2019 is set to be a mammoth year for Perth veterans The Date. Not only are they on course to release their fourth album Premedidated, they will do so unveiling one track per month, leaving no idle time throughout the year. Personal, politically outspoken and conscientious, Premedidated continues The Date’s ethos of capturing real world issues with passion and honesty. As they always have been, The Date remain a band that writes what they see.
Writing as a two-piece and recording as a three-piece, The Date have produced Premedidated between their own Dating 42 Studios and Crank Studios with engineer Troy Nababan… and the results speak for themselves. Lead single Liquidate is toneful and glorious, wrapping warm, fuzzy guitars courtesy of Rob Susanto around the distinctive voice of David Moran, as it crescendos with an army of backing vocals through each bombastic chorus.
On their first new material since 2017’s album Master Date, Moran elaborates, “Liquidate is about the need to remove the complacency of the world around you where people are kept calm and soothed into submission with promises from people who are paid to articulate in their own best interests. There seems to be an increasing tendency for many to rely on the support and applause from social media, mass attendance events and momentary TV which then adds up to a modern religion for those that don’t believe in anything that doesn’t make them feel. Too many people end up being used and struggle in the fight against a stacked deck – politicians, bankers, insurance companies that walk away when they’re needed – the people want what they paid for. There seems to be a growing trend towards leaving the new normal behind to start again – selling what you have for freedom without fear of consequence. Liquidate backs those people, Liquidate says find the beach, the mountain and bring a little bit back with you if you ever return, Liquidate believes.”
As one of Perth’s most enduring bands that writes for itself but plays for its fans, each month The Date will present the fruit of their hard work until Premedidated is fully realised.
New single ‘Liquidate’ out now
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