The Belair Lip Bombs

The Belair Lip Bombs bring their wiry indie rock to Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, on 23 August 2026. Formed in 2017 in Frankston, Australia, the quartet gathers songwriter Maisie Everett with Mike Bradvica, Jimmy Droughton and Daniel Devlin, shaping songs that balance pace and melody with a cool, clipped delivery. Their sound leans into surf punk bite, jangle pop sparkle and post-punk tension, with tight rhythms steering the hooks.

After two self-released EPs in 2018 and 2019, the band widened the frame with Lush Life in 2023, a record reissued the following year when they became the first Australian group signed to Third Man Records. The lineup shifted as Devlin stepped in on drums, and the follow-up, Again (2025), pushed their palette without losing the urgency of their early tracks. On stage, expect a set that threads those records together: taut guitars, straight-ahead grooves and vocal lines that ride just above the fray, moving from brisk bursts to more open, melodic stretches. This date places their latest chapter in close quarters, built for rooms where energy and detail land at the same time.