The ball just keeps rolling Melbourne’s premiere soul band Saskwatch, after a busy year winning hearts and starting parties at Golden Plains & Meredith Music Festivals, a sold out LP tour and a debut UK tour in 2012. In the later part of the year Saskwatch & Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Total Control), a gritty track that brings a whole new layer of garage rock to the band’s ever evolving soul sound.
‘I Get Lonely’ takes Saskwatch on a whole new path of faster and harder than ever before. The track boasts clangy guitars and fast-paced drums evoke 60s surf- rock vibes, while the horn section bring the melody, all held together by Nkechi Anele’s gutsy vocals. It’s ambitious, but it hits the mark.
The work for Mikey didn’t stop – he and Max Kohane, collectively known as Brain Children liberally applied their talents to Saskwatch’s last big single single, ‘Your Love’ and the result – an ambient remix full of echoing guitars and almost prog-rock drums.
‘I Get Lonely’ will be released as a one-off, non-album single on 7” via Northside Records with the Brain Children remix of ‘Your Love’ as the b-side.
To celebrate the single, Saskwatch will embark on a 7-day east coast tour throughout April, where the real fun happens: Saskwatch’s live show is a shimmy-shaking brassy all-out soul stomp, don’t pass it up!
Saskwatch 2013 Australian Tour
Thursday 7th CHERRY BAR, Melbourne
Saturday 9th BAYSIDE BEAT, Bunbury
Sunday 10th FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE, Fremantle
Thursday 14th CHERRY BAR, Melbourne
Tuesday 19th MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY, Melbourne (lunchtime)
Thursday 21st CHERRY BAR, Melbourne
Saturday 23rd THE HILLS ARE ALIVE! Festival
Thursday 28th CHERRY BAR Melbourne
Saturday 30th – BLUESFEST, Byron Bay
Sunday 31st – BLUESFEST, Bryon Bay
Friday 12 April – ALHAMBRA LOUNGE, Brisbane
Saturday 13 April – SOLBAR, Maroochydore
Friday 19 April – PRINCE BANDROOM, Melbourne
Saturday 20 April – THEATRE ROYAL, Castlemaine
Wednesday 24 April – TRANSIT BAR , Canberra
Friday 26 April – GUM BALL FESTIVAL, Hunter Valley
Saturday 27 April – OXFORD ART FACTORY, Sydney
Listen To ‘I Get Lonely’ here:
