News: Meanjin/Brisbane band Bean Magazine announce EP ‘Folly’, tour dates and unveil the evocative and shimmering new single ‘Share You’


Feature Photograph: Charlie Falconer

Bean Magazine‘s new single ‘Share You’ is a gorgeous, hypnotic and dreamy release that indicates there is something special gestating in the north of Australia. With a repeated vocal motif that runs throughout most of the track and a muscular melodic bass, the vocals shimmer across the surface, infused with a delicate melancholia and indelible melody. A hypnotic fugue is created, and the overall effect is something that is heartbreakingly beautiful – with evocative lyrics filled with a delicate poetry:

Think I’ve had enough
Breaks my heart to stay
Turn my skin to dust
Soak the rest in paint
Punch you throw won’t land
Nor the break from shade
You hear what I do
And watch the things you say

There are elements of fellow Australians, Royel Otis and Tame Impala, but with their own special glow. Singer/guitarist Henry Creamer says of the track:

Telling someone how you truly feel is a daunting, heart on the line experience. Rejection nagging every moment in which you try and get your adoration across. This song is kinda the opposite. I don’t want to share my time with anyone else but I’ll also make it seem like I don’t and play it ‘cool’. ‘Share You’ came at a time where we all happened to find ourselves in tedious situations regarding our personal lives/relationships. As a band we’d spoken about offering some slower stuff to break up our lives and give the people out there a well earned rest. This tune echoes that sentiment and then some.

The accompanying video is a simple but compelling and enigmatic performance piece.

‘Share You’ is out now through Warner Music and available to download and stream here.

The track can be found on the band’s forthcoming EP ‘Folly’ due out on Friday, 6 June 2025 which you can presave here. Bean Magazine are: Henry Creamer (guitars and vocals), Gabrielle Beiers (drums) and Seb Baren (bass)

‘Folly’ Tracklisting

  1. Chippy Fler
  2. Share You
  3. Pretty
  4. Free As Hell
  5. The One In The Egg Dress
  6. Carly
  7. Ashamed That You Hate It

Bean Magazine are heading out on the road this May – July on a mammoth 28-date national tour with Brisbane’s Ball Park Music (who have themselves been announced as support for Oasis later in the year). Kicking off in Forth, Tasmania on Friday 22 May, the extensive tour will see them hitting Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, and New South Wales. All tour details available here.

Friday 2 May – Forth Pub, Forth TAS

Saturday 3 May – Odeon Theatre, Hobart TAS

Thursday 8 May – Prince Of Wales, Bunbury WA

Friday 9 May – The River, Margaret River WA

Saturday 10 May – Metropolis, Fremantle WA

Thursday 15 May – Forum, Melbourne VIC

Friday 16 May – Forum, Melbourne VIC SOLD OUT

Saturday 17 May – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA

Friday 23 May – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD

Friday 30 May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW

Friday 13 June – UC Refectory, Canberra ACT

Saturday 14 June – Beer Deluxe, Albury NSW

Friday 20 June – Taks Arts Centre, Cairns QLD

Saturday 21 June – JCU Unbar, Townsville QLD

Sunday 22 June – Flamingos, Rockhampton QLD

Thursday 26 June – Finnians, Port Macquarie NSW

Friday 27 June – The Recky, Elizabeth Beach NSW

Saturday 28 June – Drifters Wharf, Gosford NSW

Friday 4 July – Hotel Brunswick, Brunswick Heads NSW

Thursday 10 July – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine VIC

Friday 11 July – The Pier, Frankston VIC

Saturday 12 July – Barwon Heads Hotel, Barwon Heads VIC

Friday 18 July – The Station, Sunshine Coast QLD

Saturday 19 July – The Powerhouse, Toowoomba QLD

Sunday 20 July – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD

Thursday 24 July – Tilba Winery, Tilba NSW

Friday 25 July – Waves, Wollongong NSW

Saturday 26 July – The Station, Jindabyne NSW

Feature Photograph: Charlie Falconer

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