THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ‘SELF TITLED’ EP
+ RELEASE AUSTRALIANA SINGLE ‘LAVA’
December 13, 2021
2021 saw the Sydney dance-punk 5 piece DROVES go from local intimate bar shows to sold out ticketed events. Despite the challenges of an evolving landscape of lockdowns and restrictions, the band maintained a consistent release cycle and continued to win the hearts of the Australian Music Industry.
DROVES now deliver their final offering to cap off 2021 with the Australiana anthem ‘Lava’, exploring the feeling of being unworthy of love. Inspired by The Go-Betweens’ ‘Streets of Your Town’ and The Churches ‘Under The Milky Way’, ‘Lava’ shows homage to DROVES’ debut 2018 single ‘Time’ and adds another layer to DROVES’ diverse sound.
“Lava was the closest thing to a love song that we’ve written” Vocalist Phil Spiteri says “we wanted to write a song about trying to love someone else when you don’t feel like you really deserve it yourself”.
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Lava is the final single from the bands six track self titled EP that is out on the 10th of December. The EP, produced by Fletcher Matthews (Clews, Dear Seattle, The Buoys), demonstrates the band’s full sonic range from straight up Punk to Dance. This release also features the band’s widely celebrated singles ‘Operator’, ‘Trash’ and even 2019 dance single ‘Retribution’.
Phil spoke about the direction of the EP “We believe that the 6 tracks really show off exactly what we’ve tried to do since DROVES began, which was show a diverse range of music from New-Wave Pop to straight up post-punk. Something our favourite 80’s artists like The Cure were doing 30 years ago”.
To celebrate the launch, DROVES will be touring the Australian east coast in January 2022 where the band have promised to only play free dates to thank fans for holding onto tickets to their ‘Trash’ Single Tour through shifting dates and lockdowns.
2022 TOUR DATES
26th Jan – Botany View Hotel – SYDNEY
15th Feb – Venue TBA – CANBERRA
27th Feb – North Gong Hotel – WOLLONGONG
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