MATT MALONE & THE HOLY SPIRITS + MICHAEL PLATER (MELB) - DOUBLE BILL

MATT MALONE is an iconoclastic singer-songwriter hailing from the goldfields region of Victoria, Australia.

Matt’s bold baritone/ tenebrous imagery have often been compared to Michael Gira, Nick Cave, David Eugene Edwards, Mark Lanegan & Johnny Cash.  He has cultivated a cult audience with his intense live performances having shared the stage with the likes of Kim Salmon (Beasts Of Bourbon) + Hugo Race (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) on many prestigious stages across Australia & overseas.

2023 saw Malone release his critically acclaimed 'For The Term Of My Natural Life' (VRS Records, CD / Vinyl), solidifying his status as one of the consummate singer-songwriters of the Australian underground.  He followed it up with a small collection of electrified covers called 'Made In The Image, Vol.1', featuring a reinterpretation of the classic ‘I’m Bad Like Jesse James’ which was subsequently shared & endorsed by the John Lee Hooker estate.
Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits have completed recording with Loki Lockwood (Spooky Records, The Drones, Spencer P. Jones) and released 'Wolfman on Halloween' 25.PRESS:

⭐️ MATT MALONE (Vocals / Acoustic Guitar )

⭐️ NICK POTTS (Blues Harmonica)

PLUS ⭐️ MICHAEL PLATER (Vocals/ 12 String Acoustic Guitar/ Drone Box) in support

★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★ Backseat Mafia

“What a powerful rendition of the John Lee Hooker classic I’m Bad Like Jesse James from bluesman & twang artisan - Matt Malone… I like that!”  Tower Of Song, Double J

"Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits channel the darkness, the shadows... you'll recognize some Bad Seeds vibes in here & I'm all for it."  Henry Wagons, Double J

"Malone mines life's dark shadows in a similar way to Nick Cave or foreign antecedents like Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan. It's an album of singular vision, unrelenting in its intensity..."  Rhythms Magazine

"Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits sound like a Ennio Morricone score for a Cormac McCarthy movie.”  Americana UK

"Whatever juju, alchemy or disturbed darkness that made Jim Morrison put on a pair of leather trousers & shock the world out of its apathy… Matt has got it!"  Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Surrealists)

“Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits are stripped & bare in the outlaw country tradition, but with the menace & slow stabbing guitar of Rowland S. Howard."  Rolling Stone

"Matt Malone resonates with echoes of Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen & the greats... his latest single embodies his unique style & lyrical genius."  Anthony De Filipis

"Matt Malone deals in dark, heavy & sombre music... his voice a gothic, stentorian & preacher-like baritone. There are obvious touchstones like Nick Cave, Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Johnny Cash who he absorbs into his death blues soundtrack of rattling strings, ghostly sounds & strummed wasteland ballads."  The Music

"Matt Malone is a wayfaring stranger whose roots strongly echo the sweeping vengeful deliverance of Michael Gira & Swans, Malone seems more like a dark preacher-man trailed by a cloud of haunted dust in which one might also sense the spirits of Jim Morrison & Hank Williams.”  Noir Lounge

LINKS:

For The Term Of My Natural Life -  https://youtu.be/JXOAjqxr1oY?si=9Mr2dhVGerGS88u1

The Stranger - https://youtu.be/ymN0nS5shyM?si=I0yFkoZq6-I7KaX-

Wolfman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oAopAHOJJU

Bandcamp -  https://mattmaloneandtheholyspirits.bandcamp.com/

  LIMITED TIX!  $23 Prebook/ $25 Door

Doors from 5pm

We are a Licensed Venue. Outside Food is Welcome but No Outside Drinks/ Water Bottles allowed.

Under 18s permitted if under the direct supervision of a Guardian/ Adult