Newcastle natives Trophy Eyes have recently wrapped up an extensive national tour in support of their debut full-length album Mend, Move On and they’ve graciously shared with Music Feeds some candid shots of all the antics they got up to along the way.
Hitting the road alongside Sydney’s Endless Heights and Brisbane’s Columbus, Trophy Eyes played more than a dozen shows across the country this November. The photo diary below gives readers a little insight into the minutia of touring life – the highs on stage and how the band spend their down time on the road between shows.
Trophy Eyes bring together their own combination of aggressive pop punk and melodic hardcore and began making waves worldwide with the 2013 release of their emotionally driven EP Everything Goes Away. Mend, Move On is the band’s debut full-length album and, judging by the photos below, fans across the country have been captivated by it.
Check out Trophy Eyes’ 2014 national tour diary below, with some commentary from the band along the way.
Photos: Trophy Eyes’ National Tour Diary / Photos: Mitch Strangman
Trophy Eyes Photo Diary
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Stopped in Byron Bay and had a dip on our way to the first show along the east coast in Brisbane -
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Our tour manager and pro skater Jimmy getting his hands dirty -
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Arrived at our good pal Benno’s house and played some pre show Xbox with the boiz -
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John had some time to practice some of the acoustic stuff soaking up the Brisbane weather on the porch before the show swell -
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Live shots from The Brightside show in Brisbane -
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Hot dogs for lunch in Brisbane -
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Hanging out in the van -
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After the show at The Lab was cancelled at the last minute, we organised a house show which was insane. Here's Kevy having a ciggie before the show -
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Doing an interview right before the show started -
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She Cries Wolf going nuts at a house show in Brisbane -
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Singalong's in the backyard -
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Endless Heights owning the stage. -
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Uptown funk you up -
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Crowd surfing -
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Wasted Years Concentrate! Wasted Years -
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The ‘Merch Stand’ at The Lair, Metro Theatre (Sydney) -
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John doing guest vocals for Columbus at The Lair, Sydney -
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Diaz from Endless Heights havin a good ol time -
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Hanging outside the venue in Wollongong -
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Rad Bar street sign -
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Columbus killing it as usual -
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Easily our favourite venue in the country -
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Stair dive -
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Outside Hombre Records, Newcastle! -
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Our TM Jimmy showing off the goods -
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Jem from Endless Heights -
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Our pal John from Vices with the most punk rock kid we’ve ever met -
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Hombre Records, Newcastle -
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Cal taking the wheel -
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Writing some lyrics on the road -
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Kicklflip stop -
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Crouching tiger showdown on the way to Canberra -
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Pokket shredding at Magpies, Canberra -
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#Kev’s house -
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Record shopping in Melbourne -
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Before the set at the 24 Hundred Store -
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Playing a few acoustic songs at the in store…no crowd surfing? -
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Outside -
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Setting up to do a cooking segment for Hysteria Magazine -
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Maccas Lasagna.. 2/5 couldn’t hold it down -
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Arriving at Wrangler Studios, Melbourne -
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Dan from Columbus drumming -
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Dan from Columbus doing something else. -
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Mitch took a photo of a spider with a huge booty -
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On the road again -
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This was a fun time swinging off things in Warrnambool -
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Kev thinking about life -
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Kulcha Shift , Warrnambool -
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The gang! -
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Moses (Columbus) at Fowlers Live, Adelaide -
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Endless Heights killing the final show of tour -
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“Moo”
