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Sydney’s Raising Ravens have released debut album “Leaving With The Halflight” which features new single “Don’t Stay” along with some previously released singles and other unreleased tracks (31 March).  The band has embarked on a slew of tour dates including shows in Australia + UK & Europe with the exciting announcement of two shows at Rebellion Punk Festival in England.  (Dates below)

The Official Music Video for “Don’t Stay” was created by US based motion designer Wayne Joyner (LA Guns, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater), premiering on HysteriaMag.com. Album cover art by Corrie Ancone.

“Powerful hard-rock is what Sydney’s Raising Ravens do best, and they’ve proven this on their latest offering, Don’t Stay.” – Hysteria

RAISING RAVENS – LEAVING WITH THE HALFLIGHT album + DON’T STAY single
Out Now on SPOTIFY – YOUTUBE – APPLE & MORE

Raising Ravens was conceived by Australian artist, Jess Finlayson in 2020 and grew into a musical nebula over the following years of mayhem and chaos.

The album was recorded over a 3-year period of time, dodging lockdowns and all manner of storms, embracing the ambiguous nature of the dark and light aspects of life and rock and roll. Including contributions from some of Jess’s favourite musical comrades, Raising Ravens has become more of a collective than one singular entity and continues to evolve. Choosing to remain completely independent, Jess created her own label, Interloper Records in 2021 with all Raising Ravens releases being launched from a platform owned and run by the artist.

A hard-hitting rock-based project, Raising Ravens focuses on topics that tend to be swept under the carpet or ignored and touches on subjects relating to worldwide and personally experienced abuses of power and the effects those abuses have on those who are at its mercy. Working alongside long-standing friend and producer, Lachlan Mitchell, Raising Ravens have managed to pull together a vast body of eclectic work with both national and international tours on the immediate horizon. There may even be an album number two in the works.

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TOUR DATES – AUS / UK / EU

MARCH 31 – RYAN’S HOTEL, THIRROUL AUS
w/Morgana & Dead Creak

APRIL 15 – MARRICKVILLE BOWLING CLUB, SYDNEY AUS
w/Gaia Rising & Downgirl

APRIL 29 – WHOLE LOTTA LOVE, MELBOURNE AUS
w/Acid Ash, HZED & Howling Mountain

MAY 5 – PLATFORM 5*, BRISBANE AUS
*Jess Finlayson SOLO SHOW

MAY 6 – GREASER, BRISBANE AUS
w/Burnt Trash & Kathleen Turner Overdrive

MAY 13 – HAMILTON STATION HOTEL, NEWCASTLE AUS
w/Sand Viper & Laura Panic

JULY 6 – BANNERMANS BAR, EDINBURGH UK

JULY 13 – THE SPINNING TOP, STOCKPORT UK

JULY 14 – THE PIPELINE, BRIGHTON UK

JULY 15 – THE BIRDS NEST, LONDON UK

JULY 20 – RIFF, BUDAPEST HU

JULY 21 – WILD AT HEART, BERLIN DE

JULY 28 – AMSTERDAM NL

JULY 29 – HAARLEM, NL

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AUGUST 3 – REBELLION FESTIVAL (JESS SOLO SHOW), BLACKPOOL UK

AUGUST 5 – REBELLION FESTIVAL (FULL BAND SHOW), BLACKPOOL UK

Ticket Links & Show Info

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ALBUM Track List

1.     Evil On Call
2.     It’s A Trap
3.     Vexed
4.     At The Mercy Of The Sky
5.     Don’t Stay
6.     Unherd
7.     Run
8.     Malaise
9.     In My Room
10.  Take My Name Out
11.  Live By Your Own Light

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“From Nitocris to the fabulous Fyreflies (as well as and plenty of other vehicles), Jess Finlayson has certainly made an indelible mark on the Sydney Rock scene, so I was really interested to catch her new band Raising Ravens. Careful What You Wish For is a great opener with its driving riff, followed by I Don’t Look Good on Paper and In My Room the manning is warming up nicely.
New single Vexed, (which they gleefully recount shooting in the Parramatta Jail) is a highlight! The Bands sound is Jess’s signature hard hitting Rock / Punk given a new lick of paint, Bass Player Tara Doyle’s vocals also add much to the sound. It’s a trap is another standout song, while the set ends on another a high note with Evil On Calls marching beat & huge chorus. Raising Ravens might well be the best thing that Jess has done yet, I highly recommend that you check ‘em out”.
METAL ROOS LIVE REVIEW – NOVEMBER 2022

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AMNPLIFY – DB