When pondering promo strategies for ‘Good Citizens’ — the resounding title track of her new album with her band, The Last Drinks — Cash Savage had a flash of inspiration.
Rather than perform the song herself, she enlisted a legion of men — the Good Citizens Choir — to give voice to her incendiary lyrics;
“Everybody’s moving to the suburbs
and they’re all asking if you’re coming too
and they’re all watching MasterChef
and swearing at the girls on the TV”
The men’s faces are sombre, their voices decisive, reaching a crescendo at the song’s conclusion — “Get f**ked if you think I’m gonna be one of them”.
This simple device of inviting men to give voice to her lyrics has resulted in something very powerful. A vision of men standing in solidarity with women and the LGBTQI community. A call to Australian men to stand together and say “No”. This is not okay.
It’s a message which hits hard, at this time of a national crisis in domestic violence, which is killing one woman every week. A time when the Prime Minister has invoked outdated anti-discrimination laws to deny fairness and equality to LGBTQI children and teachers. Cash Savage’s message to men, voiced by the men of the Good Citizens Choir, could not be more clear and urgent — Stand with us. Break your silence. Add your voice to the chorus of those saying no to violence and systemic injustice.
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks
Good Citizens National Tour 2018
Fri Nov 23 Croxton Band Room Melbourne VIC
SOLD OUT
Sat Nov 24 Croxton Band Room Melbourne VIC
JUST ANNOUNCED
With Specials Guests Loose Tooth
Thu Nov 29 The Foundry Brisbane QLD
Fri Nov 30 Oxford Arts Factory Sydney NSW
Sat Dec 1 Uni Bar Wollongong NSW
Sat Dec 8 Mojos Fremantle WA
Tickets on sale now from cashsavage.com.au
Good Citizens out now on Mistletone via Inertia
Listen/buy here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/