AUSSIE TRIO, AT SUNSET ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE, KISS ME ALONGSIDE NATIONAL R5 & THE VAMPS TOUR SUPPORT DATES
Australia’s hottest new pop rock trio and winners of MTV Brand New 2015, At Sunset, are about to drop their new single, Kiss Me (available January 22), alongside national show dates through January and February supporting Californian siblings, R5 and London exports, The Vamps.
Following on from their last single, Every Little Thing, Kiss Me further highlights the band’s impressive knack for writing incredibly catchy, guitar-driven pop rock smashes. At Sunset are all about spruiking up-beat, positive vibes through their music, with lead singer Harrison saying, “Kiss Me throws you to another place! Let that place remind you of the days when nothing mattered to you apart from what is happening in that exact moment.”
Excited about hitting the road to support some of the world’s biggest buzz acts, Harrison goes on to say, “We are so pumped to be opening shows for R5, Jack & Jack and The Vamps this week! We’ve been following these guys for quite some time, so we’re super excited they’ve invited us to support them.”
With well over one million fans on facebook, 250,000 plus followers on twitter and having amassed over five million views on youtube, there’s no wonder everyone is talking about this talented trio from Adelaide.
2015 was a big year for the band, having been announced as Nova Australia’s Fresh New Discovery, which scored them mentoring by Ed Sheeran, as well as label support to release their debut single. Later in the year, thanks to the incredible support from their fans in the voting-based competition, they were recognised as the first ever winners of MTV Brand New Australia. And with their new single and national tour dates just around the corner, 2016 is set to be an even bigger year!
At Sunset are brothers, Harrison and Andrew Kantarias, and their good friend, Tom Jay Williams.
Kiss Me will be available on iTunes January 22
AT SUNSET NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Presented by 123 Agency and Razor Mgmt
Sunday 17 January 2016 | Luna Park Sydney (R5 and Jack & Jack National Tour) | Tickets: http://bit.ly/1SeZpHt
Monday 18 January 2016 | Remember the Days Festival @ Old Adelaide Gaol |Tickets: http://bit.ly/1ZhrEUX
Tuesday 19 January 2016 | Palais Theatre Melbourne (R5 and Jack & Jack National Tour) | Tickets: http://bit.ly/1RyAW02
Wednesday 20 January 2016 | Eatons Hill Hotel Brisbane (R5 and Jack & Jack National Tour) | Tickets: http://bit.ly/1mRM2Q8
Friday 22 January 2016 | The Studio, Auckland (R5 and Jack & Jack National Tour) | Tickets: http://bit.ly/1P5BJ1C
Saturday 23 January 2016 | Allphones Arena Sydney (with The Vamps) | Tickets: http://bit.ly/1UKS7sB
Tuesday 26 January 2016 | Australia Day Concert, Rooty Hill | Free Event
Saturday 13 February 2016 | Summersault Festival, Melton | Free Event
Tuesday 16 February 2016 | Smart Araneta Coliseum, Manila Phillipines (with Boyce Avenue) | Tickets: http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/2257224
HOLY HOLY ANNOUNCE NATIONAL TOUR FOR JANUARY
Holy Holy have today announced a national tour for January set to kick off in Sydney at Oxford Art Factory on the 15th, moving through to Newcastle, Perth, Adelaide, The Corner in Melbourne and finishing up at the Triffid in Brisbane on January 30.
And as an added bonus, the band will be giving away a free track to everyone who buys a ticket to one of the shows, an album, or an item of merch between now and the beginning of the A HEROINE tour. The song is called The Constitution and was an original contender for the When The Storms Would Come album.
The home turf tour announce lands hot off the heels of the band’s second European tour where they recently released their critically acclaimed debut album, When The Storms Would Come. Stunning reviews have been flooding in, including a 4 star review in The Sun calling the record “A special debut… something truly blissful.”
After attending their sold out London show, The Huffington Post said Holy Holy are “re-awakening their genre in an accurate and sonically spectacular fashion… Holy Holy are modern, indie DIY travellers who carry dream pop loveliness off with the big riffs and solos of a now almost forgotten time with mesmerising aplomb.” Liam Gallagher also came along, and as big fans, the band were incredibly honoured and delighted to meet him after the show.
With an already epic year under their belts, Holy Holy have notched up another bunch of highlights with Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll announced as the first two people from one band to make the longlist for the prestigious APRA PDA Songwriting Awards, and Tim winning the coveted award last week. Triple j recently added their 6th consecutive song, A Heroine to rotation, the band are on the bill for Falls and Mountain Sounds Festivals over summer, and the album has been announced on the longlist for The AMP (Australian Music Prize). Add in Holy Holy’s recent extensive, sold-out national album tour of Aus, their killer set at Splendour In The Grass and their two European/UK tours and it’s been a year well worth writing home about.
Joinging Holy Holy on the A Heroine tour will be Australian synth-pop starlet, Olympia and Canadian alternative folk pop band, The Franklin Electric. It’s been an exciting year for Olympia with the release of three singles, support slots with Alpine, Lamb & Paul Dempsey, glowing media praise and anticipation growing ahead of her album release next year. Similarly, The Franklin Electric have had huge success in their homeland of Canada over the last 18 months, selling out their own headline shows, as well as supporting City & Colour and Half Moon Runs on international tours.
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, Graham Ritchie & their producer Matt redlich on keys.
HOLY HOLY ‘A HEROINE’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR
FRI 15 JAN | OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY NSW
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au | 1300 GET TIX | All Moshtix Outlets
SAT 16 JAN |THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, NEWCASTLE NSW
Tickets available from www.bigtix.com.au | 02 4968 3093
THU 21 JAN | THE ROSEMOUNT, PERTH WA
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
FRI 22 JAN | FAT CONTROLLER, ADELAIDE SA
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au | 1300 GET TIX | All Moshtix Outlets
FRI 29 JAN | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC
Tickets available from www.cornerhotel.com | 1300 724 867
SAT 30 JAN | THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE QLD
Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets
“Touring their debut album When The Storms Would Come and selling out shows on both sides of the world, Aussie guitar group Holy Holy could well be the next band to conquer the UK and the northern hemisphere, and be the biggest deal since Kylie Minogue.” The Huffington Post
“There are echoes of Neil Young & Midlake in the gentle melodies and songs with seem to connect with ancient truths.” The Sun, 4/5 stars
“A musical tour de force from start to finish…When The Storms Would Come sounds like a career-defining set from an established act rather than an opening statement.” UK Songwriting Magazine, 4/5 stars
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.