Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel is back with a brand new EP in the wings and a slew of tour dates to boot. The brand new project, Hurts To Laugh will be released Friday 10th April via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records.
Overnight triple j’s Good Nights premiered the EP’s lead single ‘Majestic AF’, a jittery and sauntering feel-good track that steps along with glimmering panache.
Take a listen to the amazing track below:
To celebrate the new single and EP Methyl Ethel will be supporting Peter, Bjorn & John on their American tour dates throughout March and April. On return to Australia, Methyl Ethel will tour in solo mode at intimate venues in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Hurts To Laugh marks the ongoing output of Methyl Ethel producer and multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb’s restless mind. Time and again he’s proven that while there’s no distinction between music and art, psychologically speaking there is a difference between feeling and emotion. One is a conscious response to a set of circumstances, the other is the unconscious conditions of our very being that only occasionally surfaces through feelings. Hurts To Laugh excavates this ambiguous site, implied by its very title. You can laugh so hard it hurts – pure joy. Or laugh despite the pain – despair. These paradoxes run throughout the EP, as well as everything that came before.
Methyl Ethel is a project that’s the brainchild of a single mind—writer, performer and producer Jake Webb—while also being a live band of five members. It makes music that draws from myriad influences and a history of new wave and indie rock, while sounding like its own thing entirely. Both familiar and alien, intimate and aloof, you never quite know what you’re in for, but the trip is bound to be enchanting.
Pre-order / pre-save Methyl Ethel – Hurts To Laugh via methylethel.lnk.to/
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Methyl Ethel – Solo – Tour Dates [Australia]
Wed 15 April – The Outpost, Brisbane
Thur 16 April – The Night Cat, Melbourne
Fri 17 April – Mary’s Underground, Sydney
Sun 19 April – Goodwill Club, Perth
Tickets on sale Friday 28 February via methylethel.com
Methyl Ethel – Solo – Supporting Peter, Bjorn & John [USA]
Mon 23 March – Teregram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA
Tues 24 March – La Santa, Santa Ana CA
Wed 25 March – New Parish, Oakland CA
Fri 27 March – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
Sat 28 March – Crocodile, Seattle WA
Tues 31 March – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Wed 1 April – Bluebird, Denver CO
Fri 3 April – Amsterdam, St. Paul MN
Sat 4 April – Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Sun 5 April – Loving Touch, Ferndale MI
Tues 7 April – Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia PA
Wed 8 April – Union Stage, Washington DC
Fri 10 April – Webster Hall, New York City NY
Sat 11 April – Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
All tickets via methylethel.com
