There are still currently tickets available for Spacey Jane’s September 6th show at The Fillmore Philadelphia… which cannot be said of the Aussie indie rockers’ show the following night at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, or their following show, 9/9 at 9:30 Club in DC… or 9/14 at Studio TD in Montreal, 9/15 at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, 9/17 at Metro in Chicago, 9/26 at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, or 9/30 at The Fonda Theatre in LA… So, basically, you should get your tickets before continuing on to read my recent chat with Spacey Jane frontman Caleb Harper…
While Spacey Jane have been touring seemingly nonstop since 2016 (including a particularly memorable tour through small towns of Western Australia in 2020, when most of the world was shut down), a year prior to even their first EP and four years off from their first full-length, they haven’t spent a ton of time playing North America, aside from a 2022 fall jaunt behind sophomore LP Here Comes Everybody, which did include a stop at Union Transfer. In fact, during our recent Zoom chat, Harper says that the band’s upcoming dates will be the first in America to include their “full show” production. Harper does, however, tell me that he’s always thoroughly enjoyed touring the States: “You get on the bus at one in the morning, and you wake up the next day in a totally different town and culture. I think that’s my favorite part about the US!”
Spacey Jane’s upcoming North American run – which kicks off September 3rd in Atlanta, and features fellow Aussie rockers The Belair Lip Bombs opening, who Caleb and I both think you should make a point to see – is in support of the band’s third full-length, If That Makes Sense, which dropped earlier this year. The album represents a few firsts for Spacey Jane. The songwriting began with Harper relocating to LA, before the band as a whole (after almost a year of intermittent writing) convened in the city for two months of pre-production prior to entering the studio with producer Mike Crossey — known for producing phriends and phavorites of PHILTHY like Wolf Alice, Billy Raffoul, and MUNA — for the first time, which Harper explains made for something quite distinct from Spacey Jane’s first two LPs.
“It feels different in so many ways and the process of making the record had the greatest effect on that. Being in LA, far from home and surrounding ourselves with new people in new places, made for an isolating experience for all of us. I think that context led to more introspection as I tried to figure out who I was outside of the comforts of home. Sonically, it just feels like we were more sure of ourselves. We explored every rabbit hole because we had the time to do so and didn’t shy away from big production.”
Those who caught the August edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming) — my monthly show for Y-Not Radio — heard the appropriately titled “August,” the final track of If That Makes Sense, which also served to close out the show’s final block of summertime jams of the summer of 2025. And during our recent chat, Harper explains to me that he feels like the track sort of works as a summation of the album’s themes and narrative, going on to admit that, despite not being a mainstay in Spacey Jane setlists yet, it’s actually the one he’s most fond of.
“That’s my favorite song from the record! It started early in 2023. It was about the guilt of leaving my life behind and struggling to maintain important relationships back home. It took on a new meaning over the following 18 months and became about the breakdown of my romantic relationship. It’s a sad song about losing love on both sides of the Pacific. It was hard fought and that’s why I love it so much.”
*Get your tickets here.
**Listen for “August” on the latest edition of Philthy Radio, now streaming.
