AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS CELEBRATE THEIR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
GIDDY UP/BIG ATTRACTION SPECIAL EDITION VINYL & CD OUT MAY 22nd VIA VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP
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Ten years ago, in a sharehouse on Chapel Street, four 20-year-olds with zero expectations wrote and recorded an EP in a single afternoon. Those six blistering minutes of music became Giddy Up. An hour later, Amyl and The Sniffers had a name, a Bandcamp upload, and the beginnings of a legacy.
Following a year of backyard gigs, playing for friends and partying across Melbourne’s sticky carpet music scene, the band released their iconic second EP Big Attraction in 2017. Now, to celebrate a decade of raw power and reckless spirit, Giddy Up/Big Attraction returns in a definitive 10th anniversary 12-inch vinyl edition — fully remastered for maximum punch. Featuring early classics like ‘I’m Not A Loser’ and ‘Stole My Pushbike’, plus enduring live favorites ‘Balaclava Lover Boogie’ and ‘Westgate’ this is the sound of Amyl and The Sniffers before the world caught up — feral, funny, and unstoppable.
The LP is housed in a gatefold sleeve showcasing Chris Sutherland’s iconic 2017 band photo, alongside an exclusive new essay from Amy Taylor and a heap of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes shots from the band’s earliest days by Jamie Wdziekonski.
As Amy recalls: “We recorded and wrote over the afternoon… we’d never played together before that day… it’s spontaneous, and fun and achievable in that time because to us it sounded more than good and we weren’t perfectionists and it didn’t matter.”
From DIY house shows in Melbourne to international stages, it all started here.
UPCOMING 2026 US/EU TOUR DATES
Jun 4, 2026 RBC Amphitheatre Toronto, ON
Jun 5, 2026 Place Bell Montreal, QC
Jun 6, 2026 The Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens
Jun 8, 2026 Highmark Skyline Stage at the Mann Philadelphia, PA
Jun 9, 2026 MGM Music Hall at Fenway Boston, MA
Jun 10, 2026 The Anthem Washington, DC
Jun 12, 2026 The Factory St. Louis, MO
Jun 13, 2026 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
Jun 14, 2026 The Salt Shed – Fairgrounds Chicago, IL
Jun 16, 2026 Astro Theater Omaha, NE
Jun 17, 2026 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
Jun 20, 2026 Surly Brewing Festival Field Minneapolis, MN
Aug 7, 2026 Hot in the City – Trieste Estate Trieste, Italy
Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 OFF Festival Katowice, Poland
Aug 8, 2026 SRC Salata Zagreb, Croatia
Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Øya Festival Oslo, Oslo
Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Paredes de Coura Festival Paredes, Portugal
Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 Syd for Solen Festival Copenhagen
Aug 16, 2026 Capitol Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Aug 18, 2026 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
Aug 19, 2026 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
Aug 23, 2026 All Points East Festival London, England
Aug 25, 2026 Collins Barracks Dublin, Ireland
Aug 26, 2026 Collins Barracks Dublin, County Dublin
Aug 29, 2026 Rock en Seine Paris, France
Amyl and The Sniffers – Giddy Up/Big Attraction
LP out Friday, May 22nd via Virgin Music Group
Tracklist:
Side A (Giddy Up)
1. Pleasure Forever
2. Caltex Cowgirl
3. Mandalay
4. Stole My Pushbike
Side B (Big Attraction)
5. I’m Not A Loser
6. Blowjobs
7. Mole (Sniff Sniff)
8. Balaclava Lover Boogie
9. Westgate
10. 70’s Street Munchies
ABOUT AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
In the ten years since Amyl and The Sniffers came together in Melbourne’s sticky pub-rock scene, Amyl and The Sniffers have become masters of balancing power and playfulness. With three critically acclaimed albums under their belt alongside numerous awards and accolades – 2019’s self-titled debut and 2021’s visceral Comfort To Me and 2024’s Cartoon Darkness – vocalist Amy Taylor, guitarist Declan Mehrtens, bassist Gus Romer and drummer Bryce Wilson have achieved something unique and remarkable. They are unmistakably “Aussie”, down-to-earth and true to their roots. They are also one of the most exciting young rock bands on the planet.
The band’s live audiences have grown even faster than their reputation, taking them around the world on sold-out tours several times over, playing ever-larger venues throughout Europe, North America and beyond, with recent shows stretching from Mexico to India to Japan. From grassroots clubs shows to major concert halls, the band has become a regular mainstage and headline feature of festivals including Primavera, Glastonbury, Coachella, Green Man, Osheaga, Outside Lands, Best Keep Secret, All Points East and dozens more; and been called up for European and US stadium supports with the likes of Green Day and Foo Fighters, and more recently opening for acts AC/DC, Turnstile, Fontaines D.C & Kneecap @ Finsbury Park. As a live act, the word is well and truly out: if you need a band to decimate a stage, you call Amyl and The Sniffers.
Since the release of Comfort to Me, the band has seen their horizons broaden exponentially in every way. And it’s this attitude – bigger, brighter, smarter, sharper – that fuelled their third album, Cartoon Darkness. Recorded with producer Nick Launay at Foo Fighters’ 606 Studios in Los Angeles, on the same desk that captured Nirvana’s Nevermind and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the latest Amyl offering is full of surprises. Musically, Mehrtens, Romer and Wilson have written The Sniffers’ most diverse album yet. It stretches from classic punk to the glammy strut of recent single ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ to the stormy balladry of ‘Big Dreams’ (which is a sonic gear shift worthy of the title).
The band have walked away since with a Grammy-nomination for ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’, and will kick off another huge US and EU tour run starting in June.