New York's The Thing announce their debut Australian headline tour

MELBOURNE, AU (June 17, 2025) – Four piece, New York rock & rollers The Thing have today announced their debut Australian headline tour this October presented by Secret Sounds alongside their SXSW Sydney performances.

The tour kicks off in Brisbane on Tuesday, 14 October, before continuing south to Sydney for their SXSW performances on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October, and concluding in Melbourne on Saturday, 18 October.

Brisbane and Melbourne tickets go on sale 10:00am (local) Thursday, 19 June.

Secret Sounds members can secure Brisbane and Melbourne tickets during the presale which commences at 10am (local) on Wednesday 18 June and concludes at 9am (local) on Thursday, 19 June. Fans can register for access at secretsounds.com.

Over the years, the four piece have honed their craft, self recording and writing songs influenced by 60’s pioneers like The Kinks and Grand Funk Railroad. Delivering raw, high-energy rock with fuzzed-up riffs and a retro edge, they are gaining momentum as one of the freshest newcomers that are tearing through the modern music scene.

In 2024, they completed their full North American tour including sold out shows in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Richmond, Charleston, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as well as big slots at Governors Ball, Boston Calling, Hopscotch Festival, and Summerfest.

Currently in the midst of their European tour, their next highly-anticipated self-titled debut album will be released 8 August.

SECRET SOUNDS PRESENTS
THE THING
AUSTRALIA 2025

Crowbar, Brisbane
 Tuesday, 14 October

SXSW Sydney*
Wednesday, 15 October
Thursday, 16 October
(*not presented by Secret Sounds)

The Curtin
Saturday, 18 October

BRISBANE & MELBOURNE TICKETS ON SALE 10:00AM (LOCAL) THURSDAY, JUNE 19
Secret Sounds Presale: Wednesday 18 June, 10am – Thursday 19 June, 9am

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: secretsounds.com

ABOUT THE THING:

What is The Thing? It’s a New York band, sure, but it’s also an ethos. A return to rock & roll’s roots — to garage bands toiling between the family minivans, to groups like the Beatles and their unique alchemy, to tape machines and live band recordings instead of slick studios and myriad songwriters. “We've kind of adapted the ethos of: with restriction comes creativity — old becomes new. And throughout every part of the process that remains true,” says guitarist/vocalist Jack Bradley.

Never is that more apparent than on their self-titled third record, out August 6th on their own label. A rough and tumble suite of 12 songs that nods to everyone from The Kinks to The White Stripes, The Thing sounds like old New York revivicated and remixed. “It showcases all of us, all of our different personalities,” says bassist/vocalist Zane Acord. “In The Thing, we’re a collective band. We hang our hats on being a true band — where we all have the spotlight. I think that gives us a different edge.” That album follows 2023’s debut, Here’s the Thing, and The Things Is, which dropped the following year.

The four members of Thing came from intersecting backgrounds, lending to their rock-and-roll-as-melting-pot vibe. Acord grew up with a drummer dad who hipped him to bands like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad; he met guitarist/vocals Michael Carter — an avid Beatles fan — in middle school. The duo went on to collect Bradley in high school, an aspiring producer with a studio in his basement and a yen for psych rock. Jazz drummer Lucas Ebeling linked up with the band when everyone found their way to New York in 2022. They’ve since played more than 300 shows across the world.

The band’s self-titled work, then, is a culmination of all those influences — and all that hustle. “We threw all of our different various influences throughout — all the decades of rock and roll and adjacent genres — and ended up with something of our own,” Bradley says. “Our contribution to the genre. Our style. Our… thing.”

LONG LIVE THE THING.

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