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Words: Em Tobin Photography: @inelipics & @straylovecat & @acaelius It was a rainy May night when I caught up with Brisbane-based quartet Bubblegum Haircut over a 4XXX under Woolloongabba’s Season Three. On May 13, the band released their debut album, Hang me up by my boots, an ode to gritty, rock-noise harshness. Yet what lingers deeper in the melting pop of Bubblegum Haircut’s music is a quiet confidence that is apparent in their lyricism. What sonically appears exciting and gradient is...

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