SEVEN SUCH A PLUCKY NUMBER

MELBOURNE party-starters The Seven Ups will quench your thirst for funky tunes when they launch their new album in Hobart tomorrow night.

Blending ’70s-era Nigerian Afrobeat with deep street funk and elements of soul, jazz and rock, The Seven Ups — Trent Sterling (guitar), Kelly O’Donohue (trumpet), Jay Scarlett (trombone), Harry Cooper (saxophone), Carl Lindeberg (bass), Michael Sacks (percussion) and Ed Crocker (drums) — have been drawing people to dancefloors across the country for the past five years.

Apart from opening for the likes of Charles Bradley, The Budos Band, Babylon Circus and The Bamboos, The Seven Ups have held down a string of raucous residencies across Melbourne, and appeared at events including the Sydney Road Street Party, the Kyneton Music Festival, the Come Together Festival and the Folk, Rhythm & Life Festival.

The Seven Ups released their self-titled debut album on limitededition yellow vinyl in early 2015, with tracks from the critically acclaimed record receiving airplay on BBC Radio 2 and 6, US station KEXP, Triple J, and Australian community radio channels.

In March this year The Seven Ups followed it up with the release of their second album,

Drinking Water, featuring “seven tracks of crunchy, fast, heavy Afro-groove”. They have been on the road ever since launching the album, and head to Hobart tomorrow night. Joined by Melbourne psych trio The Ivory Elephant — who are launching their new album Number 1 Pop Hit — The Seven Ups play at The Homestead in North Hobart from 9pm tomorrow. Tickets are $12 pre-sale from www.outix.net