Brisbane’s Sunset Junkies debut single “Inertia” is the culmination of decades of experience within the band. Heavy guitar and instrumentation combined with lush chorus vocals all mixed together with David Bottrill‘s (Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel) signature sound makes a thrilling debut that is set to ensnare metal and melodic rock lovers alike.
Singer, guitarist and main songwriter Byron Short, having released 5 solo studio albums previously, has tried his hand at Pop/Rock, RnB, Blues and Americana over the years in what’s been a colourful recording career to date. “Inertia” was conceived after buying an Ibanez 7-string guitar as Short elaborates, “Having released a string of solo albums that really only hinted at a heavy side and focused more on a singer-songwriter aesthetic… I felt like a part of me was screaming out to create something extremely dense, layered and heavy which still leaned on the catchy songwriting sensibility I had cultivated my entire working life.”
The single sprang to life with impeccable timing, having finally fleshed out the Sunset Junkies lineup with hard hitting Daniel Trickett on the drums and Jeremy Klysz on bass. Short found it the perfect combination to explore the new direction and decided to form Sunset Junkies as a new start for a fresh sound.
After recording the song, it had blown out to over 200 tracks including dozens of vocal layers, so the band put their faith in some ‘pipe dream options’ as Short explains, “to our delight, David Bottrill, a world renowned producer, mixer and studio engineer who had previously mixed some of our favourite records by the likes of Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and Muse replied to us within days with an offer we couldn’t refuse. We now had what I considered to be a killer band with a killer track with a killer mix. Joao Carvalho did the mastering in Canada to add the mysterious sheen that good mastering engineers seem to magically manifest and we had something we were all extremely proud of. I hope people love ‘Inertia’. It’s the music I’ve always wanted to make.”
“Billions of bodies suspended in space
Cast a cold eye on this human race
Billions of bodies drifting through time
We jump the gun and we walk the line”
– “Inertia”
INERTIA LAUNCH SHOWS
Friday 23rd March Woolly Mammoth Brisbane QLD
Saturday 7th April Stag & Hunter Newcastle NSW