Beaches
Share new track and music video for “Arrow”
Taken from the album Second Of Spring due out 8 September via Chapter Music
Melbourne psych-rock icons Beaches return with the third single from their upcoming epic double album Second Of Spring – and it’s the catchiest one yet! “Arrow” is classic Beaches – a huge riff lifted heavenward by massed guitars, layered vocals and driving percussion. What’s more there’s a great video for “Arrow“, filmed by Beaches’ own Antonia Sellbach. It features footage from abstract animated videos Antonia made as a project in art school, paired with brief glimpses of the band. “We appear on the margins as shadows and silhouettes, always secondary to the onslaught of shape, colour and forms in flux,” says Antonia. The video was premiered by Tiny Mix Tapes who described it as, “a swirl of third-eye unlocking animation that will carry you right up to a plane of higher elevation.”
Beaches will release their new epic double LP Second Of Spring via Chapter Music on 8 September. Blending darkly woozy psych rock with hypnotic post-punk, Second Of Spring takes Beaches even further out, to where the pyramid meets the eye – a vast, enveloping sonic landscape, filled with extended instrumentals, overdriven psych-outs and propulsive pop nuggets.
A super-group of sorts, Beaches comprise several musicians who had been playing in different bands for years, as well as those who had never been in bands before. They have three guitarists creating a powerful wall of sound, with Ali McCann and Alison Bolger (Panel Of Judges, Sleepy Township, etc.) on rhythm guitar, and Love of Diagrams’ Antonia Sellbach on lead guitar. The rhythm section is made up of Gill Tucker on bass (who plays withScott and Charlene’s Wedding) and Karla Way on drums. They share vocal duties on the songs but at a level complementing the noise so as to leave their identities fluid.
Beaches made a name for themselves with their much-loved second album, She Beats, which brought them to international acclaim in 2013 and featured a guest guitar appearance from German motorik hero Michael Rother (Neu, Harmonia), and earned raves from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Gorilla Vs Bear, Spin and elsewhere.
When they first formed and were looking for a band name, one of their friends quipped wondering if they were going to call themselves “Bitches”. Long before there were Beach Fossils, Dirty Beaches or WAAVES, they chose the homonym Beaches, which is on one hand a knowing nod to one of the greatest female bonding chick-flicks, and on the other a reference to their own love of camping and the ocean.
Second of Spring was recorded in Melbourne with engineer/producer John Lee (Totally Mild, Lost Animal) and mastered by David Walker. Artwork is by the band‘s own Ali McCann, with design by renowned artist Darren Sylvester.
The result is a hazy, glowing set of psych-noise gems that are underpinned with an unsettling tension. Brimming with 60s pop melodies and vocal harmonies, they blend sun-drenched distortion with looping guitars and ferocious drum beats.
Beaches’ self-titled 2008 debut was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize, and included in glossy coffee table book 100 Best Australian Albums.The band released a standalone 12” on New York label Mexican Summer in 2010. They have toured the US twice, playing SXSW and Austin Psych Fest, and shared stages with Roky Erickson, Deerhunter, The Cult, Thee Oh Sees, Lightning Bolt, Mogwai, Best Coast and more.
Already revered as sprawling, swirling psych overlords, Second Of Spring is Beaches’ undeniable magnum opus.
“Weird hypnotic depths forged from the group’s seemingly limitless chemistry” – Pitchfork
“Layered and blissed-out studio rock” – Stereogum
“Gorgeous/swirling heavy psych-out” – Gorilla Vs Bear
“Brightly catchy noise-pop…heaven-sent” – Spin
Beaches
Second Of Spring
Chapter Music
Street Date: 8 September 2017
1. Turning
2. Void
3. September
4. Be
5. Natural Tradition
6. Calendar
7. Contact
8. Divers
9. Wine
10. Arrow
11. When You’re Gone
12. Golden
13. Walk Around
14. Bronze Age Babies
15. Grey Colours
16. Mothers And Daughters
17. Mutual DelusionBEACHES LINKS:
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Second Of Spring
Chapter Music
Street Date: 8 September 2017
1. Turning
2. Void
3. September
4. Be
5. Natural Tradition
6. Calendar
7. Contact
8. Divers
9. Wine
10. Arrow
11. When You’re Gone
12. Golden
13. Walk Around
14. Bronze Age Babies
15. Grey Colours
16. Mothers And Daughters
17. Mutual DelusionBEACHES LINKS:
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