THE VORS make noise with guitars. Is it rock? Sure. Is it indie? Maybe. Is it music? Most of the time. It’s fast, it’s loud, it’s got melodies that sneak up on you and riffs that hit like a half-brick in a sock. Don’t overthink it — they don’t.
Formed somewhere near Bondi after too much sun and not enough supervision, THE VORS emerged fully formed, like a bad idea that worked out way too well. They sound like the smell of burnt toast, coconut sunscreen, and broken promises. No one’s really sure how they got here, least of all them. But they do know one thing…they don’t play music — they unleash it, like a possum in a bin.
Peter Martignago hits the drums like they owe him money. Ed Heerey keeps the low end tight. Davor Pavlovic and Chris Franklin trade guitar riffs and vocals like two old drunks in a bar fight.
The band have been on a creative tear over the last 12 months, with a string of single releases on Bandcamp and across streaming services. The singles all rip and tear with punk rock swagger, garage rock abandon, and with an infectious indie rock sensibility, and now they reveal their first single for Cheersquad Records & Tapes.

The new single ‘Hi Vis Lo Res’ is no different, coming off like a lost Aussie pub rock classic. There’s the irreverence of the Cosmic Psychos in a blender with the pinpoint social commentary of the Buzzcocks — an infectious kind of pop-laced post-punk!
Written by singer Davor Pavlovic, the song combines societal themes and personal experience, as he explains. “I wrote the song after a lifetime spent in commercial construction, where I would drag myself into the city at 5am, along with thousands of other tradies, lost in a sea of Hi Vis.”

Dressed to be seen on the job site but with everyone wearing the same thing, you just seem to become part of the blur, less visible,”says Pavlovic. “I hated it, and I did it, but I dreamt of the weekend. Everyone dreamed of the weekend and those that didn’t, they were full of shit.”

“It’s an interesting industry,” he continues. “It accepts people who have dropped out of school, have no education, just out of jail, travelling, and can’t speak English. For a lot of people, it’s all they can do, so in part, they are trapped and are forced to find ways to entertain themselves during their working day.”