EP189 - So What’s Been Happening? - Team Love

Team Love Live: Inside the New Album, Gigs & 10-Year Plans

Host Aaron Cusack talks with Team Love members Ruby and Tom about their new album, recent launch shows, and the stories behind singles like "Tomorrow Is a New Day" and "Winter." The conversation covers the band’s origins, recording process, and how life changes — including parenthood — shape their music.

The episode also highlights upcoming gigs, the new Coburg venue The Graveyard, festival ambitions, and the band’s plans to celebrate their 10-year anniversary with returning past members and special performances.

Victorian country/folk group Team Love return with their second album, Now Things Ain’t Coloured Rose, out September 12 on vinyl and digital. A follow-up to their acclaimed 2020 debut, the new record is a heartfelt collection for the hopeful and heartworn, blending poetic storytelling with rich harmonies and a distinctly Australian sound. Written during and after the pandemic, the band refined 26 songs down to 11, recorded across suburban Melbourne and rural Coomoora. The album explores themes of aging, shifting relationships, and life’s complexities, with moments of optimism woven through.

Singles like Winter, Tomorrow is a New Day, and No Longer My Birthday showcase their evolving sound - from country-rock to introspective ballads - drawing comparisons to Big Thief, Waxahatchee, and Gillian Welch. Featuring contributions from Jake Holmes (pedal steel) and Christi Hodgkins (harmonica), the album is a raw and resonant journey through folk and country traditions, grounded in the landscapes of Victoria.

Join us for a LIVE chat with Team Love's Ruby McGrath-Lester and Tom Thomas on Thursday 16th October from 8:00pm AEDT.