The cross-border collaboration that is Collarbones return with their brand new single ‘Missing’, taken from their forthcoming second album, and to celebrate their heading on the road for a series of east coast dates.
Collarbones is Adelaide’s Travis Cook and Sydney’s Marcus Whale, who first met over the internet in 2007. Over the course of several years, and divided by 1150km, they pieced together a sound informed by geographical distance but basking in the warmth of digital proximity: the electronic hum, the LCD glow, the metallic sheen of laptop culture formed the unlikely basis for a sound that embraced its digital origins. Collected together for the pair’s debut album, Iconography, in 2011.
‘Missing’ marks their first new material since Iconography and the first taste of it’s follow-up, due later this year through Two Bright Lakes and Remote Control. The single is a sinister track that aches with desperation. The ghostly drone of synthesisers on the track cushion Marcus Whales’ heartbreaking vocals, sung with refrain and yearning, throughout the track (“I’m missing you … I’ll be so close”). An almost hollow drum machine is scattered throughout the chorus, ticking like a clock, marking time. On a bed of electronic screws and groans, Marcus’ voice rises above to its crescendo (“I’ll be so close I could almost kill you”). Here Collarbones delve into something dark and sinister. Something unresolved. Closeness can be comforting, but it can also be dangerous.
You can embrace their ‘dangerous comfort’ as they tour through Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland through June and July.
‘MISSING’ SINGLE LAUNCH TOUR
Saturday 16th June – The Gasometer, Melbourne VIC
w/ Bon Chat, Bon Rat and Namine
Saturday 23rd June – The Gate At Pablos, Epping NSW
All Ages show w/ Swimwear and special guests
Sunday 24th June – Brass Monkey, Cronulla NSW
w/Bon Chat, Bon Rat and Letters To Lions
Thursday 28th June – Terrace bar, Newcastle NSW
w/Bon Chat, Bon Rat and special guests
Friday 29th June – Alhambra Lounge, Brisbane QLD
w/Bon Chat, Bon Rat and Letters To Lions
Thrusday 5th July – FBI Social, Sydney NSW
w/Bon Chat, Bon Rat and Mr. Maps
