macrocarpa is a new band/group project spearheaded by songwriter Sam Bambery (he/they). Bambery is originally from Lyttelton, NZ but is now based in Naarm/Melbourne (since June 2024). macrocarpa is an alternative music group featuring the creative input and performance of musicians from both sides of the Tasman Sea. After recording and performing his previous solo album Rubricator, Bambery based himself in Melbourne with a Tascam 4-track in an apartment overlooking the busy heart of Fitzroy.

The songs produced from this period of writing capture an awakened awareness of mortality and position in one's own life, wrapped in guitar arrangements that echo Bambery's fondness for contemporary flavour and flown-by convention. Country shuffles playing out into post-rock disassociation, lyrical metaphor centring the garden bed as mirth-maker and funeral mask. The name macrocarpa (in lowercase) is pulled from the cypress trees lining Bambery's sap-stained childhood memory whilst also drawing reference to the native mottlecah eucalypt, a physical tie to Bambery's new home in Australia.

macrocarpa is a quintet of friends old and new; featuring two guitars, cello, bass guitar and drums. The band formed at the start of 2026 and has been playing shows to a steadily growing audience across Melbourne. The current band consists of Sam Bambery (guitar/vocals, he/they), Amy Archer (cello, she/her), Maisie Niven (bass, she/her), Samuel White (drums, he/him) and Hugh O'Meara (guitar, he/him).

Join Macrocarpa and The Eyelashes on Saturday afternoon, October 3.

3PM DOORS

PRESALE $10 + BF

DOOR $15

Contact the host of Macrocarpa (NZ/AU) and The Eyelashes