Australia’s RVG are back with a new 7″ single featuring new original “Don’t Take It Badly” and a cover of Ramones‘ “Pet Sematary.” It’s their first new music since releasing last year’s Brain Worms, which won the 2023 Australian Music Prize.
“Don’t Take It Badly is a song about how change isn’t always a romantic thing and can sometimes feel pretty ugly,” says bandleader Romy Vager. “It’s a winter song that I wrote in the summer.”
As for the Ramones cover, Vager says “We all love the Ramones, and started playing this in rehearsal and it instantly clicked. The lyrics are such an underrated part of Ramones’ songs, there’s a lot of imagery in this song that I love dearly.”
Listen to both songs below.
RVG just played UK festival End of the Road and are about to start their UK/EU tour. Those dates are listed below.
RVG – 2024 TOUR DATES
28 Aug: The Lexington, London, UK
29 Aug: Crofters Rights, Bristol, UK
30 Aug: End Of The Road, Lamer Tree Gardens, UK
02 Sep: The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, UK
03 Sep: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
04 Sep: The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham, UK
06 Sep: SMG Festival Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
07 Sep: Misty Fields Festival, Asten-Heusden, Netherlands
08 Sep: Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
11 Sep: Hasard Ludique, Rotterdam, Netherlands
12 Sep: Ubu, Rennes, France
13 Sep: Rockschool Barbey, Bordeaux, France
14 Sep: Hop Pop Hop, Orleans, France
17 Sep: Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
18 Sep: Gleiss 22, Munster, Germany
19-21 Sep: Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, Germany