Electronica duo Collarbones will launch their much anticipated debut album Iconography in Sydney and Newcastle next week.
Catch Collarbones at the Croatian Club in Newcastle next Wednesday 30 March, and at the Marrickville Bowling Club in Sydney on Friday 1 April. Please note the Sydney venue has changed – this show is no longer at Red Rattler.
Travis Cook (Cyst Impaled) and Marcus Whale (Scissor Lock) formed Collarbones over the internet in late 2007, and within a few short weeks they had committed to a long-term music-making relationship. Since then they’ve divided time between Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, playing shows with the likes of Samiyam, making mix tapes, covering Justin Bieber with great fondness and releasing the Pitchfork adored single ‘Beaman Park’ in 2010.
Iconography is an artefact of its mode of production, pieced together over the Internet. The pair shared files until instrumentals were at a point where Whale could lay down elegant RnB laden hooks over the chopped samples and digital soundscapes. The album is an assured debut, full of confidence and brimming with ideas that pull in diverse influences from the experimental to the mainstream.
C O L L A R B O N E S
Iconography album launch tour
Wednesday 30 March
Croatian Club, Newcastle with Scalps
Free entry. Doors 9.00pm.
Friday 1 April
Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney with Fishing, Cleptopeon + Dro Carey.
*note venue change*
Tickets $10 on the door. Doors 8.30pm.
Friday 8 April
The Metro, Adelaide with Steering by Stars + Panoptique Electrical
Saturday 9 April
The Workers Club, Melbourne with Clue To Kalo + Zeal
Collarbones – Iconography will be released on 18 March 2011 via Two Bright Lakes / Remote Control
“A smooth stuttering jam…” Pitchfork
“Collarbones sure have a knack for making beautiful little monuments out of the otherwise transient noises that crisscross the ether” Mess & Noise
“Collarbones’ minimalistic approach fits somewhere in sound between Yeasayer and Fuck Buttons, being two-man project covered in laptops and sample decks” Drum Media Sydney
“Warm beats, chiming effects and soulful vocal harmonies” Inpress, Time Off, Drum Media Sydney
“Collarbones is an Aussie electronic-experimental duo that understands how to sprinkle sunshine and good summer vibes through the use of chopped up and sampled vocals that would make Dam-Funk proud” Asian Man Dan.
