Flyying Colours bring their shoegaze symphony to Brunswick this October
Melbourne shoegaze outfit Flyying Colours hit the Bergy Bandroom this month for one special night.
Since forming in the early 2010s, Flyying Colours have carved out their own corner of Australia’s thriving shoegaze scene. The band centres around the intertwined guitar work and vocal interplay of Brodie J Brümmer and Gemma O’Connor, with Andy Lloyd-Russell holding down the rhythm section. Drawing inspiration from shoegaze pioneers like My Bloody Valentine and Ride, the Melbourne four-piece have spent over a decade refining their signature sound across multiple EPs and four full-length albums.
Their most recent record, You Never Know, arrived in early 2023 via Poison City Records. The album showcases the band’s ability to balance dense walls of guitar fuzz with delicate melodic touches, all recorded in a focused two-week session at Red Door Studios. Tracks like Do You Feel The Same? and Long Distance demonstrate their knack for blending propulsive rhythms with dreamy atmospherics, while songs like Bright Lights lean into the more ethereal side of their sound.
Flyying Colours
- Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick
- 10 October
- Tickets $33.15
Check out our gig guide here.
The live show promises to expand their recorded work into something even more immersive, with the band known for transforming their layered studio recordings into expansive sonic landscapes on stage.
With their reputation as flagbearers of Australian shoegaze firmly established, Flyying Colours continue to prove that the genre’s influence extends far beyond its British origins. Their approach to the style feels distinctly local while maintaining the core elements that make shoegaze so compelling: swirling guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and vocals that float somewhere between the foreground and the haze.
The Bergy Bandroom show arrives as a standalone celebration, giving Melbourne fans a chance to experience the band’s catalogue in an intimate venue setting. Whether you’ve been following since their 2016 album Mindfulness or discovered them through You Never Know, this October gig offers a chance to hear why Flyying Colours remain such an essential part of Melbourne’s alternative music landscape.
For more information, head here.
