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  • badlandingBadlanding – East Coast Low (Crankinhaus Records)

    It’s been a decade since they formed and four years since East Coast Lowhit their straps on the “Seas on Fire” album, and “Badlanding” shows a band that’s even more self-assured and in control. 

    Is it coincidence that some of the best Australian albums of the last few years have come from satellite cities of Sydney? “Badlanding” proves that East Coast Low are as good as anything to have emerged from the grit-flecked city of Newcastle in the last 30 years.

    “Badlanding” rocks hard but has an unmistakable swagger. With Rob Younger at the production helm, its varied collection of songs sounds powerful and coherent and there’s an array of sonic exclamation points apparent. Rick O’Neill’s mastering widens the soundscape nicely with no loss of edge.

  • badlanding cvr“Badlanding”, the Rob Younger-produced album for seriously powerful Newcastle band East Coast Low, is poised to touch down on August 4.

    It’s the third long-player for the band and was recorded with the assistance of a rolled gold brass section, comprising Rudi Thomson on sax (Xray Spex, The Members, Lords of the New Church, The Jam), Rob Parkes (Mucho Sonar) on trombone and Peter Kelly (New Christs, Vanilla Chainsaws) on trumpet.

    The 10-track LP was recorded at Rock the Nation Studios in Newcastle by guitarist Geoff Mullard and mastered by Rick O'Neill at Turtlerock Mastering. It will be available on vinyl, as a download or via streaming services.

    Launch shows are listed below. Pre-orders are open here.

    East Coast Low
    Badlanding Launches
    AUG
    17 – Royal Oak, Tighes Hill, NSW
    23 – In-store @ Hiss and Crackle, Wallsend, NSW
    (2pm, free)
    23 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
    + The Strike-Outs + The Dark Clouds
    24 – MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
    + The Dark Clouds + The Strike-Outs

     

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