STONEFIELD
touring with
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
on Australian dates
Release new single + announce Album
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“The biggest sound entry in Stonefield’s catalogue yet.” – Triple j on Delusion
“Synths and rumbling guitars marry together excellently, as Stonefield play with darker tones…this one is definitely a hypnotic trip.” – The AU Review on ‘Delusion’, Single Of The Day
“The Findlay sorority’s dark, haunting track is packing some Black Sabbath-meets-Fleetwood Mac vibes and is probably best listened to while burning incense and speed-reading ‘The Tibetan Book Of The Dead’.” – Music Feeds on ‘Delusion’
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After a sold out single launch in Sydney last month, psych-rock luminaries Stonefield have today revealed the title track from their forthcoming third studio LP. Far From Earth is set for release Friday, April 13 on Flightless Records via Inertia Music.
Far From Earth is the latest addition to an extensive catalogue that the four Findlay sisters have been officially releasing since 2010, but a catalogue they have been building since the days when they were only as tall as the strange stone formations that surround their hometown in Australia’s rural south-east. For over a decade, the band have seemingly existed within their own stellar nebula; unaffected by fleeting modern musical trends, their sound is a homage to the prog, metal and psych powerhouses of the 70s whilst remaining completely their own.
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Their second full-length LP As Above, So Below (2016) firmly established Stonefield as one of the key players in the current wave of Australian psych-rock, but Far From Earth sees the band’s sound enter a whole new spectrum. With Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean at the production helm, first single and album opener ‘Delusion’ demonstrates a shift from the hardened psych pop of earlier records toward more prog and heavy metal. The title track ‘Far From Earth’ extrapolates on this, as a bass drum pulses between blurry synth lines and circular guitar riffs.
‘In The Eve’ reveals a silkier side to drummer/singer Amy’s trademark vocals before launching into a driving and unabashedly hooky chorus. ‘Visions’ enters with a striding dancefloor-esque rhythm section, the lyrics exposing the album’s overarching theme of making sense of yourself in your own mind as well as in the universe/multiverse. ‘Together’ is a tender moment – “Time goes slowly, moves so gently, when we are as one…lover, lover” – which morphs into a Ravi Shankar-era Beatles sound on ‘Broken Stone’. Tenderness is fleeting, however, as ‘Through The Storm’ propels the listener right back in to Sabbath territory and ‘In My Head’ continues the dark, sludgy journey. ‘Sleepyhead’ is a proggy lullaby, with the instrumental closer ‘Celestial Spaces’ making it damn hard for listeners to come down from this trip through the Stonefield stratosphere.
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‘Far From Earth’ is out on April 13th
on Flightless Records via Inertia Music
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STONEFIELD
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Australian Tour Dates
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Monday 19th March – Astor Theatre – Perth, WA
Tuesday 20th March – The Gov – Adelaide, SA
Thursday 22nd March- The Tivoli – Brisbane, QLD
Friday 23rd March – The Enmore – Sydney, NSW
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ALSO APPEARING AT:
Saturday 24th March – Party in the Park – Sydney, NSW
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