With a new album to be released on September 23, Confession will be hitting the road on “The Long Way Home” Tour this October.
Following the success of their debut album Cancer (2009) and sold-out national tours throughout 2010, Australian hardcore band Confession prepares to push forward.
With members living in Adelaide, Byron Bay and Melbourne, the quintet took proceedings to the North Coast, to the Parkway house in Byron Bay, to write 10 new songs. Doing so essentially “made this record what it is,” as being in the house is so “relaxing and peaceful,” tells vocalist Michael Crafter.
Recorded with iconic Swedish metal producer Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen, In Flames), at his Gothenburg Studio, The Long Way Home presents an assured and strengthened outfit.
“We knew he was going to make this record sound amazing and he did exactly that,” says Crafter, of the talented producer.
The album explores lyrical themes relating to decisions we make regarding “the life path we follow.” A matured and retrospective Crafter – who is no stranger to the writing and recording process, having previously fronted I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead and Carpathian during his career – continues. “It’s about being happy and doing what you want to do. We take roads that lead us very far away from the people we love and the place we call home. But our family and friends will always be there for us when we need them.”
Musically the album unveils a “faster and more intense” sound, than Blunt Magazine’s Australian Album of the Year for 2009, Cancer; which also debuted at #1 on the AIR Independent Charts. Though in keeping true to their roots, fusing both heavy and melodic elements together “is what we have always been about,” claims Crafter. And keeping “a good balance is what we have achieved.”
Having taken a giant leap towards forging themselves as a force within the international hardcore community, Confession is back on home soil and eagerly awaiting the release of The Long Way Home.
Resist & Mistake Clothing Present: Confession “The Long Way Home” Tour
with special guests Thy Art Is Murder and Antagonist A.D.
All local supports are listed below.
Fri Oct 7
Uni Bar, Adelaide
LIC / AA
w/ Lake Nyos
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sat Oct 8
City Band Hall, Mt Gambier
AA
w/ Admella
Sun Oct 9
Musicman Megastore, Bendigo
AA
w/ Fractal
Wed Oct 12
Hi Fi, Brisbane
w/ Tyrants
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300-THEHIFI (8434434), Kill The Music.
Thu Oct 13
YAC, Byron Bay
AA
w/ Dead Hands
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Fri Oct 14
Beenleigh PCYC, Brisbane
AA
w/ The Lane Cove
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Sat Oct 15
Corner, Melbourne
U18
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com
Sun Oct 16
Corner, Melbourne
w/ At War With Gods
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com
Thur Oct 20
Unanderra Community centre, Wollongong
AA
w/ Never See Tomorrow
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Fri Oct 21
Factory, Sydney
LIC / AA
w/ The Bride
Tickets from www.factorytheatre.com.au, The Enmore Theatre & The Metro Theatre
Sat Oct 22
Panthers, Newcastle
AA
w/ The Storm Picturesque
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sun Oct 23
Oasis, Wyong
AA **
w/ The Bride, Make No Mistake
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au
Sat Oct 29
Civic Backroom, Perth *
w/ Saviour, Against The Tide
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
Sun Oct 30
YMCA HQ, Perth
AA *
w/ I Am Eternal, Paradise In Exile
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au
** Thy Art Is Murder not playing.
* Thy Art Is Murder / Antagonist not playing.
The Long Way Home will be out on September 23 through Resist Records.
