STAND ATLANTIC
release
LAVENDER BONES and LOST MY COOL
+ announce Australian album tour
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The only way to float, Stand Atlantic have learned, is to shed the secrets weighing them down. On Skinny Dipping, their debut full-length for Hopeless Records, the Sydney, Australia-based pop-rock trio strip down to their souls and hide nothing.
Due out October 26, 2018, the album follows Sidewinder, Stand Atlantic’s 2017 EP that launched singer/guitarist Bonnie Fraser, guitarist David Potter and drummer Jonno Panichi from Aussie locals to one of the most exciting bands in the underground.
The group’s blend of hard-charged rock and soaring pop melodies has earned them a home on international tours with the likes of New Found Glory, Neck Deep and State Champs – and critical accolades like a “Best International Breakthrough Band” nomination at the 2018 Heavy Music Awards and inclusion in Kerrang’s highly coveted Hottest Bands of 2018, and have been added on triple j High Rotation.
Now, Skinny Dipping is poised to build on that success and take them even further. The unfiltered honesty of the album’s 10 tracks showcases an emotional maturity beyond Stand Atlantic’s collective years, a keen sense of self-awareness and desire to be unconditionally authentic even when – and perhaps especially when – it breaks their hearts.
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. . . . . . . . .Awash in ’90s vibrancy and bounce, the title track finds Fraser coming to terms with her sexuality, fighting through a haze of self-doubt en route to a celebration of her true identity.
“Skinny dipping can be seen as an innocent thing you do for fun, but at the same time, you’re naked and vulnerable and exposing yourself to anything in there. There are things in life I sometimes feel are either unimportant or something I shouldn’t be talking about. It can be so isolating to be truly honest, but to have people accept you is so freeing.” – BONNIE FRASER
But that vulnerability can also set you up for disappointment, as the band explore through the lens of the three-song stretch “Lost My Cool”, “Toothpick” and “Burn In The Afterthought” – acid-tongued tales of a failed relationship in which being open backfired in a heartbreaking way. There’s a lot to gain from leaving nothing on the table, but sometimes even more to lose.
Ultimately, that’s the risk everyone takes when they tear down the walls and live an unapologetically honest life. It’s what the band experienced firsthand while writing Skinny Dipping, as they worked to amplify what fans and critics around the world loved about Sidewinder while still pushing forward to break new ground, remaining true to themselves the entire way.
In the end they succeeded. Because Skinny Dipping is an album that’s unquestionably theirs. They’ve dealt head-on with the things heavy on their hearts and emerged the other side emboldened and ready to tell the tale – and that’s a message that will find ears wherever and whenever they’re open and ready to receive it.
123 Agency + Hopeless Records Presents:
headline tour
w/ The Dead Love
Sunday 20th January / Rad Bar – Wollongong, NSW / Tickets / RSVP
Friday 25th January / Lansdowne Hotel – Sydney, NSW / Tickets / RSVP
Sunday 27th January / Crowbar – Brisbane, QLD / Tickets / RSVP
Friday 1st February / Crown & Anchor – Adelaide, SA / Tickets / RSVP
Saturday 2nd February / Northcote Social Club – Melbourne, VIC / Tickets / RSVP
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