NEW ALBUM: Don't Thank Me, Spank Me! Album + Naarm Launch Show

Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me! release their debut self-titled album + celebrate with show in Naarm and Eora!

The wait is over for best friend duo Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me!'s self-titled debut LP,  with their genius combination of sublime songwriting, good hair, and matching Fender Mustangs. In celebration, they are launching the release in Naarm on Saturday 8th June at The Tote with Cong Josie and Sandy Dish before they head up to Eora for a show at Mary's Underground on Thursday 13 June with Tanzer and Michael Hing. 

Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me!’s self-titled debut album is co-produced with the help of Henry Jenkins (Mo’Ju), Hudson Whitlock (Karate Boogaloo), Myka Wallace and Jules Pascoe with Casey Rice on mixing duties. A love affair between all their greatest musical influences, Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me! draws on the duo's love of girl bands from the 70s, 80s pop rock, 90s RnB, and so much more, as they speak to their experience moving through the world as women. Sandy’s opening track is an ode to archetypal good-girl gone bad, Sandra D. This quirky disco banger wields gritty guitar hooks, catchy harmonies and spitfire rap lyrics. RnB inspired ‘Dollars and Cents’ embraces the ‘gold diggers in need of a goldmine’ trope, featuring tight vocal harmonies, chunky funk guitar and a groove that sits right at the bottom of a cashed up cowboy’s deepest pocket. At the other end of the spectrum, ‘Hey Woman’ flexes the band’s garage sass, with un-precious vocals and acoustic guitars, raging against the desperate housewives and bored husbands of Prahran.

Life is confusing. Sometimes we wanna eat the rich, sometimes we wanna be the rich, sometimes we wanna make-out with someone cute, sometimes we wanna slow-dance around the room like our grandparents did, sometimes we wanna be good, and sometimes we just wanna be bad.’ - Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me!

Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me! LP out now

Don't Thank Me, Spank Me! Album Tracklist:
1. Sandy 
2. Dollars and Cents
3. Spunk Rat 
4. Be My Forever 
5. Hot Mess
6. Cover
7. Habitual
8. Hey Woman
9. Teenager
10. Dance 

Don't Thank Me, Spanks Me! Album Launch
Saturday 8th June
The Tote 
Supports: with Cong Josie and the True Romantixx and Sandy Dish plus Richie 1250
Doors: 8 pm
Tickets: Via Oztix, $20 + BF $25 on the door

Don't Thank Me, Spanks Me! Eora Show
Thursday 13 June
Mary's Underground
With Tanzer and Michael Hing
Tickets