Eumundi Voice - Issue 96, 27 July 2024

Instant Soup wins busking award

Instant Soup wowed the crowds at the Noosa Come Together Festival held over the weekend of 8 and 9 June.

The band competed in the Australian Busking Championships on 8 June, taking out the Best Band prize, 2nd place in the People’s Choice Award and overall 2nd place in the Open category. This is the first competition the band has ever competed in and they were incredibly excited with the results.

On Sunday 9 June, they performed on the main stage. Frontman, Marshall Hamburger said, “It was our favourite live performance that we have done to date.”

Instant Soup is comprised of young talented musicians and vocalists, many of whom are still at high school. They perform as anything from a duo, right up to a full 12-piece band. The band is high-energy, with energetic horns, explosive vocals and tight instrumentalists.

This diverse band is fronted by the charismatic Marshall Hamburger on vocals and keys, along with female vocalists Tatum Furniss and Abbey Rowe. Guitar and backing vocals are performed by the talented Gracie Hargreaves and Oscar Jackson on the bass. Keeping it all together is Luke Duregger on drums. Then add to the mix the ‘Hurricane Horn’ section led by Gavin Hamburger with Ryan Griffis, Tom Haddrill and Ava Hadrill. For the full flavour of Instant Soup, add Ruby Rowe who brings out smooth harmonies and Jake Parkes for some electric guitar solos. Then the ‘soup’ is really cooking!

The members of Instant Soup thanked the organiser of Noosa Come Together, Oz Bayldon for trusting a new young band on the main stage. Marshall said, “Looking into the audience we were truly gifted with the sight of Noosa coming together.”

The band are currently in the ‘Soup Kitchen’ recording their debut album. These players are ones to watch! Tania Watson