One of the world’s most popular instrumental groups, 65DAYSOFSTATIC, have announced their first ever visit to Australia, performing headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth as well as this year’s Peat’s Ridge Festival. The tour follows the recent announcement of the release of their back catalogue in Australia, beginning with their latest ‘We Were Exploding Anyway / Heavy Sky’ featuring Robert Smith (The Cure), followed by deluxe editions of their first 3 albums.
Formed in 2001 in Sheffield, 65daysofstatic quickly established themselves as one of the most influential post-rock exponents in the UK. Whilst their early EPs showed a band dabbling in electronica and dance-rock, the band was equally at home playing epic instrumentals and math-rock. The success of their 2004 debut LP The Fall Of Math and the follow up One Time For All Time earned the band a personal invitation to support The Cure on their 2007/08 arena tour around the world.
Flowing into 2009, the band played to hundreds of thousands of people across the US, UK, Europe and Asia. Their most recent records The Destruction of Small Ideas and We Were Exploding Anyway have seen the band shift into an electronic-based sound that has seen them compared to peers such as Battles and Aphex Twin. Straddling both rock and electronica, the band has created a hybrid sound that is truly unique.
It’s the band’s live show however, that has made them one of the most popular instrumental touring acts in the world. Where their records show their ornate instrumentation and experimental sound manipulations, their live show is a rock and roll rave that has seen them share stages with the likes of Metallica and play huge festivals such as Sonisphere and Summersonic, as well as massive European dance parties.
The tour and releases will be followed by the band’s newest studio album, due in mid-2013. “Catch 65DOS live and you will see that every member puts as much perspiration into his playing as a road-worker into his shovel on a hot day.” – Rogue Mag
TOUR UPDATE – Supports Announced!
Sydney ambient/melodic post-rockers sleepmakeswaves will join the tour for all shows, following a massive 2012 that has seen them tour the US, Europe and Australia, support Karnivool, Tortoise, Boris and play festivals including SXSW, Dunk and Peats Ridge. Most recently, the band’s ARIA-nominated album ‘…and so we destroyed everything’ was released in the US, spending 7 weeks on the CMJ Top 200 radio charts.
They will be joined by electronic trio Bon Chat Bon Rat at The Hi Fi in Sydney; experimental electronic soloist Elroy 4.0 and instrumental group Hazards of Swimming Naked at The Hi Fi in Brisbane; ethereal solo act The Townhouses at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne; and piano-driven progressive rock quartet Tangled Thoughts of Leaving in Perth at The Bakery.
65daysofstatic (UK) Australian tour, with special guests sleepmakeswaves
Sun Dec 30 @ Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley NSW
www.peatsridgefestival.com.au (sleepmakeswaves not appearing)
Wed Jan 2 @ The Hi Fi, Sydney NSW
www.moshtix.com.au w/sleepmakeswaves + Bon Chat Bon Rat
Thurs Jan 3 @ The Hi Fi, Brisbane QLD
www.moshtix.com.au w/sleepmakeswaves + Elroy 4.0 + Hazards of Swimming Naked
Fri Jan 4 @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC
www.cornerhotel.com w/sleepmakeswaves + The Townhouses
Sat Jan 5 @ The Bakery, Perth WA
www.nowbaking.com.au w/Tangled Thoughts of Leaving + sleepmakeswaves
Facebook tour event http://www.facebook.com/events/318075441621958/