Soak up this gig

Warrnambool Standard 22nd April 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved

WARRNAMBOOL music fans are in for a treat tonight with Pre-Shrunk bass player and singer Davage promising an entertaining, captivating and sonically challenging performance at The Gallery Club. Billed by a Melbourne daily newspaper as the best band in town, these guys intend to put on not just a musical performance, but a show, and if that’s not enough to get your interest Davage has promised to show his nipples — if you ask nicely. “We are a band with a difference and at the same time we strive to give a good performance — we strive to give people their money’s worth,” he said. With sales of their latest single Triple A-Side going well around the country, these guys must be doing something right, but Davage attributes part of this success to the band’s philosophy of going where the fans are. This philosophy has taken them not only to the obvious places like Sydney and Adelaide, but to Tasmania and smaller regional centres. With this much touring under their collective belt, the trio was not at all phased by the distance. “A drive to Warrnambool for us is like a drive to the Seven 11 for some milk,” he said. With two bass players and a drummer, this three-piece offer a funk/dance/fusion sound instantly recognisable in Sound Pimp, one of the three singles released on Triple A-Side, which has received considerable air play on Triple J. “All three of us have got wide and varying influences and we all write equally and try to incorporate those influences,” Davage said of fellow band members Dave and Justin. Pre-Shrunk will be supported by The Monaros and Cherie Amore.