In Cog

AUSTRALIAN progressive rock trio Cog will bring their latest tour to the Bellarine this autumn, with a Barwon Heads performance confirmed as part of an expanded national run.

The band will play the Barwon Heads Hotel on April 25, one of eight additional dates added to the outfit’s 2026 headline tour.

The shows celebrate the release of Walk the Line, the group’s first single since 2019, and will feature a mix of new material alongside songs drawn from across the band’s catalogue.

“The feedback and response we’ve had so far to Walk The Line and the upcoming shows has been fantastic,” vocalist Flynn Gower said.

“It makes us feel so good to know that people are enjoying what we’ve put so much time and love into.”

Cog – comprising Flynn and Luke Gower and Lucius Borich – formed in the late 1990s and built a following through early independent releases, including Psuedo and Just Visiting, before breaking through nationally with 2005 debut album The New Normal.

The record marked the Sydney-based act as a major presence in Australia’s progressive and alternative heavy music scene. The gold-certified Sharing Space followed in 2008.

National touring and festival appearances at Big Day Out, Falls Festival and Homebake – including shows alongside Silverchair and Grinspoon – helped cement Cog’s reputation as a compelling live act, before the band took a five-year hiatus early last decade.

They returned in 2016 for a sold-out reunion tour and have since released a series of singles including The Middle, Altered States and Drawn Together, leading into their latest track Walk the Line, which reflects on life as a working musician.

Cog will play the Barwon Heads Hotel on April 25. For tickets, head to barwonheadshotel.com.au