JOSH PYKE’S 5TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘BUT FOR ALL THESE SHRINKING HEARTS’ IS OUT NOW!
It’s been a big year for Australian singer songwriter, Josh Pyke. He’s been busy prepping his new record, performing Josh Pyke shows with the Sydney and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, his string of national fans-first album shows have all sold out, and on Friday Pyke released his anticipated fifth studio album, But For All These Shrinking Hearts.
Recorded across Sony, Alberts and Pyke’s home studio with John Castle (Megan Washington, Vance Joy) at the helm, “A lot of this record is me thinking about my relationship with creativity,” Pyke explains. “The album is a product of lots of things, but it’s a major product of having a studio in my backyard. I go down there four days a week, six hours a day, and I don’t feel pressured.”
Speaking directly to his fans, Pyke says, “I hope you might take these songs and show them landscapes I’ve never seen. Maybe you’ll find solace in the sad songs and joy in the happy ones. I hope you can give them a home away from me. I can’t express how much I appreciate all your support over the years. It’s truly a gift and an honour to have been able to explore this world as a musician, and to do it at this level for so long is something I’m very proud of, but also something I acknowledge would be impossible without you guys. So thank you for everything.”
The album, But For All These Shrinking Hearts is out now
“For his fifth album Pyke hones his musical comfort zone. It wasn’t broken, it didn’t need fixing, but it’s finetuned with complimentary new tricks. His not-so-secret weapon remains: those tunes, that voice.” Cameron Adams, Herald Sun album of the week
FANS-FIRST SHOWS (18+)
WED JUL 29 | THE SODA FACTORY | SYDNEY | DOORS 6PM | SOLD OUT
WED AUG 5 | BELLA UNION | MELBOURNE | DOORS 7PM | SOLD OUT
THUR AUG 6 | GRACE EMILY | ADELAIDE | DOORS 7PM | SOLD OUT
WED AUG 12 | THE FOUNDRY PRESENTED BY 4ZZZ | BRISBANE | DOORS AT 7PM | SOLD OUT
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HOLY HOLY RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘SENTIMENTAL AND MONDAY’
One week out from their anticipated debut album release, nostalgic Aussie indie rockers, Holy Holy have today released a reflective video for new single, Sentimental and Monday.
“Sentimental and Monday has a bit of different feel to some of our other songs – it uses a hip hop beat and a boy choir at the end to build up to the outro, which I love,” enthuses lead vocalist and songwriter Tim Carroll. “We also used sped up piano in the middle, so there are a few little tricks in the mix on this one.”
The result is dynamic, tasteful and restrained. Radiating an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia, the song was “inspired by the onset of winter and the feeling of the long, dark season approaching” coupled with the sentiment Carroll experienced when leaving Stockholm after calling it home for a year. Carroll goes on to explain, “It’s about leaving loved ones behind and that sentimental feeling you get when saying goodbye. It’s meant to be kinda sad but also uplifting in a way, there’s a freedom from moving away that’s exciting and scary.”
The film clip was created by Josh Dawson, guitarist Oscar Dawson’s brother. Josh works as a director in Berlin producing short films and video projects. For this track he created an otherworldly dreamscape of seemingly impossible scenes. Shot from the window of passenger jet, the clip references the themes of moving away and pushes into the unreal.
Having recently returned from a hugely successful UK/EU tour in May (which included packed shows at Primavera Spain, London Calling Amsterdam & The Great Escape UK – where Artrocker named them in their top 6 bands of the festival), Holy Holy are also geared for their performance at Splendour In The Grass, the release of their debut album When The Storms Would Come on July 24, a 17 date national album tour through August/September, and a planned follow-up UK/EU tour for later this year. 2015 is set to be the biggest year yet for this hard working band.
Holy Holy is fronted by the songwriting team, vocalist/composer Timothy Carroll and guitarist/composer Oscar Dawson. They are joined on the road by permanent drummer Ryan Strathie (Hungry Kids Of Hungary, Andy Bull), touring bassist Graham Ritchie (Airling, Emma Louise), and Brisbane-based producer Matt Redlich as their touring keys player.
Tickets to the national When The Storms Would Come album tour are on sale now
The album When The Storms Would Come is set for July 24 release
JOSH PYKE RELEASES QUIRKY LYRIC VIDEO FOR HOLLERING HEARTS AHEAD OF 5TH STUDIO ALBUM RELEASE ON JULY 31
Two weeks out from the release of his anticipated fifth studio album, But For All These Shrinking Hearts (due July 31), Josh Pyke has dropped a quirky lyric video for single one, Hollering Hearts.
“Inspired by old-school encyclopedia’s and specifically the section of plastic pages used to separate the human body into layers of muscles, bones and organs,” the video cleverly uses the upbeat, ukulele driven track to tell an animated tale of ‘Josh Pyke’s guide to the human body’, comically conveying what lies beneath the skin of a chirpy skeleton, animated version of Pyke. With each page of the book turned, a new layer of life is revealed on the skeleton, first a heart, then other organs, veins and more until eventually a fully living Josh Pyke is revealed.
“It was great fun getting dressed up to create the foundation for the Hollering Hearts lyric video, I’ve been wanting to rock a skeleton body suit for a while now,” jokes Pyke.
Recorded across Sony, Alberts and Pyke’s home studio with John Castle (Megan Washington, Vance Joy) at the helm, “A lot of this record is me thinking about my relationship with creativity,” Josh explains. “It’s all starting to feel real now, two weeks till album number five is out! The strange lull between making a record and it being out in the world is almost over and I can’t wait!” beams Pyke.
For those who are keen to get to a show to hear Pyke’s new material live in an intimate setting, there are still an extremely limited number of fans-first album pre-order packages available. Comprising the deluxe edition of the new record featuring two exclusive tracks, a collectors lyric magnet set and an exclusive ticket to one of Pyke’s fans-first shows in Sydney at The Soda Factory on July 29, Melbourne at Bella Union on August 5, Adelaide at Grace Emily on August 6 and Brisbane at Black Bear Lodge on August 12. These shows will not be ticketed and are only available to those who pre-order the But For All These Shrinking Hearts package.
The single, Hollering Hearts is available now
The album, But For All These Shrinking Hearts is available July 31