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Following the release of his ferocious sea-shantyOceans, today, Australian troubadour and pranksterPeter Bibby introducesMarge. The third studio album from the musical Andy Kaufman-like cult figure and his disruptive backing band Dog Act will be released on Friday, September 18th via Spinning Top Records. The news is paired with the release of new single”Whyalla“, a guttural six-and-a-half minute jam that pushes and pulls across the beaten track until there’s nothing left to give. Fans can pre-order Marge here.
“Whyalla” is simultaneously a love letter and a cursing damnation of rural Australia.. Its spoken-word bridge lays down tall tales about some of its most notable legends, while the chorus draws you in like a moth to the flame, only to get promptly burnt once again by the song’s churning riff. “I wrote this song a few years back after my mate Racoo asked me to write a song for a road trip compilation she was putting together. I don’t think it saw the light of day. I had a lot of help from Wikipedia,” says Bibby of the track.
Directed and produced by Brendan Hutchens, the video is a hitchhiker’s guide to garage rock. “We shot this thing out in Glen Eagle’s Rest, due to COVID 19 we couldn’t shoot it in Whyalla. It came together nicely with the help of great friends, a great crew and a weird toilet cleaner who hung around telling us strange and creepy facts about the location. He said he was disappointed that we weren’t shooting a porno,” he adds.
Marge is an album of splintered, volatile Australiana. Recorded with “Strawberry Pete” Gower and drummer “Dirty Dave” Taylor – Bibby’s third LP is a soundtrack to a surf movie where there’s blood in the water; a dirt road leading to a dead end; the sounds of Diesels & Dust covered in… well, diesels and dust. “The Dog Act and I recorded this album in a week off in Perth between two Australian tours. We were match fit and full of beans. It features a selection of songs, some fun, some completely bloody miserable. It was made better by the involvement of the fourth Dog, Mitch McDonald, who engineered the record and offered endless energy and ideas. I love this record,” says Bibby of the album.
Marge is available for pre-order in digital formats as well as limited edition blue 12” vinylhere.
