Ruby Jones: Bad Ideas Single Launch

𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 and her band returns to the stage to celebrate the launch of her new single Bad Ideas, the second release from her forthcoming album Souvenir. Blending searing, emotive vocals with a psychedelia-steeped sonic palette, Ruby crafts a tempestuous and hauntingly beautiful sound that is uniquely her own. 

Bad Ideas is a darkly euphoric exploration of repression and release. At its core, the song wrestles with Catholic guilt, shame, and the urge to bury one’s worst impulses deep inside. With driving rhythms and an almost ecstatic energy, it captures the tension of holding everything back until it threatens to combust.

Although it grapples with heavy subject matter, the track is intentionally upbeat, urgent, and danceable. The aim was to channel that tension into something liberating, inviting listeners to feel the catharsis of shaking off repression and guilt through movement and rhythm. The result is a track that feels like both a confession and an exorcism, restless, unflinching, and ultimately freeing.

Opening the night is 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒚𝒄𝒆 , a wild and unconventional songwriter known for her fervent lyrics and distorted, at times eerie tones. Drawing on influences as diverse as Patti Smith, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, and 70’s horror flicks, she crafts a compelling sound that veers between raucous rock ’n’ roll freak outs and more alluring, melodic turns.

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Line-Up:
𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔
𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒚𝒄𝒆

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Pre-Sales | $20

Free for Mob | Please email: music@thegracedarlinghotel.com.au and a ticket will be allocated to you.

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There is a zero-tolerance for any kind of discriminatory, prejudiced, unsafe, or anti-social behaviour. The Grace Darling prides itself on providing a safe and inclusive space for all patrons and staff members. If you witness any behaviour that makes you, or members of the audience uncomfortable, please advise bar staff, safety officers or security so we can handle the situation accordingly. 

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The Grace Darling Hotel acknowledges that this event takes place on the Sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Their Sovereignty has never been ceded and we acknowledge their culture and lores are imbued in this land. We acknowledge our responsibility to raise awareness around the Sovereign custodians of this land, and pay our respect to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
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The Grace Darling Hotel was constructed in 1854 and retains its original architectural build. Thus, the Band Room & Basement are regrettably not wheelchair accessible. The Main Bar level is wheelchair accessible.
All bathrooms at the Grace Darling Hotel are gender neutral (Located on the Atrium level (4 steps), and in the upstairs Band Room)

No strobe lighting or strobing visuals.
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