Rising Melbourne/Naarm-based trio Folk Bitch Trio — Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) — released their critically applauded full-length debut, Now Would Be A Good Time earlier this year through Jagjaguwar.
Now Would Be A Good Time’s material sounds warmly familiar, as its built upon the foundation of music the trio have loved throughout their lives — gnarled Americana, classic rock and piquant and clear-eyed balladry. And yet, the songs are simultaneously modern and youthful with the album’s song thematically touching on dissociative daydreams, galling breakups, sexual fantastics, media overload and the petty resentments and humiliations of being in your early 20s in the 2020s.
The Aussie trio supported the album with two sold-out London shows and a run of the international festival circuit, with sets at Green Man and All Points East. The album landed at #32 on the UK Official Record Store charts, Top 3 on the Aussie charts and earned 4 ARIA nominations. Building upon a growing profile, the trio’s cover of Kings of Leon‘s “Sex on Fire” on Triple J has amassed over 100,000 views. And the trio will be closing out the year with a lengthy international tour, which just started earlier this week. The tour features a November run of North America dates that includes a November 11, 2025 stop at Baby’s All Right. (As always, the remaining tour dates are below.)
But in the meantime, the acclaimed Aussie trio shared the VEVO live session of Now Would Be A Good Time album track “Foreign Bird.” It’s a gorgeous song that’s earnest and lived-in — and the trio’s harmonies had me stop dead in my tracks.
Folk Bitch Trio Tour Dates
(UK Dates in Bold)
2025
Oct 26 – Harvest Rock Festival, Adelaide, AUS
Nov 7 – Songbyrd, Washington DC, US
Nov 9 – PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA, US
Nov 11 – Baby’s All Right, New York NY, US
Nov 13 – Toscadura, Montreal QC, Canada
Nov 14 – Sound Garage, Toronto ON, Canada
Nov 16 – Schubas Tavern, Chicago IL, US
Nov 18 – The Sunset Tavern, Seattle WA, US
Nov 19 – Show Bar, Portland OR, US
Nov 21 – Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco CA, US
Nov 22 – Scribble, Los Angeles CA, US
Nov 24 – Pappy & Harriets, Pioneertown CA, US
Nov 26 – The Park Theatre, Winnipeg MB, Canada (supporting Foxwarren)
Nov 28 – The Exchange, Regina SK, Canada (supporting Foxwarren)
Nov 29 – Coors Event Centre, Saskatoon SK, Canada (supporting Foxwarren)
Nov 30 – Midway Music Hall, Edmonton AB, Canada (supporting Foxwarren)
Dec 5 – Meredith Festival, Victoria, AUS
Dec 12 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne/Naarm, AUS (supporting King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard)
2026
Mar 7 – Bodega, Nottingham, UK
Mar 8 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
Mar 9 – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, UK
Mar 11 – Scala, London, UK
Mar 12 – Exchange, Bristol, UK
Mar 14 – Petit Bain, Paris, France
Mar 15 – Witloof Bar, Brussels, Belgium
Mar 16 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar 17 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Mar 19 – Lark, Berlin, Germany
Mar 20 – Turmzimmer, Hamburg, Germany
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