The Glooming

Basket of Hammers and 4000 Records present THE GLOOMING, an evening of dark sounds...

1800 - doors
1830 - Chiffon Magnifique
1930 - DARLING.
2020 - Diaspora The Explorer
2120 - Local Authority

This show repeats at the Old Church, Sunshine Coast the following night, June 10th.

Beautifully layered noise-scape pop forged in functional dissonance.
Local Authority are a band based in Meanjin, Australia.
Crafting ethereal songs that shimmer and glow from post-punk shoegaze sounds.

DARLING. is the bedroom project of Caitlin Finn (ex-Dorothy and Dog) and Joel Glazebrook (Edith Thomas Furey), combining the bleak atmospherics and shoegaze sensibilities of their previous projects. Incorporating a range of other influences - including post-punk, dreampop and new wave - into an experimental, moody fugue, DARLING. have spent this last plague-year slowly refining their sound, which reflects their own despair and joy.

Chiffon Magnifique is a post-punk/minimal wave project of musician and producer Jed A. Walters, based in Gold Coast, Australia. Walters combines analog synthesisers, drum machines, strangled guitars and a haunting baritone to create a unified sound - owing much to the guitar-based post-punk of the late 1970s and the DIY playfulness of early 1980s minimal wave. Influenced by the likes of Martin Dupont, The Soft Moon, Xeno & Oaklander and Molchat Doma, Chiffon Magnifique is a one-man effort of artistic expression through sound and imagery.

Diaspora The Explorer is a band of diverse origins. Their music is influenced by their unique backgrounds and experiences, growing up in places known for gloomy weather and the challenges of mass immigration.

Their brooding, ethereal melodies explore the darker side of the human experience, tackling themes of cultural displacement, belonging, and adaptation. DTE's music is haunting, transcendent, and characterised by a palpable intensity that connects with audiences deeply emotionally.
Despite the often melancholic themes of their music, Diaspora The Explorer is ultimately a band committed to finding beauty in the darkness. By exploring the most primal and fundamental human emotions, they invite listeners to connect with their innermost feelings and experiences.

DTE bring an intensity and authenticity to their music that is impossible to ignore.

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this event takes place, and pay our respects to the Turrbal and Jagera people of the past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be.