The ever-evolving story of KINGSWOOD births a new chapter with the release of their long-awaited new studio album, ‘HOME’.
Having teased the record in recent months with dynamic singles including ‘Good Whiskey’, ‘Burning Holes’ and ‘One Too Many Times’, KINGSWOOD set it up early that this album would feature the band’s most cohesive and representative material to date.
Incorporating myriad sonic influences and a reinvigorated approach to their musicianship, ‘HOME’ is more than just another step forward for the ARIA and APRA nominated group – it is a realisation of the last few years of tireless work and exploration of new sounds.
Title track ‘Home’ also serves as the album opener – a perfect way to set the tone of the record to follow. Like previous singles, ‘Home’ lets the song writing dynamic of Alex Laska and Fergus Linacre shine; open lyricism meeting deft musicality at every turn.
“‘Home’ is an age-old tale of young love being forced to broach the harsh face of life, a duality of which we all contend with at some point. Old roots meet new, whereby the branching can create opprobrious chasms. These chasms however lead to repair, growth, flourishing, the cycle of the ever blossoming flower, the very fuel of life itself, where all beginnings have an end, and appropriately all ends have a beginning. Home can represent a place in time and space or it can be the very moment, the air that allows one to breathe life into consciousness. It’s the rising sun of the album, a sonic manifestation of Kingswood’s own new dawn.” ALEX LASKA, KINGSWOOD
Recorded on a ranch in Wongawallan, QLD at Fallguy Studios, ‘HOME’ saw KINGSWOOD work with Nashville based engineer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlisle) on final mixing and mastering; putting the final touches on this musically rich 12-track body of work.
The elevation of the band’s sound – from the Microscopic Wars era through to After Hours, Close To Dawn and more recently, Juveniles – threads beautifully throughout ‘HOME’. Tales of sorrow meet stories of late night recklessness. An undistilled passion springs forth from this record; whether it’s in the sonic builds of tracks like ‘Mother Did Say’ and ‘Movin’ On’, or the way emotional nuance strikes on ‘God & Gun’ and ‘Riches’
KINGSWOOD retained the grit without losing the heart of the music with ‘HOME’’, for the band, this was a record that was a necessity for them to make.
“A renaissance of all that ever fuelled the Kingswood machine. The album was born of necessity in a time where the human condition was put on trial and out of the ashes grew the phoenix that we call ‘Home’. What originally began as an escapist experiment; a veil of fiction that was created to alleviate a lack of social interaction and observation, bore the spirit of truth, wrapped in a marvellous mythology that was created by us and embodied our innermost thoughts and feelings.
“Home represents the pillars that make this band what it is and embodies everything that makes us powerful and whole. Step into a world, created for us to accompany lament, joy, sorrow, love, yearning, anger, passion and above all hope. Call it what you will, Home is a burgeoning of guitars, harmony, reckless abandon with sheer will at the steering wheel, reflecting the beautiful surrounds of ranch life at the base of Mount Tamborine, with a good dose of good whiskey and a home away from home in Nasvhille, Tennessee to provide the finishing touch.” KINGSWOOD
The release of ‘HOME’ follows on from a successful return to touring for KINGSWOOD. The band spent a large portion of 2022 touring their acclaimed third studio record Juveniles (and it’s inspired companion album, Reveries) internationally; completing a 30+ date tour that took KINGSWOOD to crowds in Nashville, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia before bringing them home to Melbourne.
2023 has already begun in a massive way for the band, as they currently take their music around Australia on a record breaking 120+ date tour. Customising their own tour bus for the journey, KINGSWOOD are traversing each corner of the country, rolling into town with their electric live show, ready to burn. With tour dates set to take them through into June, KINGSWOOD roll on, with more dates to be announced soon.
KINGSWOOD 2023 TOUR DATES
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All tickets for all shows will be via the venues and www.kingswoodband.com
FRI 24 FEB VOLTA ARTS BALLARAT, VIC
SAT 25 FEB CROXTON BANDROOM MELBOURNE, VIC
SUN 26 FEB HABA RYE, VIC
FRI 3 MAR LONGSTOCKINGS BREWERY PAMBULA, NSW
SAT 4 MAR TILBA VALLEY WINES TILBA VALLEY, NSW
SUN 5 MAR SMOKEY DANS TOMAKIN, NSW
FRI 10 MAR THE MARLIN HOTEL ULLADULLA, NSW
SAT 11 MAR BOWRAL BOWLING CLUB BOWRAL, NSW
SUN 12 MAR THE BEER SHED LEUMEAH, NSW
THU 16 MAR HERITAGE HOTEL BULLI, NSW
FRI 17 MAR PADDINGTON RSL SYDNEY, NSW
SAT 18 MAR AVALON RSL AVALON, NSW
SUN 19 MAR BRASS MONKEY CRONULLA, NSW
FRI 24 MAR OCEAN VIEW BEACH CLUB CENTRAL COAST, NSW
SAT 25 MAR STAG & HUNTER, NEWCASTLE, NSW
SUN 26 MAR PACIFIC RECREATION CLUB TAREE, NSW
THU 30 MAR LAURIETON EX SERVICES LAURIETON, NSW
FRI 31 MAR SOUTH WEST ROCKS COUNTRY CLUB SOUTH WEST ROCKS, NSW
SAT 1 APR MOONEE BEACH HOTEL COFFS HARBOUR, NSW
SUN 2 APR MULLUMBIMBY EX SERVICES MULLUMBIMBY, NSW
THU 13 APR WALLABY HOTEL MUDGEERABA, QLD
FRI 14 APR BEENLEIGH TAVERN BEENLEIGH, QLD
SAT 15 APR BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD
SUN 16 APR KINGS BEACH TAVERN KINGS BEACH, QLD
THU 20 APR OLD BUNDY TAVERN BUNDABERG, QLD
FRI 21 APR HARVEY ROAD TAVERN GLADSTONE, QLD
SAT 22 APR THE METROPOLITAN MACKAY, QLD
THU 27 APR MAGNUMS AIRLIE BEACH, QLD
FRI 28 APR DALRYMPLE HOTEL TOWNSVILLE, QLD
SAT 29 APR EDGE HILL TAVERN CAIRNS, QLD
THU 25 MAY DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN DUNSBOROUGH, WA
FRI 26 MAY MOJOS FREMANTLE, WA
SAT 27 MAY RAVENSWOOD HOTEL RAVENSWOOD, WA
SUN 28 MAY THE CARINE DUNCRAIG, WA
THU 1 JUN NANNUP TOWN HALL NANNUP, WA
FRI 2 JUN THE RIVER MARGARET RIVER, WA
SAT 3 JUN SIX DEGREES ALBANY, WA
THU 8 JUN SOUND CITY PORT LINCOLN, SA
FRI 9 JUN THE FAT CONTROLLER ADELAIDE, SA
SAT 10 JUN WESTERN HOTEL MT GAMBIER, SA
SUN 11 JUN HOTEL VICTOR VICTOR HARBOUR, SA
