The Tour Ends Here...

Fri 6th Jul, 2007 in Features

Carus & The True Believers are winding up their national tour in Adelaide after five weeks promoting their new album Three Boxes. Despite the lack of radio support they pull a big crowd everywhere they play and Carus sounds excited at playing their first show at The Governor Hindmarsh.

How’s the going been going so far? “Really well,” Carus mentioned. “Adelaide is the last show on the tour, which is the end of a two and a half month tour after starting in Copenhagen followed by a month in Europe finishing off with five weeks around Australia. It’s been fantastic with really good crowds and we sold out two nights in Fremantle. There’s been a lot of positive feedback from people about the record, which is really good.”

Are you saving the best for last finishing the tour in Adelaide? “Always,” Carus stated. “We always save the best for last when we play in Adelaide. Adelaide is a smaller town than Melbourne but our crowds there are two thirds the size. It’s just one of those things, we have a really supportive fan base there who always come out and make it happen.”

Is it a buzz to notice that with each show you’re playing bigger venues? “It’s definitely growing,” Carus thought. “We played two nights at the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne, which is like a three hundred and fifty capacity sized room and before the show I went out and had a look at the crowd. I notice there were a lot of people I’ve never seen before. It’s strange because we don’t get any airplay but people who love the band bring ten of their mates to the show. For me, it’s great that it’s still growing. I’m glad to be stepping up and playing a show at The Gov”

How’s Three Boxes been received? “I’m lovin’ it,” Carus proudly mentioned. “Our fan base have seen us live and know what we’re like but also know that we needed a record of a certain level of production to get us to the next level. People come us to us after and gigs to say well done and that this will be the one that will send you on the road.”

Having Greg Arnold (Things Of Stone & Wood) on tour must be great? “He goes way back,” Carus said. “I’m thirty and anyone who remembers that band absolutely loved them when they were around. He produced my album and I thought he could come along on this tour and do the support thing plus he’s playing extra instruments in my band so we could become a five piece. It’s great when I look over on stage and he’s playing second guitar and I feel like I’m in Things Of Stone & Wood.”

Is it hard keeping the intensity up for two and a half months on the road? “This is our life,” Carus pointed out. “We’re a touring band and that’s how we’ve built up this crowd and this thing by just getting out there in front of people. It’s something we’ll always do and when we’re not touring Australia we’re touring in Europe and vice versa. We have to keep ourselves fit but to finally have this record now and being able to link it in with both the European and Australian tours actually feels like a world tour. It felt like we just had to get the music out there and now it feels like a real celebration that we’ve achieved something.”

What’s next? “I’m actually writing quite a bit at the moment,” Carus mentioned. “I’m going back to Europe in August for a couple of festivals I’m doing there. I’ll squeeze in a holiday with my girlfriend and then there will be another band tour in October.”