HALFWAY release their NEW SINGLE, video and East Coast Tour Dates.

April 30, 2014

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2014-TOUR-JUNEBrisbane rock band Halfway announce the launch of their new single ‘Dulcify’. The song takes its name from the champion racehorse which was euthanized after being injured in the 1979 Melbourne Cup. It is a song that touches on life’s highs, lows and in-betweens.

In support of the release; and on the back of wide-spread critical acclaim for their fourth album ‘Any old Love’, Halfway will tour the east coast of Australia in June 2014.

The LP ‘Any Old Love’ is a concept album of sorts and it tells a tale of hope and hopelessness as a young couple try to ride out the early years of their relationship in a regional town in the late 1970’s.‘Any Old Love’ sees the return of esteemed Go-Betweens founder Robert Forster as producer.

The band also attracted the ear of legendary Replacements producer Peter Jesperson who co-produced the album with new Halfway member John Willsteed.

  • June 7th – THE ZOO – Fortitude Valley, BRISBANE w/ Harley Young & The Casuarinas
  • June 14th – LAZY BONES – Marrickville, SYDNEY w/ C R O W
  • June 20th – WESLEY ANNE – Northcote, MELBOURNE w/ Rob Snarski/JP Shilo & Chris Pickering

THE PAINTED LADIES REVISIT VIC SIMMS ON ‘GET BACK INTO THE SHADOWS’

April 8, 2014

In 1973, Indigenous singer/songwriter Vic Simms recorded the most important Australian album you’ve never heard, “The Loner”, from the confines of his cell in Bathurst jail.

The-Painted-Ladies-5In 2014, Brisbane Indigenous singer/songwriter Luke Peacock has brought together some of the finest talents in Australian music to form “The Painted Ladies” to recreate the important songs of Vic Simms and bring a message as poignant today as it was in 1973 to the mainstream.

“Get Back Into the Shadows” is the first taste of the forthcoming album, featuring the talents of Peacock (who is also a member of Brisbane band Halfway) and The Medics as they weave through The Loner’s opening track, an upbeat rollicking country­‐rock ditty, using its beguiling tune to deliver a powerful lyric about Simms’ observation of discrimination and living as an Aboriginal man in 1973.

The Painted Ladies project and the Vic Simms story will unveil itself over the coming months with the album landing on June 6. You’ll be surprised and delighted by the guests and moved by the discovery or re­‐discovery of these classic Vic Simms songs. For now, enjoy “Get Back Into the Shadows”.