Grinspoon announce first new album in 12 years and massive 45-date national tour

Aussie rockers Grinspoon have announced their eighth studio album, whatever, whatever, is due for release on Friday, August 8. The band gave fans the first taste of the new record today with the new single, Unknown Pretenders, their first new music in 12 years.

To celebrate the new album, the four-piece will be heading out on an extensive 45 date whatever, whenever, wherever tour across the country, with Press Club set to join them as main support for all shows. The tour arrives in WA this spring with shows at Astor Theatre on Tuesday, November 26, and Mundaring Weir Hotel Amphitheatre on Friday, November 29.

“It’s with a curious trepidation but ultimately a feeling of unfulfilled wonderment that we reach into the caverns of our beings for a new journey of recorded endeavours, one which we are proud but tentatively a little scared of releasing,” said frontman Phil Jamieson about the new single and record.

“Unknown Pretenders was written in the dawning of the pandemic in a small studio in Adelaide February 2020, with a number of other tunes as well. It’s a magical riffy song about the end of the world and who will actually survive.”

For Unknown Pretenders and whatever, whatever, the band enlisted Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers) as producer, working with him over the last couple of years to shape the sound of this record.

“Oscar is an incredibly talented creative, engineer and producer,” said Jamieson. “We hadn’t worked with an Australian producer for a very long time, and it was a refreshing change. Recording with Oscar became very collaborative, he’s humble and understands the different dynamics within the band.”

With a massive 45 dates on the national tour, the band are excited to get back on the road.

“This thing ain’t for the faint hearted, we’re really trying to get to as many places as possible, it kind of harks back to the olden days of touring; four guys in a van with some guitars,” added Jamieson. “With the release of new music we wanted to give everyone the opportunity to see Grinners, and we’re going back to some venues we haven’t played in 20 years!”

Grinspoon’s eighth studio album, whatever, whatever, is out on Friday, August 8, 2024, with the new single, Unknown Pretenders, out now. The whatever, whenever, wherever tour hits Astor Theatre on Tuesday, November 26, and Mundaring Weir Hotel Amphitheatre on Friday, November 29. Tickets are on sale Monday,May 27 from grinspoon.com.au