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Attrition: The Black Maria Heads Down Under Coventry Darkwave Pioneers Attrition take their unique vision to the other side of the globe in October and November on their Australia & New Zealand tour.

Attrition: The Black Maria Heads Down Under

Coventry Darkwave Pioneers Attrition take their unique vision to the other side of the globe in October and November on their Australia & New Zealand tour.

by Alan Rider, Contributing Editor
first published: September, 2024

approximate reading time: minutes

Martin: "It may have taken us 40 years, but we are finally coming to play in Australia!"

AttritionThings have been moving quickly since we spoke to Martin Bowes on the cusp of the release of Attrition’s latest album, ‘The Black Maria’, their first for almost 10 years.  Multiple interviews, a slew of positive reviews, performances in the UK and Europe, US dates abruptly cancelled due to a rogue promoter attempting blackmail (they will be back there in 2025 though), and now their first ever tour of Australia, one of the few places on the planet to not yet have had a visit from them, along with a return trip to New Zealand, where they last played in 2018.

Martin: “It may have taken us 40 years, but we are finally coming to play in Australia! We are more than excited about our first tour there, and looking forward to our return to New Zealand, six years on, meeting old friends, and venturing to the South Island!"

Its an impressive feat for a band that started out in 1981 playing Coventry pubs and issuing their music themselves on cassette.  Should you be reading this in Australia or New Zealand, or fancy a long flight, the dates are below.  For the rest of us, I am sure the shows will be recorded and issued on the Attrition Bandcamp site, as others have, and there will be fan videos on Youtube also.

In the meantime, you can catch them playing closer to home at The Black Prince, Northampton on October 13th, or on the eve of their trip to Australia at a hometown gig at The Tin, Coventry on October 16th.

Tour graphicAustralia 2024 Tour Dates
Thursday October 24th  Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Friday October 25th  Hotel Metro, Adelaide
Saturday October 26th  Singing Bird Studios, Frankston, VIC
Sunday October 27th  Altar, Hobart, TAS
Thursday October 31st  Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne
Friday, November 1st, Darling Nikkis, Sydney
Saturday, November 2nd, The Cave Inn, Brisbane
Sunday, November 3rd, Black Box theatre, Nambour, QLD
with Schkeuditzer Kreuz and Subterranea
New Zealand
Thursday, November 7th, Embankment Tavern, Christchurch
Friday, November 8th, Valhalla, Wellington
Saturday, November 9th, The Tuning Fork, Auckland
with Subterranea

Alan Rider
Contributing Editor

Alan Rider is a Norfolk based writer and electronic musician from Coventry, who splits his time between excavating his own musical past and feeding his growing band of hedgehogs, usually ending up combining the two. Alan also performs in Dark Electronic act Senestra and manages the indie label Adventures in Reality.


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