Gooooood morning and welcome to Flinders Street Station…
Over the last couple of months Melbourne commuters have become familiar with that phrase accompanied by some brilliant musings from Flinders Street platform announcer Laurence Hewson. His feel good public addresses have become the stuff of legend and went viral just before Xmas with Laurence being interviewed on the ABC, Sunrise, 9 News, The Herald Sun, The Age, SBS and many more.
Not just an end of year fad, the Voice Of Flinders Station has continued into 2024 unabated and more popular than ever, with people coming in on inter-city trains across Victoria and beyond just so they can hear Laurence and make their day that much better.
While he may brighten people’s days on the platform, Laurence also rocks them by night as the frontman for Melbourne, (Naarm), rockers Sordid Ordeal.
At the height of the pandemic Sordid Ordeal released the killer tune, Great Ocean Road, whose refrain ‘I wanna get the f*ck outta Melbourne’ was felt deep in the core of everyone trapped in their houses across the city and indeed nationwide. It was a literal lockdown anthem that was instantly relatable.
A succession of singles followed, namely Citizen & A Purely Genetic Connection in 2022 and Confession in 2023; all the while the band toured their asses off while putting the finishing touches on their soon-to-be-released gargantuan debut album When I Left Town which is finally being released on February 16.
Black Straps is the final single to be released ahead of the album.
