(Thu, Jun 8) JO MEARES’ SILVER BULLETS + GARETH SKINNER

Sydney songwriter Jo Meares returns to Melbourne for a special George Lane show with his brilliant Melbourne band Silver Bullets. The phenomenal Gareth Skinner and his cello will be performing on the night also.
Silver Bullets are:-
Mark McCartney (guitars)
Mark Carson (upright bass)
Scott Bennett (drums)
Charlie Barker (saw/backing vocals)
Jo will be playing songs from his 2022 release ‘Dream Hotel’ and his 3 previous solo albums.
“Meares, collaborating with Melbourne musician Anth Dymke of Pony Face, manages to draw in those elements of music that make it so cathartic and moving – think of artists like Tindersticks, Sigur Ros and the like who manage convey such feeling and emotion into their work, resulting in extremes: a sort of euphoria mixed with melancholy.” Arun Kendall Backseat Mafia
‘Dream Hotel’ is a magnificent tour de force: an assemblage of pure emotion that breathes softly down your neck and take possession of your very soul. Enchanting, transfixing, mesmerising: weaving an indelible spell. This is pure magic’ Arun Kendall, Backseat Mafia 9.5/10
“Man, this is gorgeous!” � Mark Rogers Nashville Babylon (Radio New Zealand) on ‘The Dream Hotel’
“Jo Meares’ music is unique with a truly original sound. He is a wonderful singer-songwriter and incredible live performer. His three albums released to date (‘A Handful Of Smoke’, ‘One More Time’ and ‘King Of The Crystal Mountain’) are all classic Australian recordings. Part Neil Young, part Lou Reed, part Nick Cave – but with a uniquely Australian twang!”� Vinny Ramone The Outpost 2SER
“‘Back To The World’ is another of Meares’ mini-masterpieces. The 10-minute closer, ‘An Old Dog And A Shotgun’, would be worth your time alone, would be the album standout, the reason to come here to hear this – but there’s not a single dud track.”� Simon Sweetman Off The Tracks, NZ
“…the whole album hit me in a way that some albums do; something by Richmond Fontaine, say. Or Springsteen’s ‘Ghost of Tom Joad’. A complete thing, a completed album that plays out like a movie or a book or a stage play. It’s there. It unfolds before you. You’re listening to it but you can see it in front of you – you can imagine, the mind wanders due to the beauty and intensity and integrity of the music and the lyrics. Big bold stories. Real”. Simon Sweetman Off The Tracks (review ‘King of the Crystal Mountain’ album
Check out some of Jo Meares below ‘Just Dreams’:

And ‘The Dream Hotel’ below:

The brilliant Gareth Skinner will be supporting on the night. Check out some of Gareth Skinner below with ‘There Is No Light’:

Doors open at 7pm and tickets can be purchased below:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1049950&
See you there 🙂
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