The Breadmakers are a Melbourne institution, but are perhaps better known in Japan, Spain and France than they are in some Australian capitals. They formed in 1989 to play early ‘60s-style Louisiana Rhythm & Blues – they take their name from a Slim Harpo track – having individually cut their teeth in ‘60s-styled garage rock bands earlier in the decade.
Their new album, entitled simply The Breadmakers, is their first in over a decade and their most powerful yet. It was recorded in a beach shack in Sorrento by their latest keyboard player Mikey Young, who is best known as the guitarist of influential Melbourne punks Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and for his recording and mastering work with countless punk and garage bands worldwide. Mikey has captured the Breadmakers like never before; loud, stormy and very live sounding. The album includes ten new Breadmakers originals and a couple of covers, including a version of much-feted 1966 Wollongong garage-rock obscurity “Moonshine” by the Marksmen.