They’re a rowdy, bunch those Drunk Mums. Rocking up late, drinking and swearing. Growing up they might’ve been the kids somebody warned you to avoid. You know, the types that probably exposed you to your first porno magazine.
An exhibition of history’s greatest hairstyles, the band rip out their bombastic songs amongst the candlelit tables and heady, scarlet glow of The Toff In Town band room.
Tunes such as Rubbing Your Gums and Switchblade are slathered with attitude that’s like a slap in the face. They fire up an audience where bucket hats, flannelette shirts and denim overalls rule. It seems as if the cast of Heartbreak High are having their reunion tonight.
Rolling from one song to the other with raucous banter in between, Jake Doyle, Dean Whitby, Adam Ritchie and Johnny Badlove please us with their gruff harmonies drawling vocals. Big Titty Trippin’ is a standout while guitarist Jake pulls funny faces onstage and bops feverishly from side to side. Sort of like a frantic metronome.
The boys treat the crowd with songs from their forthcoming album. It seems they’re also treating themselves when bassist Adam pauses to quickly learn basics of the track. This little interval gives guitarist Dean a self-proclaimed “beer break” and time to tell us the track is “so new it won’t even be on the new album. Mad arse.”
Slightly more melodic than songs from their most recent self-titled album, the new stuff certainly does deliver on the Drunk Mums shtick we’ve come to love and fits in nicely with their older gear.
They’re a rowdy bunch those Drunk Mums. If nothing else, their shows are high-octane entertainment complete with a sweaty dance floor. The set ends as raucously as it started with Beat TV’s own Dan Watt sending the satisfied audience off with the pearler: “Stop using deodorant! F*** global warming!”
Rock’n’roll: it’s mad asrse.
BY ISABELLA UBALDI
pic by Brandon Cook
LOVED: The hairstyles (blonde mullets, shaggy crops, thick fringes and long locks).
HATED: Dan Watt’s cringe-worthy joke about hipsters changing light bulbs.
DRANK: The Toff’s Bubble Cup cocktails.
