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The Gin Palace have been circling each other for many years, deciding on when was the right time. Having a deep history, sharing the same stage and often the same bands in the flourishing early 90’s Sydney indie scene, bouncing from the Annandale to the Sandringham to the winter groove of Melbourne’s Fitzroy and St. Kilda scene and the brilliant glare of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, it was bound to happen eventually. Peter Fenton is the focal point as singer and guitarist (they have three of them) and will be known for his work as a musician, actor, filmmaker and writer, and went from Crow, one of the most important Australian bands to come out of the 1990s, to lead roles in the critically-acclaimed film Praise, adapted from the Vogel Award-winning novel by Andrew McGahan, and the ABC series Love is a Four Letter Word. Paul McDonald (guitar) and Marc Lynch (bass) come from indie darlings Glide, the once feted great hope of the guitar noise assault brigade that for a while there shook things up across this country. Paul has also been the creative force behind Charlie Horse while Marc is a current member of Joey's Coop. Brad Christmas is playing piano/hammond with his Copperline bandmate Gareth Richards on drums and joining on yet another guitar is Mark Tobin, previously from 90’s goth electro overlords Scarlet and Caligula and currently the frontman for The Finalists, filling out this wide screen audio soap opera. To add to the mystery of this band, it is of some note that several of the band members have been moonlighting in Steve Kilbey of the Church’s band and touring nationally. Paul and Brad have been recently working as musical directors and musicians for several orchestral productions including the nationally touring Bowie Orchestrated shows and sneaking some time with Peter doing a run of Tom Waits classics.