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, Victoria. The band consists of Jim McCullough, Lewis Hodgson, Roland Hvlaka, Jackson Harry and Matt Blach. The released their debut studio album ''Future Forecast'' in March 2021.

History

The idea for the band formed after Jim McCullough and Darcy Grigg were in a bowling alley in Japan in 2016. In 2017, McCullough and Grigg got together with Roland Hvlaka and Louis Hodgson. Shortly after, David Forcier joined and the band was formed. The bands concept was to "do good rock and roll and not to stuff about with it". Late in 2017 the band gathered into a small radio studio to perform a hustling live set on my radio program ''Teenage Hate''. In April 2018, the band released their debut EP, ''New Vietnam'', which Aine Keogh from ''Forte Magazine'' gave 5 out of 5 calling the EP "totally old school rock 'n' roll punk and I don't think they could have done it any better." In November 2018, the band released their second EP, ''Those Who No''. Andy from ''Raven Sings the Blues'' said "Not long after their last crackling EP, Civic returns with a follow-up that hits even harder. Where their debut boiled down porto-punk into its grit and grease components, there's a cleanliness and clarity to ''Those Who No''." On 26 July 2019, the band released their third EP, ''Selling. Sucking. Blackmail. Bribes'' on 7" EP. The band released their debut studio album ''Future Forecast'' in March 2021, which Tom Breihan from ''

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'' said "does not disappoint". In November 2022, Civic shared details of their forthcoming second studio album titled, ''Taken by Force'', which is due on 10 February 2023. It'll be the band's first release on Cooking Vinyl Australia.

Band members

*Jim McCullough *Lewis Hodgson *Roland Hvlaka *Matt Blach *Jackson Harry

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

References

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