Today Sydney rock outfit PLANET mark the beginning of a new chapter, working with Australian indie label stalwart Dew Process to release their brand-new single, ‘Never New.’

The new single is a vibrant, effervescent song that feeds from the energy of everything they’ve released in their career so far, while shining like a guiding light on their future. Its head bopping, tambourine-shaking rhythm instantly casts it as a live set highlight, as lead singer Matty Took’s voice soars through zooming guitar riffs and angelic synth chords that sing out like a choir, to once again reinforce that cosmic quality that is quintessentially PLANET.

LISTEN TO ‘NEVER NEW’ HERE

Although the track stands as a brand-new release for the band, the group’s members confess that it’s a track that’s actually been kicking around for a long time, and not one they ever considered to be a major release until some clever cutting and pasting.

“I think I recorded all the instrumental basis for that song like four or five years ago,” explains guitarist Tom Peppitt. “Matt went away to New Zealand and I was just doing a couple of studio sessions myself, and I just pumped that out. It didn’t have any vocals on it for a very long time and just stayed instrumental. This song wasn’t even a front runner for the EP at all. It kind of just came together.”

“We had this old chorus lying around for ages and just decided to swap it in.” adds Took. “Then we were like, ‘Now it’s a single.’”

Today PLANET (Took, Peppitt, bassist Jimmy… and drummer Harry… )  stand alongside contemporary artists like Hatchie, Alvvays, Kurt Vile and the Middle Kids as artists writing music with a modern sense of nostalgia that sweeps people off their feet with its beauty and sincerity, while also possessing the sense of fun and light that is undeniably pristine pop. There’s a dreamy, ethereal presence that flows from start to finish in all of their songs, dancing between the shimmering guitar tones, the splashing cymbals and winding bass lines, as the buzzing texture of lead vocalist Took’s inimitable voice sings the kind of aching lyricism The Triffid’s David McComb would have been proud of – his words longing for lives and loves past with an equal sense of joy, humour and heartbreak.

Over the last few years the Sydney four-piece has gone from playing local pub gigs in their hometown to playing bigger and bigger stages across the globe, including the likes of The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Hit The North, Stag & Dagger, as well as mounting several headlining campaigns across the UK (their home away from home), where they’ve found fans and kindred spirits alike. They’re now poised to return to the UK this week to kick off a 13-date tour starting at The Parish in Huddersfield July 18 and continuing until the end of the month.

Their reputation as a live force has grown with the venue sizes, and although still firmly in the formative chapter of their career, it’s rare to see a PLANET show that isn’t teaming with die-hard fans belting every word back with a broad smile. UK dates and info are below, but look forward to PLANET performing in Australian venues again very soon.