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Bud Petal have recently released Chips and cigarettes, the first single from their upcoming album Sydney, Sydney. Chips and cigarettes tells the story of TJ Hickey, whose death following a police pursuit sparked the 2004 Redfern riots. NSW police claimed the death was a freak accident, but witnesses say TJ’s bike was clipped by a police car, which then propelled him onto the fence where he was impaled. Sydney, Sydney, the album from which this single is taken, is a musical diorama of modern day Sydney. It takes the listener from beers at the Courthouse Hotel in Newtown to corn-tassels in Clovelly. From wage slavery in Bankstown to longings for the Levant in Lakemba. From being happy in Hurstville to waiting for Louise with a cup of tea in Eastwood. From police brutality in Redfern to activists proclaiming “Know your city! Love your city! Organise to make it better!” Sydney, Sydney will be released in February, 2019. It was recorded at Hospital Hill in Drummoyne, Sydney, and