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Credit: Maclay-Heriot

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Praise for THE RIONS

“I’ve got all The Rions’ merch. I love that band”
Sam Worthington (Avatar)

“Song rocks!!! I love the chorus and I am unbiased!”
Dayglow

“Self-assured without being too cocky, leaning into a natural flair for performance and music
that won them the Unearthed High comp in the first place”
triple j

“The only scary thing about The Rions is their terrifyingly impressive repertoire of loveable uploads”
Abby Butler, triple j Unearthed (4 stars)

“Amongst the seemingly never-ending crop of Aussie bands coming to prominence
each and every day, one group that has managed to set itself apart from the masses is Eora/Sydney quartet, The Rions.”
Life Without Andy

“An instant favourite”
Atwood Magazine

“A group certainly amongst that one-to-watch list”
Pilerats

“The Rions are on the rise”
Beat Magazine

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Hot off their recent signing to Sony Music Publishing, The Rions today unveil their feverishly anticipated debut EP, Minivan. They celebrate the release with the announcement of their upcoming national tour, presented by triple j, from late September to November. LISTEN TO EP HERE. Fan Pre-Sale is available now via band mailing list, with general on-sale live on Mon 14 Aug at 10 AM AEST via therions.com

Produced and recorded in close collaboration with Chris Collins (Matt Corby, Skegss, Middle Kids), Minivan sees The Rions make sense of the noise happening around them in real-time. Weaving their own dreamcatcher for listeners, a protective vessel for solace and community from the big brothers who’ve already gone through it with an innate maturity and musicality that has built the group a loyal fanbase and gone on to sell out national tours in the time since their Unearthed High win. While on their titular release ‘Anakin’ (#64 in triple j’s Hottest 100), they might not have felt like enough in the face of destiny, Minivan quells any doubt on The Rions’ blooming trajectory.

Elated by the release of their debut EP, The Rions share “We’ve been looking forward to this day for a couple years now. An EP is something we’ve been wanting to create for a very long time and to finally reveal it to everyone is a huge deal for us. We hope that the story of Minivan (EP) resonates with our fans the way it does with us.”

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Like most coming-of-age projects, Minivan too rolls through the motions of finding yourself, grief and heartbreak, delving deeper than ever before compared to their earlier work ‘Sadie’ or ‘Dissociation’. Less so of the peaks and pits of love in all its forms, but a thorough excavation of the youthful effervescence of that torpedo period between life’s most pivotal stage: attempting to understand adulthood. Including new tracks ‘Talking To Walls’, the fork in the road that triggers self-reflection in a time of crisis; ‘Got My Hopes Up’, where the reality of needing to move on from a faulty relationship despite all efforts to continue, is gut-wrenchingly apparent; and ‘Take What You Want’ as the catalyst of heartbreak for change.

Of the latter they explain, “With time, heartbreak can turn into many things. It can be channelled into powerful emotions and in this song’s case, bitterness and regret are the outcome of said heartbreak. The chorus retrospectively and confidently recognising the problems that the love they used to share caused them. The song is meant to feel like you’re joining arm in arm with the people who have your back, and healing through admitting what the problems were.”

Connecting their recent string of releases, ‘Scary Movies’ and the title-track, both supported by triple j playlisting and consistent placement as the most played releases on the station, amongst praise across the ABC: triple j, Unearthed and RAGE, MTV, Music Feeds, Life Without Andy, and more broadly, back-to-back Hottest 100 entries, tours supporting Lime Cordiale, Boy & Bear, Pacific Avenue, festival appearances at SPIN OFF, Party In The Paddock, Festival of the Sun amongst upcoming appearances at Grapevine The Gathering, Yours & Owls and more.

The Rions thread universally felt experiences of existentialism and both inter-and-outer personal relationships with an innate understanding of their influences. Back by a clear drive for consistent evolution, Minivan covers the gamut of the band’s offering: Mylo Xyloto-like, arena-ready choruses with their keen ear for humility and intimacy intact; capturing a similar jolly mischief of the four best friends running rampant through train stations and fields in A Hard Day’s Night. With each steady stride that’s gotten them here already The Rions’ debut EP is a giant leap into the band, and men, they seek to become.

With fans already singing their songs louder than their own microphones, experience The Rions live this September – November. See all tour routing + ticketing info BELOW.

Minivan EP by The Rions is out now, buy/stream here.

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MINIVAN
Track List

Talking To Walls
Scary Movies
Got My Hopes Up
Take What You Want
Minivan

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MINIVAN
Tour Dates

presented by triple j

Sat 26 Aug – The Station – Ngarigo Land / Jindabyne
Fri 29 Sep – Dee Why RSL – Dharug Land / Dee Why
Sat 30 Sep – King St Bandroom – Awabakal Land / Newcastle
Fri 6 Oct – Torquay Hotel – Wadawurrung Land / Torquary
Sat 7 Oct – Grapevine Gathering – Wurundjeri Land / Coldstream
Sat 8 Oct – Grapevine Gathering – Noonucal, Gorenpul, Nughi Land / Mount Cotton
Sat 14 Oct – Grapevine Gathering – Whadjuk Land / Caversham
Sat 14 – Sun 15 Oct – Yours & Owls – Dharawal Land / Wollongong
Fri 20 Oct – Drifter’s Wharf – Darkinjung Land / Gosford
Sat 21 Oct – Grapevine Gathering – Wonnarua Land / Pokolbin
Sun 22 Oct – Grapevine Gathering – Kaurna Land / McLaren Vale
Fri 27 Oct – Corner Hotel – Naarm / Melbourne
Sat 28 Oct – Pelly Bar – Bunurong Land / Frankston
Sun 29 Oct – The Gasometer Hotel – Naarm / Melbourne (AA)
Fri 3 Nov – Lion Arts Factory – tarntanya / Adelaide (LIC/AA)
Sat 4 Nov – Jack Rabbit Slims – Boorloo / Perth
Thu 9 Nov – Solbar – Kabi Kabi Land / Maroochydore
Fri 10 Nov – The Northern – Arakwal Land / Byron Bay
Sat 11 Nov – Burleigh Bazaar – Kombumerri Land / Burleigh Heads
Sat 18 Nov – The Zoo – Meanjin / Brisbane
Sun 19 Nov – Mary’s Underground – Eora / Sydney (LIC/AA)
Fri 24 Nov – Oxford Art Factory – Eora / Sydney
Sat 25 Nov – Volta – Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung Land / Ballarat
Sun 26 Nov – Republic Bar – nipaluna / Hobart

Fan pre-sale via band mailing list: Fri 11 Aug @ 9am AEST

General on sale: Mon 14 Aug @ 10am AEST

Tickets will be made available on general on-sale via therions.com

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Follow THE RIONS
Website – Instagram – Facebook
Twitter – Unearthed – Youtube

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About THE RIONS

First forming back in high school where they took to talent shows encouraged by their music teacher Mr. Stone (father to Northern Beaches musical royalty Angus & Julia), Noah Blockley, Harley Wilson, Asher McLean, and Tom Partington went on to upload their single ‘Night Light’ to triple j Unearthed. From there that the band went on to take out the winning prize for Unearthed High in 2021 which catapulted them to national recognition. Earning their badge as ‘ones to watch’, The Rions continue to turn heads. Embarking on their first ever headline tour in Aug/Sep 2022 their spin on indie-rock saw the teenagers sell out all nine shows weeks in advance. The shows solidified a loyal fanbase of their own, citing influence from Arctic Monkeys, Dayglow, Spacey Jane, Lime Cordiale and The Beatles, their sound has already racked up some 11 million streams worldwide across their catalogue including ‘Sadie’, ‘Halfway Out’ and ‘Head Still Hurts’ followed by ‘Disassociation’ and ‘Anakin’, each stronger than the last.

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AMNPLIFY – ML