The Pierce Brothers to bring new album Everything is Bigger Than Me to South West as part of national tour

Despite being based in Melbourne, Patrick Pierce admits he has a bit of soft spot for WA. One half of the indie-folk duo Pierce Brothers — alongside brother Jack — he is very open about his love for the State. “I went to Rottnest maybe 10 years ago and it is just places like that or Margaret River, Bunbury and that whole coast or just Freo,” he said. “If I wasn’t living in Melbourne, if I wasn’t in a band, I’d be living over there now. I don’t know what I’d be doing but I just love that place.” Pierce is set to get another taste of the West Australian lifestyle when the duo heads to the South West next month as part of a national tour coinciding with the release of their third album Everything is Bigger Than Me. The Australia-wide road trip has already started, with the first shows late last month at the Byron Bay Bluesfest. It is a significant change from how the duo first started their music career about a decade ago, busking along Bourke Street in the Melbourne CBD. Pierce said it was “completely wild” he and his brother now get to do what they do for a living. “At nearly every single show, we will sort of bring that up with the crowd when I thank them for coming along,” he said. “It’s never lost on us that this many people decide to get a sitter or make plans and get a cab and actually come and spend their evening with us. That will never not make me amazed, like that just to me is bonkers and we are just the luckiest people in the world to get that.” Pierce said attendees can expect an energetic and fun show with a lot of great songs and singalongs. “A lot of people when they look at our live show, especially if they may be on the fence with what they’ve heard on Spotify or elsewhere, they’ll come to the live show and they go, ‘I get it’,” he said. The Pierce Brothers will play at Forth Craft Bunbrewery in Bunbury on May 24 and The River in Margaret River on May 25. Tickets are available at oztix.com.au.