Album out now via Bonsai Records!
+ Touring April/May including Wollongong
February 24, 2021
At long last, Bones and Jones today share their third studio album ‘Ginger Gold (Farm Singles), out now through Bonsai Records! Alongside the release, we’re very excited to announce the band will be touring the East Coast in support of the record this autumn.
The much loved Victorian-based sextet have been whetting musical appetites since mid 2020, dropping two tracks from the record each month in the leadup to now.
‘Ginger Gold (Farm Singles)’ was recorded organically over three-month period during lockdown 1.0 on a farm in Wallington, Victoria. With their shows cut short and a collection of new songs under their belt, it felt right for Bones and Jones to cut their new tracks to tape and start sharing them as soon as possible.
Speaking with 3RRR this week, lead singer Jasper Jolley reflects on self recording the record mid-pandemic, explaining “we were pretty fortunate to be in a regional area, we didn’t have it as hard as Melbourne… but there were points where we couldn’t practice together. A lockdown got announced just before the weekend we were meant to record, and everyone dropped all plans and hustled out the last few songs in the little time that we had.”
Listen HERE
The band reflect on the record, explaining:
“We started this farm single series with the hopes to keep trucking through COVID, with the prospect of no shows for the foreseeable future the only way we saw it possible to keep busy was to record all our new songs we had been trying at our previous live shows. Ideally we thought that when the whole collection gets released we would be able to back it up with a show and, luckily enough, that gamble paid off. The recording and releasing has been a really great surprise at the end of every month for us. It had been great backing up a couple of the songs with some great videos from long-time collaborator Willem Kingma. Recording the songs in our own studio for the first time before and between isolation felt really comforting when the horizon was so cloudy ahead.”
Don’t miss Bones and Jones live!
27th Feb (this Saturday) – End of Summer Block Party – Apollo Bay Seafood Festival
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19th March – The Sound Doctor Presents – Anglesea Hall w/ Jess Locke
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April 2nd – Northcote Social Club (Album Launch)
TICKETS HERE
April 29th – La La La’s – Wollongong
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April 30th – The Chippo Hotel – Sydney
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May 8th – The Barwon Club – Geelong
TICKETS HERE
Coming hot off the release of their sophomore album ‘Bees’ (January 2020), Bones and Jones have moved away from what they describe as their “humble beginnings” as a 60’s rock inspired group. While maintaining their knack for writing catchy pop tunes, the band have steered themselves towards a more mature sound; a brilliant integration of pop and rock that is uniquely their own. Bones and Jones have a sense of multi-genre fluidity which allows their reach to span across diverse audiences of old and new music lovers.
Over several years, the dynamic six-piece have emerged as one of Melbourne’s most exciting and energetic performers. The silky blend of swaying drums, roaring lap steel and driven organ paint the picture of the immense live sound they are so well known for.
With a swag of scintillating live shows under their belt, Bones and Jones have been selected to showcase at the inaugural Changes Music Summit by industry representative body Music Victoria, and have shared stages with Twin Peaks (USA), The Nude Party(USA) and The Murlocs, as well as gracing their first festival stages at New Year’s Evie 2018/19 and Grampians Music Festival 2019.
‘Ginger Gold (Farm Singles)’ is out today, available digitally and on limited edition vinyl, through Bonsai Records. Get it here!
Ginger Gold (Farm Singles) Tracklisting
1. Today
2. It’s Time
3. Reckless
4. Broken Swings and Roundabouts
5. Feel Better Now
6. Crown of Thorns
7. Victims of the Squeeze
8. Learn to Dance
9. Heaven in the Home
10. No More Worries (oh yeah)
11. Shade of the Shore
12. Harder to Find
13. Rambler
14. Apples
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