On the Road: Our 2024 and 2025
Cartoon Darkness took us a long way from Melbourne. Here's what 2024 and 2025 looked like for us, on the road and at the awards.
Where did we play in 2024?
- The US, July and August 2024: a headline tour.
- The UK and Europe, November 2024: another headline tour, a few weeks after Cartoon Darkness came out.
And in 2025?
From mid-November to mid-December 2025 we were the main support on AC/DC's Australian Power Up Tour dates.
What happened at the awards?
2025 was a big year for us:
- ARIA Awards: Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group and Best Cover Art.
- APRA Awards: Song of the Year for "U Should Not Be Doing That".
- AIR Awards: Independent Album of the Year.
- J Awards: Double J Artist of the Year.
We were also nominated for a Brit Award in 2025, for International Group, and for a Grammy in 2026, for Best Rock Performance.
Has it always been like this?
No, it's built up show by show. Back in 2020 the Music Victoria Awards named us Best Band and Best Live Act, and we've kept playing as loud as we can since.
What does that mean for the merch?
The same energy goes into our designs: loud, cartoonish and a bit cheeky. Wear one to the next show.