DOORS 6.30PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 8PM

Quality Used Cars launch their album Quality of Life at the Brunswick Ballroom on Friday 25th August with special guests Eaten By Dogs, Michael Beach and Back Pocket.

Quality Used Cars is a project built around the idiosyncratic songwriting and warbling vocal of Francis Tait and brought to life by a band of hard-working familiar faces from within Narrm’s bubbling underground music communities. 

In early 2021, Quality Used Cars released their debut album ‘Good Days/Bad Days’ through Spoilsport Records, putting full focus on Francis’ charismatic storytelling, over a backdrop that blends sunny Australiana with alt-country tenderness and scrappy garage-pop smarts. 

Following their head-turning, stand out performance at Boogie 15 in April 2022, their first interstate tour and developing a reliable, dedicated fan base,‘The Cars’ dropped the joyously evocative, narrative-driven ‘Me and Damon Drinking Beers at the Grandview Hotel’ and the more subtle, introspective second cut ‘I’ve Never Felt More Alive’. 

August 4th, 2023 will see Quality Used Cars release their anticipated second album ‘Quality of Life’, an exploration into optimism, change and self-acceptance. Francis elaborates, “I felt like Good Days/Bad Days got a little bit sad and in my own head, so I tried to practice a little more optimism when writing this new album. The whole album spirals around the idea of finding yourself in the world and being content with where and who you are, and I think succeeds in not being quite as sad as the last one, mostly."                       

“Over these past few years I think I’ve become so used to the paired-down Aussie sound that entering the fertile ground of ‘Good Days/Bad Days’ is like a cool drink of water after not realizing how parched you’ve become.” - Raven Sings The Blues 

“Francis Tait has quietly established himself as one of Melbourne’s most uncanny songwriters.” - Beat Magazine

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TICKETING INFO 

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The Brunswick Ballroom strives to improve our practices when it comes to sustainability and to reduce our carbon footprint. We don’t sell or provide plastic water bottles.

VENUE INFO 

THE BALLROOM MENU
The kitchen will be serving The Ballroom Menu for this show.
You can view the delicious offerings available by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

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