Name: Zheani, BUTTRESS and ZAND
Start: 2024-10-05T19:00:00
End: 2024-10-06T00:00:00
Location: Crowbar

ZheaniwithBUTTRESS and ZAND7:00PM DoorsTickets are $25 ADV / $30 DOSI Hate People On The Internet, the 2022 EP by Brisbane-based singer, songwriter and producerZheani Sparkes, ended with a song that found solace in nihilism. “We know life’s not fair now, baby,don’t be scared now,” she sang on “We’re All Going To Die,” “We’re all going there and we’ll behappy there.” After a record that drew power from strife and hatred, it was a surprising twist—anacknowledgement that if this world is, indeed, bullshit, ending in death for those good and bad alike,we might as well just accept it.The Spiritual Meat Grinder, Zheani’s follow-up mixtape, leans full-tilt into this realisation. It’s a partyrecord for the end of the world that tips its hat toward the futility of life—while inviting you to “bringwet cunt to the dancefloor” as a means of coping. We live inside the Spiritual Meat Grinder everydamn day, so why not have a little fun with it? “When you’re in The Spiritual Meat Grinder spirallingin the absurd you may as well be a freak and have a good time,” says Zheani. “If you’re in Sodomand Gomorrah and can’t escape, you may as well be at the drunken orgy when the fire andbrimstone starts to fall.”The Spiritual Meat Grinder represents a new mode for Zheani: in contrast to I Hate People On TheInternet, a raw contusion of a record, this mixtape makes room for ethereal synth-pop, rib-rattlinghouse music, and crystalline beats inspired by jungle and drum’n’bass. Zheani describes theexperience as “a party where you release your inhibitions – but with occasional mental breakdownsin the bathroom”—a glamorous, hedonistic take on Homer’s Odyssey that finds its protagonistbattling through raging parties and familial trauma in an effort to find her way home.True to that concept, The Spiritual Meat Grinder oscillates freely between pain and pleasure, findingtruth in songs about sex and romance (“What’s it worth if I cannot hold you/All night long/And eat youup whole?” she asks on “Touch of Grass”) and catharsis in tracks like “Growing Pains,” one of themost emotionally raw songs Zheani has ever written. Forays into dance music on songs like “BringWet Cunt” show off Zheani’s remarkable talent for booming, hard-driving big-tent tracks, theaerodynamic intensity of I Hate People On The Internet channelled into a song that’s crackling andanthemic.Ultimately, The Spiritual Meat Grinder represents a moment of rare respite for Zheani – a documentof a musician using hedonism and lithe, hellish beats as a buoy against a world that remainsbuffeting and brutal. “What I can say is that this project, unlike others, was intentional and not justreactionary. I’m learning to steer the ship and that’s liberating,” says Zheani. “I want to have fun andI’m at least trying to aim for it rather than just being caught in a storm, fighting to hold on.”· Instagram:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/unabuttress/">https://www.instagram.com/unabuttress/</a>· Spotify:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/unabuttress/">https://open.spotify.com/artist/61pcWUzNqpHNWc21SuHP1J</a>· YouTube:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/unabuttress/">https://www.youtube.com/@buttress</a>· Instagram:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/ihatezand/">https://www.instagram.com/ihatezand/</a>· TikTok:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ihatezand">https://www.tiktok.com/@ihatezand</a>· X:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/ihatezand">https://x.com/ihatezand</a>· Spotify:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zCrrgklotTrkkJDNUAury?autoplay=true">https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zCrrgklotTrkkJDNUAury?autoplay=true</a>· YouTube:&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMVxLolIX20YyKUo-zd0iw?feature=gws_kp_artist&amp;feature=gws_kp_artist">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMVxLolIX20YyKUo-zd0iw?feature=gws_kp_artist&amp;feature=gws_kp_artist</a>Terms And Conditions:Important notice re COVID-19: Please note any interaction with the general public poses an elevated risk of being exposed to COVID-19 and we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed while in attendance at the event. 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