Sat 28th Nov 8:30pm
Donald Baldie - Bass & Piano
Andrew McCubbin - Lead Guitar
Carl Manuel - Drums
Sam Sejavka - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Spacesuit originated from an informal collaboration between Sam Sejavka and Andrew McCubbin after Sam moved to Victoria’s Central Highlands some years ago.
Sam’s musical history goes as far back as the late seventies with the post-punk band The Ears and a few years later with Beargarden. Through the Nineties he worked mainly in theatre as a playwright though he played with the band Fact through this time. Currently, he sings in The Moth Body with Lisa Gibbs (of User, The Verlaines). He’s also infamously known as the subject of Richard Lowenstein’s cult movie Dogs in Space.
In his early days, Andrew McCubbin, emerged from a little known band called Lamia in WA, to become a highly regarded solo artist. As such he has released a number of solo albums, the most recent of which is Light Neck Speed. Recently, he played in Mick Harvey’s backing band on a tour of Europe, and has supported/shared the stage with artists such as The Creatures, The Cruel Sea and Rowland S Howard
Donald Baldie is a respected musician, though something of an itinerant. He has played with Sam on many projects over the years including, at one time, The Moth Body. He has worked with Noah Taylor, Garry Gray and Edward Clayton-Jones. In 2022, he toured Europe with Crime & The City Solution and recorded ‘The Killer’ album at Klangbild studio in Berlin.
Carl Manuel currently drums with the very popular Peptides in Melbourne. He and Sam’s musical careers both began with The Ears, and later Beargarden, after which Carl has worked with any number of artists, including Spenser P Jones, Monique Brumby and Kim Volkmann.
It’s difficult to categorise Spacesuit in these early days, apart from their being quite definitely ‘alternative.’ The songs are written by Sam and each of the musicians brings their particular flavour. Some of it is soft and intense, some is hard and forbidding but, in the end, the band is probably just as curious as anyone else to see how it turns out.