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    Hooper Crescent and EWAH & The Vision Of Paradise at Republic Bar, North Hobart 15.06.2024 – Backseat Mafia

    On a cool June Tasmanian evening, two bands coalesced to bring a mix of classic post-punk to the stage of Hobart’s Republic Bar, the likes of which go to show that the genre is alive and well. First up were Tasmania’s celebrated masters of gothic new-wave, EWAH & The Vision Of Paradise. Bringing their ethereal, cinematically epic sound, the band had the gathered audience spellbound with a performance that contained songs from across their acclaimed first two albums, Everything Fades To Blue and The Warning Birds. Along with a couple of new compositions the band were road-testing (and which may appear on an upcoming album later in the year) EWAH…