Civic (band)

[1][2] The band consists of Jim McCullough, Lewis Hodgson, Roland Hvlaka and Eli Sthapit.

[3] The idea for the band formed after Jim McCullough and Darcy Grigg were in a bowling alley in Japan in 2016.

[4] Late in 2017 the band gathered into a small radio studio to perform a hustling live set on radio program Teenage Hate on 3RRR[3] In April 2018, the band released their debut EP, New Vietnam, which Aine Keogh from Forte Magazine gave 5 out of 5 calling the EP "totally old school rock 'n' roll punk and I don't think they could have done it any better.

Andy from Raven Sings the Blues said "Not long after their last crackling EP, Civic returns with a follow-up that hits even harder.

[7] The band released their debut studio album Future Forecast in March 2021 via Flightless Records which Tom Breihan from Stereogum said "does not disappoint".