‘She’ is the new emotional and powerful single from Tasmania’s hard hitting folk-punk band The Dead Maggies. It will be launched on the 15th of December at Smorgasbaarg (Hobart) with 100% of sales going to support local domestic violence NGO; Support, Help, Empowerment (SHE). The song will be available to purchase from Bandcamp from Thursday 9th December from 7pm AEST.
The song adapts the words of women in Tasmania who are experiencing and have experienced domestic violence into a single story with a dark and powerful message. Their stories came from a report released by SHE and The Dead Maggies hope to raise awareness and money for this invaluable NGO.
“I found reading the interviews [in SHE’s report] incredibly powerful. The women’s words made understanding the reality of seeking help, and society’s reactions, stark, bleak and horribly sexist. It was very hard to take in, the only reaction I could have was to turn it into a song. I’m proud of this song, I think it’s a good one. But it’s because of the words of those women. That’s where its power comes from. It seemed obvious from the moment I wrote it that we needed to use it to support SHE and support the movement against ending gendered violence and societies’ gendered reaction to violence.” (Gareth, The Dead Maggies)
Not long returned from their second international tour, and coming off the back of HOBOFOPO (Hobart’s first folk-punk festival) this is The Dead Maggies first release since their album “Well Hanged” (2015) which received rave reviews, national and international airplay.
This summer The Dead Maggies will be appearing at festivals including; Falls Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Taste of Tasmania, National Folk Festival and Fractangular Gathering.
She (the song) will be released in March on an EP with other tracks that are still currently being recorded.
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Our roster contains some amazing and upcoming Australian; folkpunk, folk, punk, folkrock, celtic punk, gypsy and bluegrass artists.
Check out:
The Ramshackle Army – Celtic Punk Rock from Melbourne.
– New EP ‘Whitewashed Graves’ out 2nd December through FTYP. tRSA have been back and forth between AUS and USA touring with Flogging Molly and also playing shows with Frank Turner and The Tossers.
The Dead Maggies – Tasmanian Convict Folkpunk & Cowpunk Storytellers.
– Released their full length album ‘Well Hanged’ on FTYP in November 2015. It was feature album on ABC 936, Edge Radio and 2BoB. Had national airplay through Triple J and national ABC networks, and scored #7 on London Celtic Punks 2015 Album of the year list.
The Button Collective – Energetic Folk music from Northern NSW.
– Released their EP ‘The Lonesome Sea’ on FTYP in February 2016. It has received Triple J airplay and the band continue to play almost every folk festival in Australia.
Fox ‘N’ Firkin – Celtic Flavored Punk Rock from Brisbane.
– Full length album ‘No Vacancly’ was released by FTYP in April 2016, to Triple J airplay, interstate touring, and rave reviews internationally.
Handsome Young Strangers – Australiana bush-punk and a Sydney institution.
– New EP titled ‘The Battle Of Broken Hill” out in Nov 2016 with an album following in 2017.
Hairyman – A bush balladeer with a’capella tales straight out of the deep dark forests of southern Tasmania.
– Recording soon for a release in 2017.
The Dominic Francis Grief Ensemble – Rogue folk troubadour, lively folk music with deep and intelligent lyrics.
– Recording soon for a release in 2017.
Mark Downie. First published December 8
