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CHASING GHOSTS
HOMELANDS UNPLUGGED EP
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“HOMELANDS UNPLUGGED Tour”
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Photo credit – Ian Laidlaw
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Critical acclaim for HOMELANDS
’Summer’ on track to be one of the most powerful entries in their discography to date.” – Rolling Stone
“When it comes to addressing Indigenous affairs in the music scene, no one does it quite like Chasing Ghosts frontman J
“Australia’s best new music for February…weaving English with his native tongue, and delivering a powerful punk song with sugary hooks and a thrilling momentum that belie the horrors of such a massacre” – The Guardian
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Today, Aboriginal lead indie punk band & NIMA nominated act (Best Emerging Talent) Chasing Ghosts release Homelands Unplugged via Bad Apples Music. Homelands Unplugged, sees Thungutti front man Jimmy Kyle head into the studio and re-record the Homelands EP with just himself and an acoustic guitar. The result is an intimate, stripped back, raw and emotional recording which includes a spoken word introduction for each song, which is sure to engage the listener even more.
Jimmy Kyle says “Its intimate and humble, stripped back, one mic and one guitar in a room and a lot of honesty, much like my solo show.”
Chasing Ghosts have also announced the Homelands Unplugged Tour.
Presented by Diamond Creative, Bad Apples Music and Destroy All Lines, the tour will see Chasing Ghosts (Jimmy Kyle solo) performing Homelands Unplugged, as well as fan favourites, in intimate surroundings, just the way the songs are meant to be heard. Full tour details below.
About the tour, Jimmy states “I’m looking forward to connecting with mob, friends and fans, old and new, making them laugh, cry and sing loudly while sharing these stories and songs. It’s an emotional rollercoaster for the audience and myself!“
Chasing Ghosts came out blazing and unapologetic in 2021 dropping their critically acclaimed EP HOMELANDS via Bad Apples Music. The EP received 4.5/5 stars from Rolling Stone Australia titling them, “the band Australia needs right now.”
The EP features the single Summer, which finds Jimmy Kyle singing in both English and, for the first time ever, in his native tongue as he explores the horrors of the 1856 Towel Creek massacre. The singer-guitarist delivers the song through the eyes of a grieving Aboriginal Elder, telling the story of “Baaba” (Babaang) Jack Scott as a baby; the lone survivor of the Towel Creek tragedy. Incredibly, Kyle learned of a close family link to that Elder through a schoolyard incident when he was young.
LISTEN TO HOMELANDS UNPLUGGED
Chasing Ghosts (Jimmy Kyle solo)
Homelands Unplugged Tour
April 24 – Crown & Anchor Hotel , Kaurna / Adelaide, SA – Tickets
May 26 – The Lady Hampshire, Gadigal / Sydney, NSW – Tickets
May 27 – The Catfish, Wurundjeri / Melbourne, VIC – Tickets
July 28 – It’s Still A Secret, Turrbal / Brisbane, QLD – Tickets
July 29 – Vinnies Dive Bar, Yugambeh / Southport, QLD – Tickets
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CHASING GHOSTS
HOMELANDS UNPLUGGED
Track List
1. Sovereignty Has Never Been Ceded
2. They Won’t Get Better In Prison
3. Busted Lung
4. Surviving The Towel Creek Massacre
5. Summer
6. The Shamed And The Shamed
7. Hometown Strangers In An Urban Dreaming
8. The Heart Is Raw And The Body Is Tired
9. Kids Raise Kids
10. Soldier On
11. Wear My Medals
12. We Know Who They Are, We Remember
13. Dig
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Photo credit – Ian Laidlaw
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