Australian punk veterans Frenzal Rhomb are auctioning off a test pressing of their new album The Cup of Pestilence, with proceeds going to charitable causes in Minus18 and the Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance. Bidding on the eBay auction has already cleared $1,000 Australian Dollars, and there’s still 9 days to go!
Here’s what guitarist Frenzal Rhomb guitarist Lindsay McDougal had to say about the auction, which also includes chord charts from the recording of the album as well as one of his guitar straps:
“Hi! Lindsay from Frenzal Rhomb here. Our new album The Cup Of Pestilence is out soon (or is out now), and you can own an official test pressing, cut at Zenith Records. I’ve only played it once, at work, to make sure it sounds right, and it sounds RIGHT!
And if you wanna play along to all the songs on your guitar or piano accordion, I’m also chucking in the cheat sheets I wrote out for recording the album. Every song (including a couple that didn’t make the cut) written out in my weird chords and notes format, that I was sneakily peeking at constantly at the Blasting Room. You’ll be smashing out those four and a half chords in no time!
I’ve also kept all the Dunlop Tortex .88mm guitar picks I used on this record. You can have them! Every note came outta these, every pickslide engraved into them. (warning: Some may have been used to play smooth 80s music also)
You can also have this torn guitar strap. I broke it playing a Steely Dan song, not any Frenzal, but it’ll make you look cool, and I don’t need it anymore.
ALSO – all the money from this auction is getting split between Minus 18 and Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance. Trans and gender-diverse people have been having a crap time lately, and these two organizations are doing excellent work to help good people who just wanna live their lives.”
If you’d like to bid on the eBay auction, you can do so here. If you’d like to donate directly to the charities, here are their respective donation pages: Minus18 / Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance.
Frenzal Rhomb’s new album The Cup of Pestilence is due out April 7th on Fat Wreck Chords. Pre-order the record here (US), here (EU), or here (AUS). Check out the singles “Where Drug Dealers Take Their Kids” and “Thought It Was Yoga But It Was Ketamine“.