Darren Hanlon

This July and August I’m bringing the whole cast of the Life Tax album with me to perform the songs in the great listening rooms of Australia. The band will consist of Jesse Williams, Leah Senior, Zoe Fox and Dylan Young.

all shows supported by Leah Senior

Friday July 15th
POMONA, QLD
Majestic Theatre
7pm
$30
TICKETS

Saturday July 16th
SANDGATE, QLD
Sandgate Town Hall
7pm
$34
TICKETS

Sunday July 17th
BRISBANE, QLD
Enoggera Memorial Hall
7pm
$34
TICKETS

Thursday July 21st
CANBERRA, ACT
Albert Hall
7pm
$34
TICKETS

Friday July 22nd
SYDNEY, NSW
Marrickville Town Hall
7pm
$37
TICKETS

Saturday July 23rd
HOBART, TAS
Hobart Town Hall
7pm
$34
w/ added Claire Anne Taylor!
TICKETS

Friday July 29th
MELBOURNE, VIC
Collingwood Town Hall
7pm
$37
TICKETS

Saturday July 30th
ADELAIDE, SA
Burnside Ballroom
7pm
$32
TICKETS

Friday Aug 5th
PERTH, WA
Leederville Town Hall
7pm
$34
TICKETS

Saturday Aug 6th
DUNSBOROUGH, WA
Dunsborough Hall
7pm
$28
TICKETS

I’m coming to Europe in two separate trips this year to support my old buddies The Magnetic Fields. I’m so happy to be reuniting with them. Years ago they were kind enough to take me all around the world with them and introduced me to many nice audiences. Some of these dates are in the very same places but others are completely new to me. Can’t wait. I’ll be playing a few of my own shows in some places too, news of that to come.

Tuesday 31st May
ASKER, Norway
Asker Kulturhus

Thursday June 2nd
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Gota Lejon

Wednesday June 8th
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland
Palace

Thursday June 9th
VIENNA, Austria
Theatre Akzent

Wednesday August 31st
LONDON, UK
The Apollo

Thursday September 1st
LEEDS, UK
02 Academy

Friday September 2nd
BRISTOL, UK
St Georges

Monday September 5th
GLASGOW, Scotland
02 Academy

Wednesday September 7th
DUBLIN, Ireland
3Olympia

Thursday September 8th
CORK, Ireland
Cyprus Avenue

Sunday September 11th
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
Tolhuistuin

Monday September 12th
PARIS, France
La Gaîté Lyrique

Wednesday September 14th
FRANKFURT, Germany
Zoom Frankfurt

Friday September 16th
BERLIN, Germany
Huxley’s Neue Welt

Saturday September 17th
HAMBURG, Germany
Kampnagel K6

Sunday September 18th
COPENHAGEN, Denmark
The Opera House

guitar shopping with Stephen

Thanks so much for everyone who has bought this new album so far. I really appreciate it, and all the nice feedback people are sending through. Here’s a nice couple of reviews that’ve filtered through if you wanna read about it. First a write up on the Au Review:

AU REVIEW ALBUM OF THE WEEK

And then a nice write up in the Australian, my first ever review in that publication:

So if you were teetering on picking up a copy and these taste-making reviews have now tipped you over the edge you can order a copy HERE

My new single ‘the Spin’ will be out on February 18th…. if you’d like to pre-save it you can do so HERE. It’s the second song off the album Life Tax which comes out March 4th. And you can pre-save the whole shebang right HERE.

My new album Life Tax is here! It’s my most pared down and gentle album to date I’d say. It was written and recorded in the Northcote Uniting Church Hall when I rented a room there in 2019.. and has taken two years to get it together so I can release it at a time that felt right.

This album will be released on the 4th March in shops but you can pre-order now. The benefits of this? Well there’s bundles that’ll only be available for the pre-order period. In these will be an exclusive t-shirt that I drew myself PLUS the latest edition of my zine ‘Cutting Remarks.’

All orders received by the 25th Feb will be posted out on that date so hopefully, Oz Post permitting, you’ll get it early. All pre-orders go in the running to win a special prize: an 8 track album of my songs chosen by one lucky winner, recorded acoustically and delivered to you in a one-off lathe cut LP pressing.

All info is HERE.

Had so much fun making this video. It was made in various iconic locations around Gympie QLD on Gubi Gubi country. Shot by local photographer and filmmaker Leeroy Todd. I’d originally planned on making something down in Melbourne with my album band but the border situation made that seem unlikely. I kept running into Leeroy at my office (local cafe) and always chatting about film we decided to just go out and just film something on the fly. It’s the way I like to do clips, no crew, no fuss.

I recruited my two Godchildren Billy and Ivy (and a 1957 Peugeot 403 that you might recognise from a classic Oz movie) and we just spent a day going to locations around Gympie that had some meaning for me. They’re both creative kids so I let them choose their own outfits and actions in each scene.

This song Lapsed Catholic is the first track released from my upcoming album LIFE TAX out on the 4th March 2022.

Click on the picture below to watch

Here’s the first single from my new album Life Tax which will come out in early March next year. You can stream the song Lapsed Catholic right HERE.