Today, Friday 8th November 2019, Sunnyboys release Can’t You Stop their first recording of all new music since Comes As No Surprise, their swan song 7” in 1984.
Recorded in 2018 at Airlock Studios Brisbane and mixed by in demand engineer Konstatine Kerstin, Can’t You Stop is a reworking of a song Jeremy Oxley recorded and released on the Waterfront label under the guise The Fisherman in 1986. In this revised version Can’t You Stop features an all new arrangement plus those glorious trademark Sunnyboys harmonies. Grab a taste and stream the full-length version via Spotify or your preferred digital platform.
Can’t You Stop is the first single to be released from Sunnyboys 40 a brand new full length album released November 29th (Feel Presents / Rocket) on vinyl, CD, cassette and all digital platforms. ’40‘ contains four new songs plus the first ever re-release of the band’s legendary 1980 debut ep featuring the original Alone With You plus Love to Rule, What You Need and The Seeker. Pre-order yours now via your favourite record store or via the Sunnyboys online shop.
Meanwhile the first show of the Sunnyboys 40 tour and the band’s first ever visit to Torquay, has sold out! It continues the recent pattern of Sunnyboys ticket sales with each new tour outselling the previous one. All other shows are following the same pattern. Avoid disappointment and grab yours now.
And in related release news Warner Music have re-released a limited edition of the Sunnyboys eponymous 1981 debut album on blue vinyl. The all-time classic Australian album featuring Happy Man, Tunnel Of Love, Trouble in My Brain and I’m Shakin’ is available now from all good record stores or online.
And don’t forget to grab a limited edition Sunnyboys T-Shirt featuring the band “climbing the wall of life”. Produced for Ausmusic T-Shirt Day, each sale will also contribute $5 from each sale to Support Act, a not-for-profit organisation that helps take care of former musicians and road crew who have fallen on hard times. Just $35 and available here so if you see us comin, shout out loud although we’d rather talk, shout out loud, it’s a sunny day…
FEEL PRESENTS…
‘SUNNYBOYS 40’
Friday 7th February 2020
Torquay Hotel, Torquay VIC
with guests Painters and Dockers
Saturday 8th February 2020
Forum, Melbourne, VIC
with guests Painters and Dockers
Friday 14th February 2020
Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Saturday 15th February 2020
Twilights @ Taronga, Sydney NSW
with guests Rocket Science
Friday 21st February 2020
Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD
Sunday 23rd February 2020
The Shed @ Aussie World, Sunshine Coast QLD
Tickets for all shows on sale via feelpresents.com. Join the Feel Presents mail list to be a part of the action.
