NEW ALBUM "Love Is. Music Is. We Are..."
LAUNCHING MAY 2026
PRE RELEASE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FROM March 1st
Burning For You @ Cherry Bar Launch
NEWS - HEAVY MEDICINE preview new original album "Love Is. Music. Is. We Are..." live at St Kilda Blues Festival 2026
This original Blues Rock trio pack a mean punch of psychedelic voodoo blues, and rock’n’roll soul.
Fronted by the man who beat out Russell Morris and Paul Kelly to be Rhythms Magazine Australian Artist of the Year, Michael Pollitt aka Mr Black & Blues, this is an allstar band featuring ARIA winner Andy Fry (ex. John Butler Trio) on bass and Shane "Steel" O'Neill (The Widowbirds and The Pigs) on drums.
On the strength of its debut performance at the legendary Cherry Bar in the band was nominated for a Cherry Award for best live performance.
On its debut festival performance at Blues At The Briars the band was lauded as the "set of the day" by festival organisers.
The trio has been warming up for the album launch tour having already featured at a number of festivals including:
- Sydney Blues and Roots Festival opening night headline
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- Xmas Eve Blues Festival headline at Melbourne's celebrated
Esplanade Hotel (The Espy)
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- Blues at The Briars Festival
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- Tony Joe White (US) support at the new Forth Valley Blues & Roots Festival
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- St Kilda Blues Festival annual appearances since 2018.
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- Echuca Winter Blues Festival multiple appearances.
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- Cherry Bar and Echuca Winter Blues Festival EP Launches.
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- Blues Zeppelin 30th Anniversary Festival in Bern Switzerland.
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- West Oz Blues fest headline act.
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..and many more..
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Heavy Medicine's debut EP "Live For This Moment" was released on Breakneck Records in 2017 with the Australian live launches at Melbourne's (in)famous Cherry Bar, and Echuca Winter Blues Festival delayed to 2024 due to international touring, the pandemic, logistics and the general insanity that we all lived through.
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The new full length self titled album "Love is. Music Is. We Are.." is ready for launch in May 2026 with pre-release from March 1st 2026 and national and international tour to Europe to follow including a featured appearance at AugustiiBluus in Estonia among many highlights.
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Stand back. Get ready. And step aside for the swagger that is HEAVY MEDICINE.
NEWS - HEAVY MEDICINE new album recorded and preparing for launch
Recorded over eight days immediately following the bands first festival appearance at Blues @ The Briars, the band decamped to the studio and blasted out fourteen new songs all penned by songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Michael Pollitt, with two additional covers all arranged by the band.
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These songs will form the six track debut EP "Live For This Moment" to be followed by the full length 10 track original album "Love is. Music. Is. We are...".
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The material was recorded at Thirty Mill Studios, the studio of one of Australia's most successful international producers Mark Opitz, with production and engineering duties led by Michael and sonic archtect supergenius, Colin Wynne.
The album will be comprised of ten songs with each a potential single.
Watch this space for more details soon!!
