THE PAPER KITES CERTIFIED ‘GOLD’ IN AMERICA + ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ON THE CORNER WHERE YOU LIVE FOR SEPTEMBER 21 RELEASE + NEW SINGLE DEEP BURN BLUE OUT TODAY
Melbourne indie folk outfit The Paper Kites’ have a lot to celebrate with their song Bloom being officially certified gold in the US, and today announcing their new album On The Corner Where You Live (set for release on September 21 via Wonderlick / Sony Music Australia), the much-loved band’s melancholic, mid-tempo companion to the recently released album, On The Train Ride Home. Give them your tired, your lonely, your lovesick, your unsure, The Paper Kites have a song for each of them on this latest album. On the Corner Where You Live wafts evocatively with noir-ish saxophones, guitars, ambient traffic, even the languid sound of rain. It’s levitating and bittersweet; heavy-hearted stories that are resoundingly universal.
The first taste of this immersive record, Deep Burn Blue (released on Friday July 13) floats into the consciousness with heady guitars, driving percussion, and expressive vocals that twist, build and turn as the track drifts. It’s this gentle yet assertive manifestation that fans have come to expect from The Paper Kites, and they do it with undeniable class and sophistication. “Music is so much more purposeful and devastating when it makes you feel exposed,” says frontman Sam Bentley. Deep Burn Blue describes a girl who won’t leave her room, as Sam elaborates, “It’s that feeling of being so inside your own thoughts that it’s debilitating.” (If that weren’t gutting enough, the song even references Nick Drake with the line, “You like the sound of a pink moon cry/Lying on the floor as the day goes by.”)
On The Train Ride Home and On The Corner Where You follow up their 2015 album twelvefour. The Paper Kites (which also includes vocalist Christina Lacy, guitarist Dave Powys, drummer Josh Bentley and bassist Sam Rasmussen) have earned a loyal, organic fan base. In the eight years since they formed, what’s followed is an impressive reach of their music with standout single Bloom (from their Woodland EP) certified Gold with nearly 700,000 tracks sold across America, which sees them join a small list of Aussie artists (including ACDC, INXS, Midnight Oil, SIA, Kylie Minogue, Flume and Silverchair) who have received GOLD accreditation in the US. The band has also been steadily touring across 4 continents, 24 countries with nearly 200 shows in just under 3 years. With over half a billion streams and nearly 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the band continues to amass new fans wherever they go. They’ve also today announced a 21 date North American and UK headline tour, kicking off in Los Angeles on November 6, before moving through San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnepeg, St. Paul, Chicago, Toronto, Waterloo, London, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and finishing up in Washington on December 1.
On The Corner Where You Live is co-produced with Grammy-winner Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) at his studio in Connecticut – a 120-year old Victorian era home that the band lived and recorded in for 5 weeks. Sam spoke of the moment the album’s concept clicked together, saying “It’s a collection of stories about these characters all living in an apartment building; I wanted to capture moments, feelings, it’s about people and their stories.” This album is one best listened to from start to finish, as each story seeps into the next; meditative yet complex, On The Corner Where You Live will not disappoint The Paper Kites’ loyal fanbase, and will enamour new and existing audiences alike. Immersed in an aural diet of blues and jazz, the band collaborated with Los Angeles film-noir artist Gina Higgins on the album’s artwork, who also painted the cover for On The Train Ride Home and worked closely with the band on the concept.
For fans, the band will make both On The Train Ride Home and On The Corner Where You Live available as a deluxe double gold and silver coloured limited edition vinyl, out September 21.
On The Corner Where You Live track list:
1. A Gathering on 57th
2. Give Me Your Fire, Give Me Your Rain
3. Deep Burn Blue
4. Mess We Made
5. Flashes
6. Red Light
7. On the Corner Where You Live
8. Midtown Waitress
9. When It Hurts You
10. Does It Ever Cross Your Mind
11. Don’t Keep Driving
BOB EVANS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘FULL CIRCLE’ SET FOR OCTOBER 5 RELEASE, PRE-ORDER HERE FEATURING NEW SINGLE ‘DROWNING’ & SHOWCASING AN EXTENSIVE BODY OF WORK + NATIONAL TOUR FOR OCT / NOV
Five studio albums down the track and the distinguished career of Bob Evans receives the Best Of treatment via new album, Full Circle, to be released on October 5. Full Circle features a brand new single, Drowning and is accompanied by a video filmed in studio by Arlo Cook during the recording of the track. To celebrate the release, Bob Evans will hit the road for a national capital cities tour kicking off at Black Bear Lodge in Brisbane on October 19, and moving through to Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, before finishing up at Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on November 3.
Discussing Full Circle, Kevin Mitchell explains, “I didn’t want to approach this like a traditional Greatest Hits or Best Of. I like the idea of it being presented more like an introduction to my work if you had never heard of me. This would be the record for that person. So I didn’t want to just bundle the singles together or present the songs in the order they were released. Some singles didn’t make the cut, in favour of album tracks that have grown legs of their own and found some kind of special place of significance without ever necessarily being on the radio or anything. Wintersong, for example, off my third album, was never on the radio or well known but I just love it so much I wanted it on there. There were a few songs I felt like that about but obviously I couldn’t put them all in. It was quite hard actually, trying to narrow 5 albums down to 14 tracks. But I’m happy with how it looks. I’m proud of what I’ve managed to create.”
Mitchell was already under the Australian music spotlight as singer/guitarist for indie-rock-darlings Jebediah when in 1998 he found a t-shirt in a Perth op-shop with the number 15 on the back, and the name ‘Bob Evans’ printed on the front. Coincidentally at this time he was embarking on his first solo shows in Perth and a random name on someone’s discarded basketball shirt took hold. He may have grown out of the t-shirt, but the name fit and has stayed for an impressive solo career.
“This Bob Evans guy has been hitching a ride in my life for 20 years,” Mitchell laughs. “It’s an unusual relationship to have with something that isn’t real.”
Five years into playing solo shows, the first Bob Evans album, Suburban Kid, emerged in 2003, released via Jebediah’s own Redline Records label. While it didn’t receive much attention outside of WA, it started a new momentum for Mitchell’s solo career, with EMI signing him up for his second LP, Suburban Songbook, recorded in Nashville. Led by the much loved single, Don’t You Think It’s Time?, it set a new career path in motion.
“When Suburban Songbook came out and it was embraced and was successful, I had this whole new kind of career,” Mitchell recalls. “It really saved my arse because at the time Jebediah were kind of just burnt out and taking a break, and I… can’t do anything else.”
With Suburban Songbook winning Mitchell an ARIA Award for ‘Best Adult Contemporary Album’, 2009’s Goodnight, Bull Creek! saw him return to record the last of his ‘suburban trilogy’ in Nashville. He recalls moving on from Suburban Songbook being on par with Jebediah following up Slightly Odway, their smash hit 1997 debut LP. “It was an unexpected success, certainly more than I had expected,” he says. “It’s a strange mental game, making music after that and all of a sudden you’ve got this massive audience you’ve never had before.”
2013 saw the release of Familiar Stranger, with Mitchell wanting to make a record “that sounded nothing like any other Bob Evans record I’d made. I didn’t want to make an acoustic or singer/songwriter album, none of those labels. I felt creatively and artistically very confident in that record. I’m very proud of that record, but I had such a grand concept for it that I think I got a little bit lost in it and couldn’t quite deliver it the way that I imagined I would.”
As a result 2016’s Car Boot Sale was about going back to basics. “It was very much a return to the first couple of records that I made,” Mitchell notes, “digging into that singer/songwriter thing that I’d tried to get away from.”
With Full Circle finalised and ready for release on October 5, Mitchell is taking stock of what’s next, saying, “Looking forward, I guess I’m trying really hard to be keenly aware of what I want to do. It’s such a game to keep creatively stimulated and excited.”
‘FULL CIRCLE’ TRACKLIST
CD 1 (CD, Vinyl & Digital)
1. Don’t You Think It’s Time?
2. Someone So Much
3. Nowhere Without You
4. Don’t Wanna Grow Up Anymore
5. Happy Tears
6. Wintersong
7. Pasha Bulker
8. Friend
9. Hand Me Downs
10. Matterfact
11. Don’t Walk Alone
12. Sadness & Whiskey
13. Turn
14. Wonderful You
15. Drowning **new track
CD 2 (CD & Digital)
1. Ever Fallen In Love (Buzzcocks) (Double J Live Recording)
2. In Spite Of Ourselves (John Prine & Iris Dement) (Recorded with Kirsty Lee Akers)
3. Not Fair (Lily Allen) (Live for JJJ Like A Version)
4. Come To This (Sleepy Jackson)
5. Disparate Youth (Santigold) (Live for JJJ Like A Version)
6. Wide Open Road (The Triffids)
7. Beautiful To Me (Little Birdy) (Live for JJJ Like A Version)
8. See Through Dress (Red Jezebel)
9. Liar (Eskimo Joe)
10. Two Of Us (the Beatles) (Recorded live with Josh Pyke)
BOB EVANS NATIONAL ‘FULL CIRCLE’ TOUR
FRI 19 OCT | BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE QLD | 18+
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SAT 20 OCT | LEADBELLY, NEWTOWN NSW | 18+
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FRI 26 OCT | THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA | 18+
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SAT 27 OCT | THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL, NORTH PERTH WA | 18+
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SAT 3 NOV | NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, NORTHCOTE VIC | 18+
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THE SUPERJESUS CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE OF ICONIC ALBUM SUMO WITH MASSIVE NATIONAL TOUR
Twenty years on from their platinum selling album Sumo hitting number two on the ARIA Chart (and with a few ARIA Awards in the trophy cabinet), The Superjesus are back with an anniversary edition of their celebrated 1998 debut, set for release on August 17. As well as seeing the original album reissued on vinyl, the CD edition of Sumo – 20th Anniversary features bonus material sourced from triple j’s Live At The Wireless archive, as well as a never before heard studio recording: a Superjesus cover of Kylie Minogue’s Confide In Me. Supported by Triple M and New World Artists, The Superjesus will be hitting the road with an epic stack of gig dates in the second half of 2018 – fans had better get ready to get Down Again to the sounds of Adelaide’s finest ‘90s alternative rock band!
Initially known as Hell’s Kitchen, The Superjesus received national radio play with their debut 1996 EP Eight Step Rail and became a festival favourite at Big Day Out throughout the ‘90s. Inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame in 2017, The Superjesus have much to celebrate – and celebrate they will with this extra-special edition of Sumo. Reflecting on the life-changing record, frontwoman Sarah McLeod says, “(When Sumo came out)…everything went big time. It was terrifying and exciting all at once. We worked so hard on that album… To be sitting here talking about it 20 years later, knowing that it was an important part of Australian music history and affected so many people along the way…it feels like an incredible achievement. We had no blueprint of how we wanted to sound – of course we had our influences, but it was the combination of those influences that made us become The Superjesus.”
Included in this massive Sumo re-release is the never-before-heard version of Kylie Minogue’s Confide In Me by The Superjesus. The track holds particular pertinence for frontwoman Sarah McLeod, since it was the number one single on the ARIA Singles Chart the month in which The Superjesus first formed in 1994. This interpretation is heavy as hell, and it’s got that undeniable Superjesus taste. “I have always been a Kylie fan,” says Sarah. “Back in 96 we recorded a really heavy version of Confide In Me, just for our own amusement. No one ever heard it, I can’t even find it to hear it now… I went to the guys and reminded them of the recording, and went straight home to work up a demo of it. Within a week we were playing it live on the festival stage and it seemed like the perfect addition to the Sumo – 20th Anniversary edition.”
The Superjesus are set to hit the road later this year to celebrate all things Sumo – and the experienced rockers are more than ready to give fans what they’ve been waiting for. With a couple of massive festival slots under their belt for this year already The Superjesus are back in a big way. Stoked to be back in touring mode, Sarah says, “Touring is all about stamina and momentum. In the 90’s we used to tour non-stop, we would play 5 to 6 nights a week for months to years at a time. This kind of momentum makes the band so incredibly tight – nothing else on earth can make a band better than by playing every night in front of a crowd. Since the 90’s we have not toured like this… We want to embark on this tour with no fear like we did then!” Bassist Stu Rudd gives fans a taste of what to expect from the massive shows, “We have not played some of the tunes we’ll be playing on this tour for years, seriously – YEARS! It’s going to be one hell of a show, playing Sumo in full, then following up with some faves as well! We are so pumped for this tour!”
Sumo – 20th Anniversary Edition CD and a limited red vinyl pressing of the original album will be out August 17.
THE SUPERJESUS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUMO NATIONAL TOUR
Presented by Triple M* and New World Artists
SAT 29 SEP | THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA | 18+ *
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FRI 05 OCT | BARWON CLUB, GEELONG VIC | 18+
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SAT 06 OCT | MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE VIC | 18+ *
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WED 10 OCT | TAPHOUSE, BENDIGO VIC | 18+
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THU 11 OCT | BEER DELUXE, ALBURY NSW | 18+
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FRI 12 OCT | ANU BAR, CANBERRA ACT | 18+
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SAT 13 OCT | NARRABEEN RSL, NARRABEEN NSW | 18+ *
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FRI 19 OCT | MANNING BAR, SYDNEY NSW | 18+ *
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SAT 20 OCT | TATTERSALL’S, PENRITH NSW | 18+ *
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SUN 21 OCT | CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, NEWCASTLE NSW | 18+
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THU 25 OCT | BYRON BAY BREWERY, BYRON BAY NSW | 18+
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FRI 26 OCT| RACEHORSE HOTEL, IPSWICH QLD | 18+
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SAT 27 OCT | THE ZOO, BRISBANE QLD | 18+ *
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THU 01 NOV | PRINCE OF WALES, BUNBURY WA | 18+
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FRI 02 NOV | NEWPORT HOTEL, FREMANTLE WA | 18+
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SAT 03 NOV | CAPITOL, PERTH WA | 18+
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FRI 9 NOV | YORK ON LILYDALE, MOUNT EVELYN VIC | 18+ *
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FRI 16 NOV | DALRYMPLE HOTEL, TOWNSVILLE QLD | 18+
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SAT 17 NOV | TANKS ART CENTRE, CAIRNS QLD | 18+
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