The Yukon Blonde Australian Tour 2013 has been announced to complement the band’s forthcoming appearance at the Brisbane-based music industry conference, BIGSOUND, this September.
Over the past two years, Yokon Blonde has earned no shortage of acclaim for its hook-heavy brand of pop rock. The band is now set to bring their renowned live show to Australia with a run of East Coast dates and key slots on BIGSOUND 2013
Released in March 2012, Yokon Blonde’s latest album, Tiger Talk, represents the next adventurous step in their career. Its ten tracks are short and punchy, as the band trimmed the fat and packed hooks and brisk tempos into streamlined arrangements. “Radio” assaults the speakers with a brash stomp worthy of early Elvis Costello, while “Oregon Shores” blends its bouncy rhythm and sunny vocal harmonies with an epic, face-melting guitar solo. Elsewhere, a robotic drum pattern anchors “Breathing Tigers,” and “My Girl” taps into powerpop greatness with its “whoa-oh” refrain.
The album still bears some of the hallmarks of what made YUKON BLONDE so beloved to begin with: the jangling riffs, the warm harmonies, and Innes’ inquisitive lyrical questioning of the world around him. This time, however, the songs are jacked up on sugar-spiked pop and coursing with adrenaline
Artistically uncompromising as ever, YUKON BLONDE has already proved that they are willing to go wherever their restless artistic muse takes them.
Yukon Blonde Australian Tour 2013
SAT 07 SEPT – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE
TIX: http://northcotesocialclub.com
SUN 08 SEPT – KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
TIX: http://www.oztix.com.au
TUE 10 SEPT – FBI SOCIAL, SYDNEY
TIX: http://fbiradio.com/event-category/fbi-social/
WED 11 SEPT – BIGSOUND 2013
BAKERY LANE – 5PM (Canada Blast)
THE ZOO – 9PM (Official Showcase)
TIX: http://www.oztix.com.au
