TASSIE TOUR DATES
- Wednesday, July 30, at the Republic Bar in Hobart from 8pm - free entry.
- Thursday, July 31, at the Tapas Bar in Devonport from 8pm - free entry.
- Friday, August 1, at the Royal Oak, Launceston, with Guthrie and Hounds of Hiroshima from 8pm - $10 entry.
- Sunday, August 3 at the Forth Pub at Forth from 6pm - free entry.
TRANSVAAL Diamond Syndicate has spent 5 1/2 of 2014's seven months on the road.
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The Queensland band's penchant for almost-constant touring has seen it pegged as "Australia's hardest-working act", and it's no wonder.
The trio are plugging their way through a three-month tour, dropping into Tasmania for a week of gigs.
Frontman Christian Tryhorn said the band hit the road so often and so hard as a way of chasing the trio's dreams.
"The way I see it, you can sit at home and wait for the radio to pick you up or you just launch an attack on Australia and have some fun at the same time," Tryhorn said.
The band - currently Tryhorn, bassist Jus Alfrey and drummer Chris Nunn - traverse the country in the TDS Express, and Tryhorn estimated he had lapped Australia "five or six times".
"The best thing about touring is just meeting new people and catching up with friends," Tryhorn said.
"We've got pockets of friends all around the country.
"The worst part is just the amount of time spent travelling...
"There's a lot of hours on the road, eating servo food, getting no sleep and crashing on couches - you definitely look forward to getting home towards the end."
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate recently dropped its debut album Estranged Blues and its promoting its latest single Mexico with their aptly named tour, Down to Mexico. "It's a good mix-up of range of styles," Tryhorn said of the album.
"At the base of it is a framework of blues rock, then there's other styles ... almost some metal in there at some stage."
As for the theme - Mexico - Tryhorn said it was a throwback to the blues musicians of old in the US, who would often sing songs about wishing to escape to Mexico with a senorita and a bottle of tequila.
`I think we all want to escape to Mexico at the end of the day," Tryhorn said.