Purposeful choreography paired with the glow of ’80s inspired lighting, poised, ready to illuminate each and every sequin can only mean one thing… The perfect combination of soul, funk and bawdy humour, that is the ten man collective: Sex on Toast, is back on the road.

Currently in the middle of their Never Mind the Moog tour, the boys are set to bring the smoothest of moves to the east coast throughout November. The man at the helm, the charismatically quirky Angus E. Leslie, shed some light on materialism, the live show experience and inspiration, as well as happily sharing his thoughts on the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef from a suspicious yet highly likely source.

“I’m actually worried that some of the boys have lost their white sequinned shirts”. Angus begins commenting on the elements of style, an important feature for Sex on Toast. “We use the same costumes for our stage shows in our videos, so hopefully we can track them all down”. The film clip is question is for “Oh, Loretta!”, a smooth jam, with just the right amount of old school funk, choreographed cheese and super intense freeze-frame facials to work, something Angus says, actually stems from the bands early days of performing live.

“We definitely didn’t start with videos, we really started by doing that whole thing live. There’s definitely a sense of mateship involved that means we’re on the same page in terms of humour and energy. Of course the moves are choreographed and rehearsed like they are in the videos but, we just try and keep the charisma really at the forefront and get the audience involved and even jump into the audience if we feel like it”.

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But behind the choreography and glittered getup, lies a foundational philosophy from a very hard working ensemble, as Angus hits home the point; “we want to actually give people a larger than life experience. We really want people coming to ‘a show’ rather than just experiencing something that they could see anywhere”.

So how did this ten strong tasty spread of a band merge together to form what is now known as Sex On Toast? “Actually…” a thoughtful Angus begins, “just through the classifieds”. Thinking there had to be some sort of code or underlying meaning behind this statement, Angus began to elaborate.

“Everyone met at different times by selling off different things on Gumtree or in the paper. Just regular items like microwaves or old used up Barry Manilow records. It was always things that we didn’t really need and we would bond over the fact that one of us was buying it and one of us was selling it, but neither of us needed it”. Before philosophically delving into the futile realisation of materialistic obsessions, Angus adds, “I guess we knew each other through the music scene as well but… it was really the sales that brought us closer together”.

It’s fairly obvious that describing Sex On Toast as anything but conventional would be a gross understatement, but when Angus began answering a query on the touring logistics of such a large ensemble, the conversation took a turn for the politically and environmentally relevant and down right strange. He jovially implied that several band members would be tasked with taking very unconventional methods of travel whilst on tour, such as “running through the desert” or “swimming to Bali” to reach their next destination; “you see, we’ve had the same lineup since 2013, but a lot of people have fallen by the wayside.”

“There are a lot of things in the sea that can kill you, I mean… water, sharks, asbestos and whatever they’re using to destroy the Great Barrier Reef, thanks Australian Government”, Angus adds with vocal gusto. “You know, it’s probably Tony Abbot’s left over bones, he’s got all these bones he doesn’t need, he was just born with too many”.

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Conspiracy theories involving an exchange between Harold Holt and Tony Abbott aside, with hits like ‘Oh, Loretta!’, ‘Give It To Me’ and ‘Takin’ Over’ as well as listing influences such as Morris Day and the Time and Prince, there’s no surprise that a Sex on Toast stage show shoots to the top of many a ‘must be seen to be believed’ list. “Morris Day and the Time have been a massive influence for Sex on Toast, they really inspired our stage act”, says Angus. “They were real larrikins and didn’t mind a bit of, I guess, bawdy humour, which I definitely don’t mind either” he adds laughing.

Angus and the funk fuelled collective that is Sex on Toast will embark on their second round of dates when they hit Melbourne’s Howler on November 5, for what is sure to be an experience, like ‘Oh, Loretta!’, that “don’t get much better”.

SEX ON TOAST NATIONAL TOUR DATES

Thursday, 13th October 2016
Byron Bay, NSW – Beach Hotel

Friday, 14th October 2016
Brisbane, QLD – The Foundry

Saturday, 15th October 2016
Yamba, NSW – Surfing The Coldstream

Friday, 21st October 2016
Perth, WA – Rosemount Hotel

Saturday, 5th November 2016
Melbourne, VIC – Howler

Thursday, 10th November 2016
Canberra, ACT – The Basement

Friday, 11th November 2016
Sydney, NSW – Factory Floor

Saturday, 12th November 2016
Adelaide, SA – Ed Castle

Friday, 18th November 2016
Tocumwal, NSW – Strawberry Fields

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