Babe Rainbow – “Aquarium Cowgirl” [Video]

Sun-soaked Australian psych rockers Babe Rainbow share “Aquarium cowgirl,” the third single from their new album, Slipper imp and shakaerator, out April 4th on p(doom) Records, and announce U.S. tour dates this August including a stop at King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Field of Vision Festival. On the heels of the previously released singles “LONG LIVE THE WILDERNESS” and “Like cleopatra,” “Aquarium cowgirl” is a dreamlike acid-pop reflection on spirituality. In vocalist Angus Dowling’s words, “‘Aquarium cowgirl’ is the dreamcatcher kinda song off the album. It’s about my own personal spiritual awakening and all the learning in that. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable and struggle to know what to say. Like, we forget there are other ways of seeing reality outside our usual perspective. We made the video in the Rainbow Temple at Rosebank. The Yin and yang symbol painted on the stage where we’re playing represents the harmony of opposites.” Donations to the Rainbow Temple are welcome here.

The joyful, psychedelic music of Babe Rainbow— Angus Dowling, Jack ‘Cool-Breeze’ Crowther and Dr Elliot ‘Love Wisdom’ O’Reilly— is permeated by their home in Australia’s idyllic Gold Coast. “The old Aquarius hippie connection is everywhere around here,” Angus says. “We tap into it, and absorb it all.” And their new album, Slipper imp and shakaerator, is their most “homegrown” project yet – a maverick, zephyr-light album following its own north star and chasing subtle, slippery, subterranean grooves to delirious destinations.

Slipper imp and shakaerator was recorded in a massive warehouse on an old banana farm where the band could work alongside friend and producer Timon Martin and magical Miles Myjavec on percussion and flute. The roots of the tracks often lay in riffs and figures cooked up by guitarist Jack Crowther. The key this time was not to overwork these early ideas, to give them space “to flow, to grow,” Angus explains. “Keeping a loose feeling to the music is so important. An idea develops together outside but it doesn’t take its wings until you take it into the studio. We experiment with synths and drum machines and overdubs, and we love that, but we never wanna escape too far from the hippie power of the music. We’re made of rainbow.”

Babe Rainbow will tour the U.S. this August in support of Slipper imp and shakaerator. A list of dates is below and tickets go on sale this Friday, March 7th, at 11AM Eastern Time.

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Babe Rainbow Tour Dates (new dates in bold):
Fri. Mar. 21 – Adelaide, AU @ Crown & Anchor Hotel
Sat. Mar. 22 – Melbourne, AU @ Howler
Thur. Mar. 27 – Newcastle, AU @ King St Bandroom
Fri. Mar. 28 – Bondi Beach, AU @ Beach Road Hotel
Sat. Mar. 29 – Avalon, AU @ Avalon RSL
Fri. Apr. 4 – Brunswick Heads, AU @ Hotel Brunswick
Sat. Apr. 5 – Eumundi, AU @ Imperial Hotel
Sun. Apr. 6 – Brisbane, AU @ Lefty’s Music Hall
Thur. Apr. 10 – Wellington, NZ @ Meow
Fri. Apr. 11 – Tauranga, NZ @ Totara Street
Sat. Apr. 12 – Raglan, NZ @ The Yard
Sun. Apr. 13 – Auckland, NZ @ Double Whammy
Tue. Aug. 12 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Wed. Aug. 13 – Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
Thu. Aug. 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Fri. Aug. 15 – Fort Collins, CO @ The Aggie
Sat. Aug. 16-Sun. Aug. 17 – Buena Vista, CO @ Field of Vision Festival
Tue. Aug. 19 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. Aug. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Thu. Aug. 21 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall
Fri. Aug. 22 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up
Sat. Aug. 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda