Radio Free Alice Shares New Single Ahead of Australian Tour
Wednesday 26 November) – Naarm/Melbourne new wave/post-punk band Radio Free Alice share “Rule 31”, marking the end of a UK/IRE tour which culminates in a sold-out stop at London’s Scala today. The band have also just announced that they will join the New York rock band, Geese for their sold-out Australian tour in February 2026, hitting stages in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Before then, catch them at Liberty Hall, for their headline show in Eora/Sydney on Friday 5 December, followed by their set at Meredith Music Festival next weekend.
Produced with Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) in Connecticut while touring earlier this year, “Rule 31” packs an urgency worthy of Radio Free Alice’s burgeoning reputation as a global one to watch: their venues grow bigger while their tickets become harder to come by.
Noah Learmonth says, “Rule 31 came about during a soundcheck whilst on tour. The bassline came first and we just built it up from there. We recorded it at Peter’s beautiful house-studio in Connecticut when we had a couple days off from shows.”
When RFA made their way over to the UK late in the summer of 2025, expectations were measured. The band had garnered a respectable following here through two well-received EPs and a tireless approach to touring underground venues since 2023. Nothing, however, could have prepared them for the reception that awaited their arrival this time around. One show sold old immediately. Then another. And another until the quartet had six sold out headlines in London alone; each full to capacity with lively, crowd surfing fans and one supporter with a Radio Free Alice tattoo emblazoned across his torso.
This caught the attention of Reading and Leeds Festival, who booked Radio Free Alice a few weeks ahead of their event to another immense turnout. Sold out dates in US followed before the band quickly announced the current flock of UK headlines, all of which – as you might’ve guessed – promptly sold out.
The group will return to the UK and Europe next year for a string of festivals, including Tramlines Festival in Sheffield and Truck Festival, Abingdon, both just announced this week.
Recorded between Katis in Connecticut and Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy) in Bristol and London, August’s Empty Words EP – Radio Free Alice’s third – saw the band reaching a larger audience than ever before; a galvanising moment for the snowballing fanbase accumulated through the band’s tenacious live schedule. Over its four tracks, Radio Free Alice excavate the lingering sensation that culture is slipping into an unhealthy, self-induced cycle of indulgent sentimentality without feeling.
“Driving around the UK in this tour van felt like wandering through the aftermath of a house party that was definitely over, but no one seemed capable of moving on from”, frontman Noah Learmonth explains. “The whole EP is in some way connected to this feeling that I’ve had my whole life, that the world’s this museum for the past we didn’t even live through”.
Lead single “Toyota Camry” received heavy rotation on BBC 6 Music, while DORK christened Empty Words EP “smart, stylish and already sounding like a future cult classic” in their 5-star review.
Step into the window-tapping, after-hours pulse of “Rule 31”, where Radio Free Alice pulls you into the no-going-back urgency that’s made them one of the country’s most exciting live acts. Catch them as they headline Sydney’s Liberty Hall, on Friday 5 December and at this year’s Meredith Music Festival in Victoria on Saturday 6 December or when they join Geese for their sold-out Australian tour in February 2026.“RULE 31” IS OUT NOW
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RADIO FREE ALICE TOUR DATES
Wed 26 Nov – Scala, London, England
Fri 5 Dec – Liberty Hall, Sydney, NSW
Sat 6 Dec – Meredith Music Festival, Meredith, VIC
Wed 11 Feb – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW*
Thu 12 Feb – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, VIC*
Sat 14 Feb – Freo Social, Perth, WA*
Fri 24 Jul – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Sat 25 Jul – Truck Festival, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
* supporting Geese
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ABOUT RADIO FREE ALICE Formed in Gadigal Land/Sydney in 2020 before making the move to Naarm/Melbourne, Radio Free Alice – Noah Learmonth (he/him; vocals, guitar), Jules Paradiso (he/him; guitar), Michael Phillips (he/him; bass, saxophone) and Lochie Dowd (he/him; drums) – continue to make their mark with their wildly consistent output and vital live performances. Their rise has been fuelled by critical acclaim and early recognition, including spots on the NME 100 (2025), nominations for Best Independent Punk Album/EP at the 2025 AIR Awards and Reader’s Choice at the 2025 Rolling Stone Awards, as well as being named one of Monster Children’s Bright Young Things (2024).
