Burgeoning buzz act, The Smith Street Band will release their second album, Sunshine And Technology on August 24, 2012 through Poison City Records and to celebrate its release, the band will tour extensively, playing headlining shows in capital cities Australia-wide.
The much loved Melbourne band’s debut album, 2011’s No One Gets Lost Anymore,was the sound of a band that had found their feet. Greeted with accolades from street press and media alike, the band followed up with incessant gigging fuelled by The Smith Street Band’s desire to reach as many people as possible. A feat not entirely impossible given the immediate accessibility of their memorable folk/punk/rock sound. Their debut album was toured extensively, from Launceston, Tasmania to Bunbury, Western Australia and just about everywhere else in between, along the way, collecting a legion of like-minded friends and colleagues.
There was also an ever-growing list of international support slots the band were handpicked for: some through musical admiration, others through lyrical – many through both. Already this year The Smith Street Band has shared the stage with the pensive Frank Turner (ENG) provocative Fucked Up (CAN) and poeticLa Dispute (USA), never once out of place.
The Smith Street Band will reconnect with these newfound friends and peers once more when they travel abroad for the first time this Spring, stopping over in China, before touring the United States and playing the famous Fest in Gainesville, Florida.
The future is indeed radiant for The Smith Street Band as they take their music to unexplored destinations both literally and figuratively. Recorded by Sam Johnson at Melbourne’s Three Phase Studios and mixed by Matt Voigt (Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, The Nation Blue) at Sing Sing Studios, Sunshine And Technology’slyrical and musical progressions suggest The Smith Street Band is incapable of standing still, and perhaps, of growing up. Both endearing qualities in inspired punk rock upstarts.
THE SMITH STREET BAND // SUNSHINE & TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012 DATES
** w/ RESTORATIONS (USA)
FRI AUG 17th @ BRISBANE HOTEL, Hobart
Tickets On The Door. 3 Brisbane Street, Hobart
SAT AUG 25th @ THE TOTE, Melbourne
Tickets from Poison City Records (www.poisoncityrecords.com/
THU AUG 30th @ ENIGMA BAR, Adelaide
Tickets On The Door. 173 Hindley Street, Adelaide
FRI AUG 31st @ ROSEMOUNT, Perth
Tickets On The Door. 459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth
THU SEP 6th @ X & Y BAR, Brisbane **
Tickets On The Door. 648 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley/ Brisbane
FRI SEP 7th @ GREAT NORTHERN, Newcastle **
Tickets On The Door. 89 Scott Street, Newcastle
SAT SEP 8th @ ANNANDALE HOTEL, Sydney **
Tickets from www.annandalehotel.com 17 Parramatta Road, Annandale
SUN SEP 9th @ PHOENIX LOUNGE, Canberra **
Tickets On The Door. 21 East Row, Canberra
SUN SEP 16th @ POISON CITY WEEKENDER *Sold Out!
