THE NORTHERN
COG
HEADSEND, HAMMERS
The Northern (Byron Bay, NSW)
Saturday, 20 December 2025 8:00 pm
"There's a time when the people know / Change it's gotta happen
They've been walking the line / Losing their minds / Waiting for the right time / Holding on"
With decades in their wake spanning chart successes, touring with icons of the scene and growing an evergreen
fanbase, Sydney-hailing rock trio Cog's momentum has never waned, withstanding industry shifts, morphing
technology, and a hiatus all without ever losing their trademark vigour.
Recently ticking off a largely sold out and extensive Australian tour in 2024, along with releasing some of their
material for the first time ever on vinyl, it's in 2025 that the trio ascend into a brand new chapter, unveiling their
first new music since 2019 with a brand new single, Walk The Line, as well as some brand new headline shows
for November and December.
Via Walk The Line, the group's first new song since the propulsive standalone track Drawn Together released
six years ago, Cog dazzle with buoyant soundscapes, oscillating guitars, driving drumwork, and fluid basslines
alongside the ever-commanding vocal stylings of Flynn Gower.
An immediate Cog classic with its raw yet blissful dynamic shifts, Walk The Line finds the trio -- vocalist Flynn,
bassist Luke Gower and drummer Lucius Borich -- in their most assured form to date, while also brandishing
real-world undertones as Cog reflect on the realities of life as a musician in 2025, as well as looking to what may
come next.
"Walk The Line expresses it all for us," shares Flynn. "Life for the three of us is fucking hard at the moment, the
three of us individually are struggling to just survive and keep our heads above water. When you look at the
work that goes into a song like this alone, the cost and the general lack of return, it's all becoming almost
impossible for us."
"Almost everyone I know is in the same boat," Flynn continues, "they're on struggle street, scratching their
heads and wondering how to survive. The microcosm of the music and arts industry in Australia has gotten
especially tough, and we're all feeling the effects of that."
"As a band we are working on stuff, we're working towards other songs. But at this point in time we really don't
know what the future holds, and we don't know if this will be the last song. And that's really what Walk The Line
is all about at its core."
Emerging in the late 90s, Cog's enduring legacy on the heavy music landscape has traversed decades, global
touring, and a jubilant reunion back in 2016. Via their early EPs, 2000's Pseudo, and part one and part two of
2002's Just Visiting, the behemoth reputation of the Sydney-hailing trio would firmly cement in 2005 in the
form of their debut full-length The New Normal. From here, Cog took the world by storm, relentlessly touring
Australia, embarking on overseas runs, igniting stages at Big Day Out, Falls Festival and Homebake, alongside
adding a stellar second album release to their repertoire in the form of the certified Gold 2008 opus Sharing
Space.
They've been walking the line / Losing their minds / Waiting for the right time / Holding on"
With decades in their wake spanning chart successes, touring with icons of the scene and growing an evergreen
fanbase, Sydney-hailing rock trio Cog's momentum has never waned, withstanding industry shifts, morphing
technology, and a hiatus all without ever losing their trademark vigour.
Recently ticking off a largely sold out and extensive Australian tour in 2024, along with releasing some of their
material for the first time ever on vinyl, it's in 2025 that the trio ascend into a brand new chapter, unveiling their
first new music since 2019 with a brand new single, Walk The Line, as well as some brand new headline shows
for November and December.
Via Walk The Line, the group's first new song since the propulsive standalone track Drawn Together released
six years ago, Cog dazzle with buoyant soundscapes, oscillating guitars, driving drumwork, and fluid basslines
alongside the ever-commanding vocal stylings of Flynn Gower.
An immediate Cog classic with its raw yet blissful dynamic shifts, Walk The Line finds the trio -- vocalist Flynn,
bassist Luke Gower and drummer Lucius Borich -- in their most assured form to date, while also brandishing
real-world undertones as Cog reflect on the realities of life as a musician in 2025, as well as looking to what may
come next.
"Walk The Line expresses it all for us," shares Flynn. "Life for the three of us is fucking hard at the moment, the
three of us individually are struggling to just survive and keep our heads above water. When you look at the
work that goes into a song like this alone, the cost and the general lack of return, it's all becoming almost
impossible for us."
"Almost everyone I know is in the same boat," Flynn continues, "they're on struggle street, scratching their
heads and wondering how to survive. The microcosm of the music and arts industry in Australia has gotten
especially tough, and we're all feeling the effects of that."
"As a band we are working on stuff, we're working towards other songs. But at this point in time we really don't
know what the future holds, and we don't know if this will be the last song. And that's really what Walk The Line
is all about at its core."
Emerging in the late 90s, Cog's enduring legacy on the heavy music landscape has traversed decades, global
touring, and a jubilant reunion back in 2016. Via their early EPs, 2000's Pseudo, and part one and part two of
2002's Just Visiting, the behemoth reputation of the Sydney-hailing trio would firmly cement in 2005 in the
form of their debut full-length The New Normal. From here, Cog took the world by storm, relentlessly touring
Australia, embarking on overseas runs, igniting stages at Big Day Out, Falls Festival and Homebake, alongside
adding a stellar second album release to their repertoire in the form of the certified Gold 2008 opus Sharing
Space.