOU ANYTHING’
ALBUM TOUR

WITH SPECIAL GUEST SPANISH LOVE SONGS

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY – THE BASO, CANBERRA
THURSDAY 16 MAY – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
FRIDAY 17 MAY – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 18 MAY – ROSEMOUNT HOTEL, PERTH
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 23 MAY – MIAMI MARKETTA, GOLD COAST
FRIDAY 24 MAY – METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
SATURDAY 25 MAY – KING STREET, NEWCASTLE

Tickets for all shows on sale now.

For complete tour and ticket information visit livenation.com.au.

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Press Release 31st January 2024 (below) HERE

LUCA BRASI
announce
‘THE WORLD DON’T
OWE YOU ANYTHING’
Album Tour
with special guest
SPANISH LOVE SONGS

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AMNPLIFY – DB