Adelaide’s prime purveyors of noise and fuzz, Horror My Friend return today with new single ‘Wedding‘ and announce details of second album – Home Life – out on Friday September 21st via Poison City Records. In support of their sophomore full length, the band are taking their blistering live show on the road in October with Brisbane’s Sweater Curse in tow.
The new single ‘Wedding’ sees the band use composition as a weapon; their three pronged attack employing ricocheting percussion, thrashy guitars and guttural vocals in this collision of punk tinged, garage rock ferocity.
The cheeky, lighthearted visual accompaniment to ‘Wedding’, filmed on your dad’s old VHS recorder and edited by Ryan Saab (West Thebarton, Bad//Dreems, Archers) sees the three piece confront the death of their dummer, Sam Kolesnik and a close encounter of a different kind.
Drawing inspiration from their hectic IRLives as touring musicians, the new LP sees Horror My Friend examine the push and pull of maintaining relationships, jobs and ultimately normality. Recorded in pieces, Home Life came together over several months, the band tracking in their brief spells between their real life commitments; a stark contrast to their preceding debut full length, Stay In, Do Nothing, which was recorded over an intensive two weeks.
On Home Life, Sam Kolesnik explains “The record documents the emotions and feelings that often arose from the conflict of constantly being away from home, yet still trying to live a ‘normal’ life. ‘Wedding’ is a track that exemplifies this perfectly. It’s soaked in fuzz, upbeat and noisy, but lyrically is an introspective rumination on the guilt of relationships being stretched to their limits when doing what you love, and when considering which sacrifice to make.”
Horror My Friend have spent much of the last four years on the road, supporting the likes of Hockey Dad, Gyroscope, Die! Die! Die! (NZ) and Pity Sex (USA) nationally and Violent Soho, Cold Chisel, The Cribs (UK), Swervedriver (USA) when they visited Adelaide. They’ve whipped festival crowds into frenzies, too gracing the stages of Groovin’ The Moo, Yours & Owls, BIGSOUND, Blurst of Times and Poison City Weekender. Having already completed three tours in 2018, Horror My Friend have taken a step up within Australia and into the international arena, this week signing to X-Ray Agency for UK and European bookings
Fans at home can catch Horror My friend live, when they take Home Life on the road for five dates down the East Coast, hitting Woolongong, Sydney, Adelaide Brisbane and Melbourne. Tickets are available now.
Horror My Friend’s latest single ‘Wedding’ is OUT TODAY. Their forthcoming album Home Life is out September 21st via Poison City Records with pre-orders available now.
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HOME LIFE TOUR DATES
w/ Sweater Curse
FRI 19 OCT | Rad Bar | Wollongong
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SAT 20 OCT | The Chippo Hotel | Chippendale
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FRI 26 OCT | Fowlers Live | Adelaide
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SAT 27 OCT | Bloodhound Bar | Brisbane
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SUN 28 OCT | The Tote | Melbourne
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