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CHILDREN COLLIDE
drops new single + video
MAN OF THE PEOPLE

+ Announces National Tour

+ FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM
TIME ITSELF OUT FRIDAY 27 AUGUST

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Photo credit: Jordan Drysdale

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“..one of the most essential and urgent pop acts in contemporary Australian music.” – MUSIC JUNKEE

“With the way these new tunes are sounding, you can be sure that the new record is going to be a corker.” – TONE DEAF

“..long-time favourites of the Australian rock world.” – PILERATS

“They’re officially back: Children Collide ripped through The Tote with a ferocious performance.” – BEAT

“Children Collide are a band whose live performances are characterised by their wild energy, extreme passion and sheer power. And as one of the very best bands that Australia has ever produced, tonight’s show was a shining example of their abilities and career to date. And considering the reception they received, it’s clear they are no nostalgic act, but a timeless rock band for the ages.” – WALL OF SOUND

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Set to release their long-awaited fourth studio album Time Itself on Friday 27 August via Spinning Top Records, today Children Collide drops their fuzzed out new single Man of the People, and the song’s accompanying video. Renowned for their epic and frenzied live performances, the Australian three-piece has also announced a national 13-date headline tour in November and December.

Man of the People erupts with all the hallmarks of Children Collide – riffs that can set entire fields into a seismic bounce, churning bass lines and walloping drums. “Originally titled Dark Bird this was an instrumental I’d written just after Monument. I pulled it out, dusted it off and wrote lyrics in New York at the height of the Trump presidency. I was having a bit of a rock bottom moment personally and my whole world felt like cocaine, mezcal and pathetic desperation against the backdrop of a Murdochian dystopia where the bastards had won. My reaction is always to stuff my hopelessness into an aural time capsule. I love how heavy Loren and Doug made it and the one take solo gives me anxiety when I listen back,” muses frontman Johnny Mackay of the track.

Directed by Lord Fascinator and filmed by Nico White and Dave Meagher, the fierce official video for Man of the People is part of a trilogy made in the absence of touring. “The closest any TV program ever got to transferring that true live band energy through the screen was Germany’s Beat Club which ran from ‘65-’72.  I’ve done many deep dives on their YouTube Channel. Check out Sabbath, Can, Fanny, MC5, Canned Heat, there’s even one with NEU! & Kraftwerk jamming.  Somehow the crude green screen and way it’s edited makes 

explores wider spectrums and multitudes with the kind of fearlessness that put Children Collide on the map to begin with. The LP features the post-punk lead single Aurora, the propulsive Funeral For A Ghost, the twirling, acid-tinged Trampoline, and the raw and visceral Uh Oh.   Time Itself is available for pre-order in digital formats as well as limited edition white 12” vinyl here.

Versatility and musical freedom has always served as the band’s modus operandi. It’s why Mackay loved playing with them in the first place, and why he eventually wound up under the moniker again. “Children Collide albums always feel like 12 points of a clock or a compass,” he says. “More an entire 360 degree entity than a single story. Exploration in all directions.”

With their rocketship packed and a new line-up locked in, the voyage of Children Collide is ready to launch. 

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New single – Man of the People – OUT NOW
New album – Time Itself – OUT AUGUST 27

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About Children Collide

A live phenomenon, Children Collide have played sets at SXSW, The Great Escape, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Groovin The Moo, Yours and Owls and the Big Day Out. They’ve performed countless sold-out headline shows across the nation in addition to dates in London, Paris, LA, New York and Tokyo.

Time Itself will follow the twice ARIA-nominated band’s third studio album Monument, released in 2012.  It was another enduringly popular LP, following 2008‘s The Long Now and 2010’s Theory Of Everything, which debuted at #5 on the ARIA album chart and claimed the triple j feature album. Their repertoire includes some of the most well-loved Australian singles of the past decade, a roll call that includes Social Currency, Skeleton Dance, Chosen Armies, Loveless and triple j hottest 100 entries Farewell Rocketship, Jellylegs and My Eagle.

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CHILDREN COLLIDE
Tour Dates

Tickets on sale 10:00am Wednesday 4 August

Friday 19 November – Jive, Adelaide SA
Saturday 20 November – Lynott’s Lounge, Perth WA
Sunday 21 November – Mojos, Fremantle WA
Thursday 25 November – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave VIC
Friday 26 November – Howler, Melbourne VIC
Saturday 27 November – The Eastern, Ballarat VIC
Wednesday 1 December – La La La’s, Wollongong NSW (Sold Out)
Thursday 2 December – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW
Friday 3 December – Kambri, Canberra ACT
Saturday 4 December – The Newy, Newcastle NSW
Thursday 9 December – The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Friday 10 December – Eleven Dive Bar, Maroochydore QLD  
Saturday 11 December – Studio 56 @ Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD

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