Kram - Good Love

THE ‘GOOD LOVE’ TOUR & SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

To celebrate the release of Good Love, the 2nd single lifted from his debut solo album Mix Tape, Spiderbait co-vocalist and percussive lynchpin Kram has just announced dates for his national ‘Good Love’ tour. The tour kicks off with a performance at Splendour In The Grass Sunday July 26th.

Please find full details on all below, but for little perspective on the album and artist:

Kram & Mix Tape

In March this year - Kram released his debut solo album Mix Tape. The idea was simple – in his own words: “I wanted it to be like a radio station where all the songs sound like different bands, but it’s all played by one person.” Produced in short sessions over a two year period with engineer Andy Baldwin at Melbourne’s Sing Sing South studio, aside from the odd guest – such as Jet’s Nic Cester and Tumbleweed's Richie Lewis – Kram played all instruments on the record.

With over half a million records sold and an enduring live popularity via Spiderbait, it’s almost hard to believe that it took Kram this long to put out a record under his own name. He’s long had a restless creative energy that’s seen him take part in numerous side-projects, including the rock & roll supergroups The Wrights and Hot Rollers. While you can naturally hear echoes of Kram’s work with Spiderbait, Mix Tape gave him the freedom to explore new perspectives.

Mix Tape was received emphatically by media and punters alike. 1st single Silk Suits was quickly added to high rotation on Triple J and across the board at Nova, Triple M and regional networks right around the country. Appearances everywhere from Rockwiz and Good News Week to Spicks & Specks followed. Combined with features in Rolling Stone, FHM, Ralph, and every other major print and online portal in the country, album launches SOLD OUT – and on it rolls. Kram and his Mix Tape have arrived.

Good Love

Kicking off with an upcoming performance at Splendour In The Grass, Kram has just announced dates for his national ‘Good Love’ tour. Good Love, the 2nd single lifted from Mix Tape is - in Kram’s own words: “my girl, my little boy and me. It’s our life. Wrote the song in a cab on the way to the studio. 4 hours later it was finished. Full on and a little bit fucked up. My best guitar solo. Mix Tape is a luv and rock n roll record, and I made ‘Good Love’ because that says it all: just me and my girl Ree and our little boy Lonnie. Pretty simple... but awesome."

Kram debuted Mix Tape live with a prestigious Friday night slot at The Meredith Music Festival last December: “I wanted it to be fresh and do whatever sounded good without any preconceptions. That’s what’s been liberating about the whole process and why it’s come out so well.” As word spread, Mix Tape album launch shows across the country quickly SOLD OUT. Live, Kram performs with a full band. Sometimes on drums but largely up front, he swaps between different instruments for different songs. Though the drum kit has never held him back, he makes a dynamic and compelling frontman – as the roof of many a venue could attest to.

With Spiderbait currently on hiatus (although plans are afoot for 21st anniversary activities), Mix Tape is a potent reminder of how Kram has long been a creative force. And now, the public’s taste for bold, genre-hopping albums has finally caught up with his idiosyncratic outlook. Live – Kram is all you’d expect him to be; physical, pugnacious, exhilarating, engaging and devastatingly effective to boot.



Download 'Good Love' here:


Catch Kram on his ‘Good Love’ tour:

‘Good Love’ Tour Dates

Sun 26th July - Splendour In The Grass Festival

Friday August 21 – KRAMplifier, Perth
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net, Heatseeker
phonecharge 08 6210 2850 or www.heatseeker.com.au & all Heatseeker outlets and from Moshtix phonecharge 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au
also from Star Perth, Mills Fremantle and Planet Mt Lawley

Saturday August 22 – Prince of Wales, Bunbury
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net and from Heatseeker
phonecharge 08 6210 2850 or www.heatseeker.com.au and all Heatseeker outlets.

Sunday August 23 – Mojo’s, Fremantle
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net and from Heatseeker
phonecharge 08 6210 2850 or www.heatseeker.com.au and from Star – Perth, Mills – Fremantle and Planet – Mt Lawley

Friday August 28 – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net, www.thedwarf.com.au, Ruffcut Records and from the venue.

Saturday August 29 – Hotel New York, Launceston
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net or Oztix pheoncharge 1300 762 545, Mojo Music, Will’s Music, Red Hot CDs and Collectors Corner

Friday September 4 – Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net or Oztix phonecharge 1300 762 545 and all Oztix outlets

Thursday September 10 – Heritage Hotel, Bulli (Wollongong)
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net or Oztix phonecharge 1300 762 545 or from the venue phonecharge 02 4284 5884

Friday September 11 – Spectrum, Sydney
Tickets on sale from www.newworldartists.net and from Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au, phonecharge 1300 438 849 and all Moshtix outlets

Kram’s Mix Tape Is Available Now Through UMA