Resist and triple j’s Short.Fast.Loud Present:
Title Fight has announced an Australian headline tour in support of their new album Hyperview, out January 30 on Anti Records.
In the summer of 2014, the band decamped to Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA., where with producer/engineer Will Yip they had made their last three records to make Hyperview – the follow-up release to the band’s Spring Songs EP (Revelation Records, 2013). Hyperview is a massive leap forward from previous releases and is difficult to accomplish with words. The vocals are remarkably muted and lovely when compared to the blood-curdling caterwauling of earlier work. The lyrics are almost defiantly opaque. And when it comes to the music, this is an album that renders futile the exercise of conceiving bands as sums of influences, and of dutifully itemizing those influences. Hyperview can only be heard, and loved, as an artifact unto itself.
Tickets on sale Friday January 23
Title Fight Australian Tour
Friday June 19 The Brightside, Brisbane
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Saturday June 20 The Lab, Brisbane AA
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Sunday June 21 YAC, Byron Bay AA
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Tuesday June 23 The Small Ballroom, Newcastle
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Wednesday June 24 Factory Theatre, Sydney Lic / AA
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Thursday June 25 City Club, Canberra Lic / AA
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Friday June 26 Corner Hotel, Melbourne
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Saturday June 27 Phoenix Youth Centre, Melbourne AA
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Sunday June 28 The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart Lic / AA
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Tuesday June 30 Uni Bar, Adelaide Lic / AA
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Wednesday July 1 Amplifier, Perth
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Thursday July 2 YMCA HQ, Perth AA
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About Title Fight:
Title Fight is a four-piece from Kingston, PA. The band formed in 2003 while its members (bassist/vocalist Ned Russin, guitarist/vocalist Jamie Rhoden, guitarist Shane Moran, and drummer Ben Russin) were in middle school. Previous releases from Title Fight are their first full-length Shed (2011), Floral Green (2012), and Spring Songs EP (2013). Hyperview is the band’s first release with Anti-. Title Fight has toured consistently since the beginning of their career and has played an eclectic selection of festivals including Chaos in Tejas, FYF Fest, Warped Tour, Riot Fest, and Coachella. NPR has praised the band for their “impressive evolution.” While Pitchfork deems them “an ambitious band that makes very good songs.”