It’s a big day for Sly Withers fans with an album announcement, tour confirmation, and new single all dropping at once.
The punk rock outfit’s next album, Overgrown, will come out on October 28th via Dew Process /UMA (preorder here). It’s the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Gardens, which peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Produced by Dave ‘Parko’ Parkin (Spacey Jane), Overgrown is set to showcase an expansion of the signature Sly Withers sound. “We are so incredibly proud of this record,” Sam Blitvich says. “It was such a joy to make with producer extraordinaire Parko and feels like a really beautiful development on the sound we had already established.
“It felt like a sequel to Gardens in this sense so calling it Overgrown felt very appropriate. Thematically Overgrown feels relevant in the sense of us all being a bit older and a bit more aware of the constant need for maintenance in life as we age.”
The upcoming album will contain new single ‘Radio’, which was released this week alongside an accompanying music video (see below). “The initial idea for ‘Radio’ came about while I was feeling nostalgic and thinking about simpler times,” vocalist Jono Mata explains.
“‘Radio’ talks about the feeling that your thoughts are getting lost in translation and you want to be heard but can’t organize the words to get your point across. I like to think that comes through in the song itself sounding a little frantic and all over the place.”
To celebrate the release of their new album, Sly Withers will be undertaking a huge national tour, which begins in Adelaide on Friday, November 4th (see full dates below). These will be the band’s largest shows to date and tickets go on sale on Thursday, August 10th at 8am AEST.
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Sly Withers Overgrown 2022 Album Tour
Full ticket information via slywithers.com
Friday, November 4th
The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Thursday, November 10th
UC Hub, Canberra, ACT
Friday, November 11th
Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday, November 12th
Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
Friday, November 18th
Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday, November 19th
Uni Bar, Hobart, TAS
Saturday, November 26th
Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT
Saturday, December 10th
Astor Theatre, Perth, WA
