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Party Dozen, consisting of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, released their fourth album, Crime In Australia late last year. The album was a highly anticipated follow-up to their international breakthrough, The Real Work (2022). That album included many new developments in the band’s evolution that earned them significant praise – most notably the Nick-Cave-featured 'Macca The Mutt', the surprisingly radio-friendly skronk of 'Fruits Of Labour', and the epic string-drenched beauty of 'Risky Behaviour'. 

In August 2022, Shannon Shaw’s world was turned inside out. With mere weeks to go until their wedding, the singer’s fiancé, Joe Haener, died in a horrific car accident in front of his family’s vegetable farm in Oregon. It was a devastating loss that hit Shannon & The Clams with cataclysmic force. Shaw’s bandmates, guitarist Cody Blanchard, keyboard player Will Sprott, and drummer Nate Mahan, had also grown close to Haener, a drummer and fixture of the Bay Area music scene. They cancelled shows and rallied around Shaw as fans reached out to show their support.

The Rankoutsiders are the ideal vehicle for Pat Todd's fantastic songs. A prolific writer with an eye on life in the margins - whether they be in small towns or the big sprawling city he has called home for 40 years - Todd routinely hits the mark where youth and the advancement of age find common ground in alienation and willfulness. Pat knows that rock’n’roll is not necessarily a young person's game, and nor is it a glamorous one; the name he gave this band accurately points to where he and they are coming from.