Mark writes about the personal nature of his upcoming album with The Undertow, The Boxer.

Author:  Mark Seymour.

Date: 14 March 2024.

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When we play in this format, it gets fairly emotional and confronting.. especially for me, and I should say, much of the material on this new album is very personal.

Greetings,

We finally launched ‘The Boxer’ album.. At an actual event in a pub with a stage for invitees, friends, family and various industry professionals we’ve run into many times, who’ve helped us out along the way.. What you might call a private function.

Small beer you might think but honestly, it felt like a storm breaking, the build up has been so long. Months in fact. You’d think I’d be used to it by now but gigs like this have a ‘churchy’ feeling to them.

Quite formal in fact. Not something I’ve done for a long time.. It was in a downstairs basement bar underneath the Newmarket Hotel in Inkerman Street St.Kilda..

Naturally I had to sing a few tunes to break the ice. Four songs and it was the first time for all of them. People were more than gracious but I’m pretty sure there were several who’d not seen me perform in that stripped down way before..

Myself on acoustic guitar and Cameron McKenzie on electric..

Our approach has changed dramatically over the years. When we play in this format, it gets fairly emotional and confronting.. especially for me, and I should say, much of the material on this new album is very personal.

That’s the nature of releasing new music. You have to change if you’re serious about creating new sounds, to get the stage right and present the songs in the most truthful way you can..

Apart from that I’ve been doing a lot of time in Sydney, recording video with the very talented Stuart Spence whose work will emerge on FB and Instagram over the next few weeks.. as we roll out songs from “The Boxer”

A highlight for me last week was the rooftop shoot in Fitzroy featuring a duet with Linda Bull and her daughter Kiki.. It’s called ‘Waiting on the Kid’

So you could say, once an album is released there’s no turning back. We will be hitting the road very soon

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‘The Boxer’ Tour Dates

21 shows around the country to celebrate the release of forthcoming album ‘The Boxer’.

APRIL

Sun 7 – A Day on the Green – Peter Lehmanns, Barossa Valley
Sat 13 – A Day on the Green – Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley NSW
Sun 14 – A Day on the Green – Centennial Vinyards, Bowral NSW
Fri 19 – The Espy – St Kilda, VIC
Sat 20 – A Day on the Green – Sirromet Mt Cotton, QLD
Sun 21 – Brunswick Ballroom – Brunswick, VIC
Fri 26 – The Sunken Monkey – The Entrance, NSW
Sat 27 – The Metro – Sydney, NSW

MAY

Fri 3 – Big Easy Radio, Aldinga Beach, SA (DUO)
Sat 4 – The Gov – Adelaide, SA
Fri 10 – Miami Marketta – Gold Coast, QLD
Sat 11 – The Triffid – Brisbane, QLD
Fri 17 – Ravenswood Hotel, Ravenswood, WA
Sat 18 – Charles Hotel, North Perth, WA
Sun 19 – Freo Social, Fremantle, WA
Fri 24 – Dee Why RSL – Dee Why, NSW
Sat 25 – Toronto Hotel – Toronto, NSW
Fri 31 – Mounties Showroom, Mount Pritchard, NSW

JUNE

Sat 1 – Wenty Leagues, Wentworthville, NSW
Fri 7 – Theatre Royal – Castlemaine, VIC
Sat 8 – The Corner Hotel – Melbourne, VIC

For all tickets and show information go to:
markseymour.com.au/shows

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