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Today Newcastle punk rockers Trophy Eyes have announced the Suicide and Sunshine Australian Tour. The bands forthcoming studio album, Suicide and Sunshine, drops June 23 via Hopeless Records.  Full tour details below. 

Trophy Eyes recently released the album’s lead single What Hurts The Most. The single is a haunting song about pain, loss, and learning to say goodbye to relationships you’ve outgrown. The lyrics (as always) were Inspired by Trophy Eyes’ frontman John Floreani’s personal experiences, and are a vulnerable peek inside his life.

The track received the video treatment as well which fans can watch HERE.

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Trophy Eyes’ John Floreani shares of the new single:

“I moved to Newcastle, Australia in my early 20’s. My best friend and I had made a plan together in pursuit of happiness, and for some reason, to us, it all started there. He’d always struggled between the pressure of conventional life and risking all for the unattainable, and I’d always flourished in chaos. Like it does, time marched on. I joined Trophy Eyes and he dedicated his time to house deposits and long term relationships.

Trophy Eyes quickly consumed my life, taking my degree, relationships, friendships, jobs and homes – even the honour of best man. I found less and less time for motivational speeches, and even when I could, it was always met by a void of negativity. I gave up on him. Our friendship soured at the idea of what I’d sacrificed for my dream and how I’d neglected his. During a tour of Europe, he crossed a line back home, and I never saw him again.”

Just like the title Suicide and Sunshine, Trophy Eyes’ fourth album is about contrast. About light and dark. About beauty and tragedy. About the full spectrum of human existence, with each song plucked from the pages of frontman John Floreani’s life.

The album’s title comes from a lyric in the song “Sean”, Floreani writing that it was sunny when he heard of his mate’s passing, and that the Uber that took him to a gathering of Sean’s friends was playing poppy Top 40 hits. It is, however, a concept that’s long inspired the singer’s work.

“It’s the tragedy and the beauty of life. When we did Chemical Miracle, our second full length, the logo for the album was a palm tree and a noose. That’s literally suicide and sunshine. It’s always been there on my mind. And I think I finally just phonetically set it out. That encompasses everything I’ve been trying to do my entire career.” – John Floreani

The singer’s willingness to dive so deeply into the most personal parts of his life is matched by the band’s desire to explore the very boundaries of the hardcore and punk genres, incorporating dark modern pop, electronic flourishes courtesy of co-producer Fletcher Matthews, and atmospheric, swirling synths. 

“It’s where we are, it’s who we are just doing the stuff we like,” says Floreani. “It was just the guys getting together and focusing on our relationships, being brothers and being in a band again. And that’s what this record was for Trophy Eyes – a very happy revisiting of why the fuck we’re doing this in the first place.”

PRE-SAVE THE ALBUM HERE
(win a signed test pressing)

PRE – ORDER THE ALBUM HERE
(Australian exclusive coloured LP, win a signed Fender guitar)

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TROPHY EYES
SUICIDE AND SUNSHINE
AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Thursday 22 June – Fremantle Social Club, Fremantle 
Friday 23 June – The Gov, Adelaide 
Saturday 24 June – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne 
Friday 30 June – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Saturday 1 July – Metro Theatre, Sydney

For all ticket and tour information, go HERE

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TROPHY EYES
SUICIDE AND SUNSHINE
Track Listing

Sydney
Life In Slow Motion
People Like You
My Inheritance
Blue Eyed Boy
Runaway, Come Home
Burden
What Hurts The Most
OMW
Kill
Sweet Soft Sound
Stay Here
Epilogue

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Follow TROPHY EYES
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About TROPHY EYES

Trophy Eyes leads a new wave in rock music, blending their punk and hardcore roots with modern rock and pop sensibilities. Hailing from Newcastle, Australia, the 4 piece continue to edge away their own path selling out shows across the globe. Known for their brutally honest and emotional storytelling and lyricism combined with one of the most energetic live shows you can find, Trophy Eyes is set to take over.

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AMNPLIFY – ML