Having traversed more of Australia than most over the past 18 months, with an extensive touring schedule, South Summit are today releasing their new EP ‘Tales Of The Yeti’; an expansive, probing & multi-faceted 6-track that reflects the journey they have all been on. From late night jams, to writing on the road, South Summit wanted to explore every aspect & realm of their influences, as they worked them all into ‘Tales Of The Yeti’. Featuring previous singles ‘Just Like You’, ‘I Feel It’, ‘Tuned In’ & ‘Sidelines’, the band also added new tracks ‘Dreaming’ & ‘Fallen Friend’ to round out the release.
Recorded back in their hometown of Perth, the band joined up again with longtime collaborator & producer Dave Parkin (Spacey Jane, Tired Lion, Bob Evans) of Blackbird Sound Studio. His guidance helped to take the formative South Summit jam sessions & mold their ideas into fully formed arrangements. This gave the band the freedom to experiment with styles, genres & themes, not being held down by preconceived notions & truly allowing them to discover what makes the South Summit sound.
“For ‘Tales Of The Yeti’ we wanted to keep building musically from what we had previously done before. experimenting with more styles and not being strict on what themes came out of the jamming process. This EP covers a few genres and shows what we’re capable of when playing music. We enjoy all types of different styles and love jamming whatever feels good, this EP is a good representation of that.” Nehemiah Reuben, South Summit
“The way we write and make our music always happens naturally, our latest EP ‘Tales of the Yeti’ in particular was a special one. Every song has its own journey and process, whether it starts from a demo or a jam. Once we get the foundations of each song, we just jam our parts for a while until the song feels right and ready to take into the studio.” Josh Trindall, South Summit
Alongside the EP release, South Summit also reveal the music video to accompany previous single ‘Sidelines’. This film shot by Billy Zammit (Peach PRC, Bad Dreems, Vera Blue) sees the band head out into the bush, road tripping their way to places further away.
“In June we went on tour with our good mates from Beddy Rays. We had a week off in Sydney which was the perfect time to shoot a music video for ‘Sidelines’, the feature track off Tales Of The Yeti. We went back to Billy Zammit to direct and film this one, our 2nd video with him and his crew, and the process of making this one was a lot of fun. The story of the film follows along the idea of living on the road while touring, the highs and lows that come with that, all while understanding and recognising where your home is.” Nathan Osborne, South Summit
In celebration of the release of ‘Tales Of The Yeti’, South Summit will be heading out on their largest & broadest headline tour to date. Taking their songs internationally for the first time, the band will be headed over to New Zealand, to coincide with six Australian headline dates. With support from triple j for the tour, South Summit are moving from rising-stars, to headliners within their own rights. Whilst the band have been playing ‘Tales Of The Yeti’ live for a while now, this tour will also mark the first chance for fans to sing along with the tracks, with the release of the EP.
“2023 has been pretty much a flat out year of touring for us, mainly around the Australian circuit, with our first ever international shows lined up in New Zealand this November. We’ve been jamming most of the EP in our live set for quite some time now, so we’re feeling ready and super keen to play the whole thing at our AU/NZ tour at the end of this year.” Nathan Osborne, South Summit
South Summit burst into the ears of audiences across Australia with a slew of outstanding performances at Falls Festivals, NYE On The Hill, Springtime Festival, Groovin The Moo, BIGSOUND, Day On The Law & Roling Sets last year. With a captivating live presence & unequivocal song-writing ability, the band also racked up multiple headline tours, as well as a recent jaunt with Beddy Rays across Australia. Boasting 2.6 million+ streams across DSP’s with support from Spotify tastemakers (New Music Friday, The Local List Rock Out, Front Left) & triple j Unearthed (‘Artist of The Year’ nomination, #4 most played 2022), as well as an Instagram following of 153k+, the band are rapidly captivating new audiences & bringing their current fanbase along for the ride.
Focused intently on spreading positivity through their work, South Summit also took to visiting schools, prisons & youth detention centres across WA for 2022’s NAIDOC week, providing inmates & attendees with an opportunity to share in their performance, cultures and a chance to connect with the band over a shared passion for music & creativity.
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