GNOMES - Introducing The Gnomes LP

Black vinyl. Includes 24"x12" insert.

Highly recommended.

Although they emerged from Melbourne bayside outer suburbs onto the local live scene with their fresh and spirited indie-rock update of the garage-beat sounds of Easybeats, Kinks and early Beatles only a year ago, Gnome actually started out as a bedroom solo project for teenaged guitarist Jay Millar a few years back. Jay, playing everything himself, started recording and releasing a steady succession of material on his own Goblin Records. Realizing he needed a band to start playing out, Jay approached some like minded players and with Jay on vocals and lead guitar, Ned Capp on guitar, Olly Katsianis on bass, and Ethan Robins on drums, Gnome became a band.

Early in 2025, the last solo Jay recordings released under the Gnome name caused something of an international underground sensation when posted by a Spanish garage-punk YouTube page and quickly clocked up over 50,000 views.

At the same time, the band began gaining attention on the thriving Frankston scene and around Melbourne. They started breaking out, sharing bills with the likes of Drunk Mums, Skegss, Split System, The Prize, The Unknowns, Cosmic Psychos, Hockey Dad, Guitar Wolf, The 5.6.7.8's, The Breadmakers and fellow Frankstoners/Singing Bird alumni The Belair Lip Bombs.

And now, finally, we have The Gnomes' debut album. Twelve killer tracks that combine the best of the '60s with the best of today. Twelve killer tracks that show off assertive and accomplished songwriting, singing and playing and an explosive and authentic swinging group sound. Twelve killers slices of raw rock'n'roll running the gamut from savage Rhythm and Blues to vibrant beat pop, with forays into heavy reverb psych, Cavern/Star Club stylings and first flyte jangle along the way. There’s more of course, including a new version of that Kinks-style kranker “I Like It” for good measure.

Frankston’s Fab Four are taking their sound to the world.