1.Growing Up
Rackett were collectively raised on a stream of singing competitions, dance productions, school assembly performances, elaborate Christmas pantomimes, heavy metal bands and country music musters.
2.Inspirations
Inspirations include In Bed With Madonna from which we take our pre-show ritual and Suicide and The Stooges from whom we take our attitude to the stage and the crowd. The Dead Kennedys inspire the passionate attack on the drum kit. Bundaberg community radio gave us the initial pre-pubescent jingles. The Spice Girls in general. Frank Zappa for the genius and sheer versatility of his music.
3.The Band
Rackett are four superhuman babes sent to Earth to crank the volume to eleven and blow up your speakers. We are on a mission to spike your expectations with surprise, to subvert stereotypes and catalyse together a musical molotov cocktail so volatile that absolutely anything is possible. The band was formed at the start of 2016 and is made up of Bec Callander on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jessamyn Jean on lead guitar, Ally Gaven on bass and Skarlett Saramore on drums.
4.The Music
If Black Sabbath and the Spice Girls had a love child, it would be Rackett. We exist not so much as a muddy blend of each, but rather as some kind of teenage Jekyll and Hyde. We provoke people and want them to throw their phones aside and run amok. Expect to have as much fun as is humanely, possibly without resorting to violence. We are yet to get the point of crowd surfing, but when we do expect to see us on surfboards. We have just recently punctured Australian eardrums with our debut single. ‘Bats’ was released around six weeks ago and has been played on triple j’s Home and Hosed and Sydney’s FBi as well as being featured online by several major local music blogs. An EP produced by Dave Hammer at Def Wolf Studios is set for release at the start of next year.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
The Sydney music scene has drawn Rackett into its bosom as it would a stray perisan cat – so far that mostly means a lot of back-scratching and free food. At our debut single launch party at Brighton Up Bar there were bodies clambering up onto every conceivable surface – speaker stacks, tables, amps and chairs. We perceived this as great enthusiasm, however it may be more related to the fact that the venue was well over capacity.
[Rackett photo by Kitty Callaghan]
Rackett play Selina’s at Coogee Bay Hotel on Thursday September 29.
