Release of Cub Sport’s joyous fifth album, «Jesus At The Gay Bar»
Cub Sport from Australia is currently promoting their fifth studio album, «Jesus At The Gay Bar».
Cub Sport has been looking for forgiveness for their entire career. The Brisbane band’s four albums to date chart a path away from shame and towards joy, celebration, and sheer bliss. Listening to their music allows one to observe this process of unburdening and unlearning in slow motion.
Cub Sport ultimately reach that state of joyful lightness, or something close to it, on their magnificent, upcoming fifth album «Jesus At The Gay Bar», the name of which was inspired by writer Jay Hulme’s poem of the same name. Jesus At The Gay Bar finds Tim Nelson, Sam Netterfield, Zoe Davis, and Dan Puusaari largely letting go of their hang-ups and celebrating love and life in all its manifestations using the language of bright, crystalline dance music as shorthand for a kind of hard-won spiritual freedom with nods to house, 2-step, and UK garage while maintaining the lush fragility of Cub Sport music past.
Where to get Cub Sport’s 2020 album Dealing with the extensive, intricate effects that religious trauma may have on a person’s life, it has been said that Nirvana was a kind of bloodletting. «Jesus At The Gay Bar» is about advancing free of obstacles. It’s a tribute to looking fearlessly into the future without worrying about old demons rearing their ugly heads and appreciating one’s past rather than just escaping from it. «There are many aspects of my past that have always been veiled in shame, dread, and secrecy. But now that it’s no longer a secret, I feel like I can truly highlight its charm and acknowledge and appreciate it for what it was and is, says Nelson. a large portion of this record is confirming my younger self – like if I could have heard some of these songs back then, I might have found some peace within myself sooner, maybe even celebration».
On «Jesus At The Gay Bar», that feeling of inspiration is applied to reify and glorify Nelson and Netterfield’s earlier narratives, specifically their love story. The early stages of their love, which were at the time cloaked in mystery and fear, are preserved throughout this album as the moments of beauty and nascent bliss that they were. Many of these songs, including «Keep Me Safe» and «Replay» acknowledge those circumstances as crucial stages of development. They play like fairy tales, tales to be repeated again and over, set to booming dance-pop. Although it isn’t the conclusion of the tale that Cub Sport has been telling for more than a decade, it does speak to a theme that their music has always sought to express: the nature of music.
Since it has been three years since their previous UK tour, which featured a sold-out performance at London’s historic Scala, supporters may argue that Cub Sport’s return to our stages is long overdue. Finally, the band’s upcoming UK tour will begin this April/May in Glasgow before moving on to Manchester, Bristol, and closing at London’s beautiful Lafayette. shows are listed in full below. Buy tickets here.