Last month, Melbourne punks Cable Ties announced their second album Far Enough was due to hit shelves Friday, 27th March via Poison City/Merge. They also shared its first single, ‘Sandcastles’.
Now, the angular rock trio have given us a double whammy of good news in the lead-up to the album’s release.
Firstly, they’ve shared a new single (and accompanying, Oscar O’Shea-directed video) entitled ‘Self-Made Man’. It’s a sharp and potent meditation on the societal mythology of the self-made man – one who claims to have made his wealth through hard work, rather than acknowledging the privilege and exploitation of others that props it up.
“The Self-Made Man created wealth through the exploitation of other people and abuse of public resources,” says vocalist and guitarist Jenny McKechnie.
“He doesn’t care about the suffering of others because — in his eyes — he got what he deserved through hard work, and they have not. It is inconvenient for the Self-Made Man to analyse systems of oppression which he has manipulated for his own gain. Those things are just a distraction from hard work and getting what you want.”
The other piece of good news is the band have announced a national album launch tour. It’ll kick off in February before the band head overseas for some international dates, then return for a home run in April.
Check out the video for ‘Self-Made Man’ and peep tour dates below.
Cable Ties ‘Far Enough’ Australian Tour Dates
Friday, 14th February
Gaytimes 2020, Yarra Valley
Tickets: Gaytimes
Saturday, 15 February
Something Unlimited 2020, Darebin
Tickets: Eventbrite
Friday, 28th February
Vic On The Park, Sydney
Saturday, 29th February
Farmer and the Owl Festival, Wollongong
Tickets: Moshtix
Friday, 24th April
Waywards, Sydney
Tickets: Oztix
Saturday, 25th April
Servo, Port Kembla
Tickets: Eventbrite
Sunday, 26th April
Transit Bar, Canberra
Tickets: Moshtix
Friday, 1st May
The Golden Wattle, Adelaide
Saturday, 2nd May
The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets: Corner Hotel
Friday, 15th May
Four5Nine, Perth
Tickets: Oztix
Saturday, 16th May
Mojo’s, Fremantle
Tickets: Oztix
Saturday, 23rd May
The Foundry, Brisbane
