SHELLEY SEGAL ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE, BACKGROUND NOISES ALONGSIDE NATIONAL TOUR
Having just returned from a huge 40-date tour in the US, spirited Melbourne singer songwriter, Shelley Segal has announced the release of her new single, Background Noises. The flirtatious storyteller will hit the road for a string of national dates kicking off in Perth on November 18, moving through Adelaide, on to Victoria to play Dromana, Bennetts Lane and Paynesville, Brisbane, Albury, back to Adelaide and then home to Melbourne to complete the tour at Shelley’s regular Collins Square residency on December 18.
Lifted from her Strange Feeling EP (released May 2015), Background Noises is a blissfully lush and layered song, full of strings, keys and horns. Background Noises shows a more vulnerable and delicate side to the prolific and often opinionated singer songwriter. Written after the divorce of close friends and trying to imagine the situation from their perspective, Shelley explains, “The chorus seems to mean something different to me each time I sing it. Sometimes a shock, a deep loss, a painful reminder, an acceptance, a coming to terms with, a finality, a longing, an assertiveness, a future, a determinedness. As such a change would at different times of reflection. It’s not just a love or relationship lost but a physical place – a space and time that was all encompassing and is now gone.”
Shot and directed by Vince Lamberti (Bus Stop: Best Short Film 2011 Fist Full of Films Festival), the video clip is a visual expression of the song. “It’s documenting the loss of the spaces that vanish with drastic change and the accompanying pain and sadness,” explains Shelley. “It also touches on the positives of the growth and gains that can come after loss.”
An engaged and passionate touring artist, Shelley is eager to be back in Australia and share her recent experiences on stage with her local fans. “I’m excited to be back in Aus and to share what I’ve built: A space to reflect on the everyday, to see the layers of meaning behind each experience and how they shape us and our world,” she enthuses.
Strange Feeling (2015) fits seamlessly in to Shelley’s impressive back catalogue of releases, from her internationally inspired pop album, An Easy Escape (2013) through to her folk-pop protest record, An Atheist Album (2012) and collaborative Jazz album with Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman), Little March (2013). Shelley also wrote and recorded award-winning track, Chemistry, with DJ Carl Cox, which spent two weeks at #1 on the dance charts in 2011.
BOY & BEAR ‘LIMIT OF LOVE’ DEBUTS AT #1 ON ARIA ALBUM CHART
As Boy & Bear prepare for their live shows in Europe and the USA, the much loved Australian band are celebrating their second #1 ARIA Album with ‘LIMIT OF LOVE’ skyrocketing to the top of the ARIA ALBUM CHART this week.
Surprising their fans last week with an impromptu mini-gig in Sydney’s CBD, Boy & Bear performed new songs off the album showing why Limit Of Love has been receiving great praise around the country. Their acoustic set also included classic songs from their double-platinum Moonfire album and the #1 ARIA Album Harlequin Dream leaving the crowd with a taste of what’s to come on their National ‘Limit Of Love’ tour early 2016.
“The imminent third record from rock quintet Boy & Bear will bolster their ranks” Kathy McCabe News Limited
“Folk-pop ensemble stay fresh with album number three” Rolling Stone Magazine Australia
“Loaded with tasteful yet sumptuous melodies” Simon Collins, The West Australian
“Their strongest yet, blending all their preceding strengths into a record brimming with character” The Brag
“Their power as a live outfit translate into their music-making process with their most refined effort to date” The Music
“Another successful album in Australia” Craig Mathieson, SMH/THE AGE
“This album captures a band at the height of their powers, both as live performers and collective composers this time around “ Speaker TV
“Boy & Bear capture the essence of Australia in music that is earnest and authentic, which rarely fails to evoke emotion” Howl & Echoes
“A stripped back record that cuts to the heart of what has brought them critical and commercial acclaim” Beat Magazine
Written together as a full band and recorded live to tape with Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs), the five- time ARIA winners recorded their third studio album Limit Of Love in the inspirational surroundings of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studio.
Their first single released from the album, Walk the Wire was instantly added to Triple J (reaching #1 Most Played) and continues to be supported by the National Broadcaster as well as the Triple M Network. In addition, the hilarious and somewhat out-of-character official video has become a band favourite.
Limit of Love is a recording that is less about fine-tuning everything to the nth-degree, and more about capturing a band at the height of their powers in an honest, organic way. It’s an approach most modern bands would be too scared to try, but for Boy & Bear, that leap of faith has proven to be a very successful masterstroke.
BOY & BEAR – LIMIT OF LOVE TOUR
Art of Sleeping and Montaigne.
presented by triple j
On Sale Now from www.boyandbear.com
FRI 22 JAN | ODEON THEATRE, HOBART TAS
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
SAT 23 JAN | FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE VIC
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets
FRI 29 JAN | THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE SA
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets
SAT 30 JAN | RED HILL AUDITORIUM, PERTH WA
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
FRI 12 FEB | HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY NSW
Tickets available from www.ticketek.com.au | 132 849 | All Ticketek Outlets
SAT 13 FEB | RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE QLD
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets
BOY & BEAR’S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘LIMIT OF LOVE’ IS OUT TODAY! NATIONAL ‘LIMIT OF LOVE’ TOUR IS ON SALE NOW
“The imminent third record from rock quintet Boy & Bear will bolster their ranks” Kathy McCabe News Limited
“Folk-pop ensemble stay fresh with album number three” Rolling Stone Magazine Australia
“Loaded with tasteful yet sumptuous melodies” Simon Collins, The West Australian
“Their strongest yet, blending all their preceding strengths into a record brimming with character” The Brag
“Their power as a live outfit translate into their music-making process with their most refined effort to date” The Music
“Another successful album in Australia” Craig Mathieson, SMH/THE AGE
“This album captures a band at the height of their powers, both as live performers and collective composers this time around “ Speaker TV
“Boy & Bear capture the essence of Australia in music that is earnest and authentic, which rarely fails to evoke emotion” Howl & Echoes
“A stripped back record that cuts to the heart of what has brought them critical and commercial acclaim” Beat Magazine
Written together as a full band and recorded live to tape with Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs), Boy & Bears third studio album Limit Of Love is out today. Recorded in the inspirational surroundings of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studio, Limit Of Love has already been met with great praise across the country.
The first single released from the album, Walk the Wire, fuelled by a gritty guitar and synth groove was instantly added to Triple J (reaching #1 Most Played) and the Triple M Network. Driving the success of the song at radio and online has been the hilarious and somewhat out-of-character video for Walk The Wire, directed by award winners Darcy Prendergast and Josh Thomas from the Oh Yeah Wow, (Goyte, The Paper Kites, Hermitude).
A live video of first and current single Walk the Wire was recently filmed and recorded at Sydney’s Studio 301 giving fans a sneak peek of the outstanding and reputable live performance of the Sydney 5-piece.
Anyone who has seen five-time ARIA winners Boy & Bear perform will attest to their power as a live outfit. With three full-length albums and hundreds of hours of gigs under their belt, the Sydney band will also be taking their live show to Europe and the USA next month with the Australian National ‘Limit Of Love’ Album Tour to follow early 2016.
BOY & BEAR – LIMIT OF LOVE TOUR
Art of Sleeping and Montaigne.
presented by triple j
On Sale Now from www.boyandbear.com
FRI 22 JAN | ODEON THEATRE, HOBART TAS
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
SAT 23 JAN | FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE VIC
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets
FRI 29 JAN | THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE SA
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets
SAT 30 JAN | RED HILL AUDITORIUM, PERTH WA
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
FRI 12 FEB | HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY NSW
Tickets available from www.ticketek.com.au | 132 849 | All Ticketek Outlets
SAT 13 FEB | RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE QLD
Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100 | All Ticketmaster Outlets