News: Slow Crush announce first-ever Australian tour for February 2027

Belgian shoegaze outfit Slow Crush are finally heading to Australia, announcing their first-ever headline tour for February 2027.

The four-piece will kick things off in Adelaide on February 3 before heading to Melbourne, Port Kembla and Sydney, wrapping up in Brisbane on February 7. It’s been a long wait for Australian fans of the band, whose collision of dreamy melodies, towering guitars and heavy distortion has earned them a devoted international following.

Formed in 2017, Slow Crush made an immediate impression with their debut EP Ease, before 2018’s Aurora established them as one of the standout acts in shoegaze’s modern revival. Their sound draws on the genre’s familiar wall of guitars but adds a harder edge, moving between delicate passages and enormous bursts of noise.

The band followed Aurora with 2021’s Hush and 2025’s Thirst, the latter pushing their sound further beyond conventional shoegaze. The expanded release, Thirst Extended, arrived in 2026, giving fans another helping of the band’s increasingly adventurous approach.

Fronted by vocalist and bassist Isa Holliday, Slow Crush also features founding guitarist Jelle Ronsmans, guitarist Nic Placklé and drummer Frederik Meeuwis. Together, they’ve developed a reputation for live performances that balance atmosphere with serious volume, creating a sound that can be both intimate and overwhelming.

Their touring history has seen them appear alongside Loathe, Gouge Away, Torche, Faetooth and others, introducing their music to audiences well beyond the traditional shoegaze crowd. It’s a crossover that makes sense. Beneath the layers of reverb and distortion, Slow Crush have plenty in common with heavier alternative rock.

Now, after almost a decade of building their reputation overseas, Australian audiences will finally get to experience that sound firsthand.

For fans of shoegaze with some serious weight behind it, February can’t come soon enough.