A Jakob Australian Tour 2014 has been announced. as the cult post-rock band hop the pond from New Zealand this November, bringing their formidably beautiful and long-awaited new record Sines with them.
Awakening from a long slumber to break an eight-year silence since touring Europe, the UK, Australasia and the US on the back of their 2006 record Solace, Jakob were twice personally invited to tour with American prog-rock heroes Tool throughout Australia and New Zealand, and toured along-side Damo Suzuki, frontman for seminal German psychedelic band Can.
Injuries that prompted the eight-year hiatus are now a distant memory – New Zealand’s most formidable post-rock three-piece is back in full swing and ready to bring their unmistakable sonic texturing to the stage with a New Zealand and Australia tour in what will be an explorative aural adventure.
Sines’ opening track and premiere single ‘Blind Them With Science’ deftly explores delicate sonic textures as it erupts into a progressively clamorous roar. Jeff Boyle’s guitar work descends delicately into wide outbursts of noise and a swaggering riff, the bass of Maurice Beckett pulses with electric energy, and the powerful rippling of Jason Johnston’s drumming cascades between thunderous tom-work and eerily precise silences.
It’s a powerful introduction to a sonic journey that explores both menace and beauty through deft instrumentation and immaculate production.
To hear Jakob on record is one thing; to witness them live is to enter a whole new realm of experience, as anyone who has done so will attest to. The formidably beautiful and long-awaited album Sines (out 17th October via Valve/MGM Australia) will be brought to the stage in a series of colossal shows you don’t want to miss.
Jakob Australian Tour 2014
Wednesday 26th November – Republic Bar, Hobart TAS
Tickets from moshtix and republicbar.com
Thursday 27th November – Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne VIC
Tickets from dingdong.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.
Friday 28th November – Hermanns Bar, Sydney NSW
Tickets from hermannsbar.com and consume.oztix.com.au
Saturday 28th November – RAD, Wollongong VIC
Tickets from www.radbarcafe.com and www.yoursandowls.com.au
Sunday 30th November – CrowBar, Brisbane QLD
Tickets from crowbar.oztix.com.au, and Oztix outlets.
