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Cursing Tomorrow. It’s a provocative attention-grabbing name for a thought-provoking Melbourne post-grunge band. Musically they’ve taken their lead from that angst-driven generation of music. Lyrically they’ve taken a step away, cynical rather than fist-waving. The Cursing Tomorrow members arrive together from very different places and backgrounds: Singer and guitarist Kiran Mays had picked up the guitar her mother thought to learn and discarded. Kiran left home as a teenager, travelling south from Queensland, eventually to Melbourne, busking to stay alive. Julian Tan originally came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He’s been playing drums since he was 12, when he found drumsticks in his sister’s closet. Bassist David R. Smith was born in Adelaide, but thankfully left at a young age and spent most of his formative years living in Singapore and Brunei Darussalam where he earned his wings in the underground punk scene. Lead Guitarist Hamish Hutchinson, rumoured to be a descendant of