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Debut album
THE DELUGE
out August 2
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THE DELUGE 2024
Tour Just Announced!
Tickets on sale Tuesday June 4 at 12pm local time
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Photo – Cybele Malinowski
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Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey agreed from the outset that their debut album THE DELUGE, released on August 2 under the moniker Fanning Dempsey National Park, was not going to be what people think.
With this sonic guiding principle where synthesisers are edging out guitars, their newly announced national tour in October and November will take these lauded singer-songwriters into new musical terrain as they perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.
Bringing their electrifying debut album to life on stage, the setlist will also deliver a few surprises for fans with additions from their collective songbooks and record collections.
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Tickets for The Deluge 2024 Tour go on sale at 12pm local time on Tuesday June 4.
Visit HERE for all ticket information.
Artist pre-sale begins at 9am local on Monday June 3 and runs until 9am local on Tuesday June 4 (or until allocation exhausted). For access go HERE
Venue and ticket pre-sales start 12pm local on Monday June 3 until 9am local on Tuesday June 4 (or until allocation exhausted).
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Fanning and Dempsey said, “We’ve been telling you all how excited we are for you to hear our new album ‘The Deluge’, but that doesn’t compare to the fever we have to announce our national tour. It’s coming in October/ November to a venue near you. Get on board, bring your raincoat, and prepare for a lot of fun”.
The pumping updraft of the lead single, Disconnect, is a perfect indication of the chemistry at play. Ethereal synths, robotic pulses, thwacking drums, stabbing horns. A cold, shiny sonic landscape softened by two of the most impassioned and distinctive voices in Australian rock, it’s a synergy both familiar and radically evolved.
You can listen to Disconnect’ here, and watch the video, directed by Alex Badham, here.
You may hear the tangled DNA of Powderfinger and Something For Kate in vivid flashes here and there, but the electronic washes, synth arpeggiators and motorik rhythms bring new skin to the game.
For the recording proper, top of the pair’s wishlist was producer Craig Silvey, the Grammy-winning studio alchemist behind albums from Arctic Monkeys, Sam Fender, The National, Florence and The Machine and countless others.
Picking up from Bernard and Paul’s final “bombastic” demos in a Norwegian studio, Silvey opted for a different sonic approach and a depth of commitment that found him travelling from the UK to San Francisco with final sessions in Byron Bay, engineered in San Francisco by Danielle Bennet Spragg, with additional engineering by the legendary Nick DiDia back in Byron Bay.
And as for the killer international band, the pair knew drummer Michael Urbano and bassist Craig McFarland from their Celebrating David Bowie adventure in 2020. Convening at 2200 Studios in San Francisco in the US spring of ’23, synth player Adam McDougall completed a line-up with the chops and sense of invention to deliver THE DELUGE to its thrilling conclusion.
The Deluge will be available on limited edition 180gm coloured vinyl. Transparent blue from the official store, transparent yellow at JB HiFi, and transparent green across Indies and retailers. The Deluge will also be available on CD as a beautiful Digipak offering; a digital download and of course will be available on all streaming platforms. At the official store, fans can be the first to get their hands on official FDNP merchandise and signed offerings.
Join this extraordinary journey with Fanning Dempsey National Park as they release THE DELUGE on August 2, and tour Australia in October and November.
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Village Sounds, Secret Sounds Artist MGMT & Winterman & Goldstein Present
FANNING DEMPSEY NATIONAL PARK
THE DELUGE 2024
THE FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER
ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
HINDLEY STREET MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
FORUM, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER
ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH
FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Tickets on sale Tuesday June 4 at 12pm local time
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THE DELUGE
Track listing:
The Deluge
Born Expecting
Disconnect
Eyes Wide Open
Blood
Never Pass This Way Again
Strangers
Past Tomorrow
Dunning Kruger National Park
King Of Nowhere
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Bernard Fanning has accumulated one of the most celebrated songbooks in Australian rock. He has released 11 studio albums across Powderfinger and his acclaimed solo work with numerous songs now ingrained in the Australian psyche, including My Happiness, These Days, Sunsets, Burn Your Name, Wish You Well, Songbird, Blue Toowong Skies and Belly Of The Beast. Seven number 1 albums, 23 ARIA Awards, 5 APRA Awards, 23 Hottest 100 entries and countless other accolades attest to his position as one of Australia’s most cherished singer-songwriters.
Paul Dempsey’s band Something For Kate enjoys the distinction of flourishing on the Australian rock stage for 30 years, broken only by myriad solo and collaborative projects which have maintained a rare continuity of acclaim and excellence. Nine Top 10 albums, six platinum and gold awards, 11 ARIA nominations, 14 Hottest 100 entries, multiple album production credits, a heaving cabinet of awards and several international tours with the prestigious Celebrating David Bowie alumni entourage illustrate a career of exceptional consistency and imagination.
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Photo – Cybele Malinowski
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