Cable Ties: "The scene in Melbourne is incredible"
Guitarist Jenny McKechnie tells us about her new album.

Touring pals with the likes of Amyl & the Sniffers and Tropical Fuck Storm, Melbourne’s Cable Ties are champions of inclusivity and trying to right everyday wrongs, with a raft of defiant, impassioned punk tunes to boot. Their second album ‘Far Enough’ arrives via a newly-inked deal with cult indie faves, Merge Records.
Hi Jenny, how's it going? Are you having a fun day?
My day has been quite good. I introduced Minnie (the most perfect dog in the world) to four magnificent chickens. There were two Australorp hens, one Isa Brown, and one white hen - I do not know her breed.
Tell us about your band then - have you been together long? What've you been up to so far?
We've been together since 2015. That's five years now. Good grief. We released our first album in 2017 and have got to do a bunch of amazing shit we never expected, like play our favourite music festival in Australia (Meredith) and tour the UK twice and Europe once and have a bloody rad time.
How did you find your debut album release, was there a steep learning curve?
We were really grateful and blown away by the response to our first album. We had the support of our great Aussie label Poison City and local community radio stations like RRR and PBS and all our mates in punk/ DIY bands which meant our that release was a really life-affirming and great time.
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