Don't Freak Out, But Gang Of Youths Are Back With A Brand New Album & Aussie Tour

Following their widely-acclaimed debut album, The Positions, as well as their Let Me Be Clear EP, Gang Of Youths are back with their highly-anticipated second LP and a national tour to boot. 

Go Farther In Lightness is due for release on Friday, 18 August, on Mosy Recordings/Verge via Sony Music and the quintet will head off on an epic seven-date tour shortly after, which will see them perform in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide and Fremantle.

"Go Farther In Lightness is my healing record," frontman Dave Le'aupepe said.

"I suppose it's my attempt of making sense of the world, and to some effect, my attempt to make the lessons I've learned from my heroes, my favourite texts, my friends and from my short time on earth readily accessible and available to you.  

"So, Go Farther In Lightness is about being a real life human being. With all our self-loathing, hopes, anxieties, sorrows and joys. It is about not knowing what the fuck I'm doing, but having a good ol' stab at it anyways. It is about demonstrating empathy, overthinking metaphysics and, at the risk of seeming overly trite, embracing humanness in myself and those around me in the here and now.

"No, I don’t believe that we are 'cool', nor do we clothe ourselves in ornaments of what is currently in vogue re: indie rock in 2017. We are not predominantly white, middle-class progressives producing music self-aware and effete — nor are we making a new fetishised brand of garage punk. We're something of an in-between, I think. Not cool, but not totally garish and awkward, attempting to make music about, and for the forgotten people whom like us, have always had trouble finding a place.

"What I do believe however, is that music that is geared toward connecting with all people on a human level, and bypassing bullshitty, arbitrary ephemera is making a cultural return in some way.

"Maybe it never left, and I'm playing the dumb card. But I hope that Go Farther In Lightness is part of this new sincere in some way. Because it means a lot to me, and to us and I hope it finds its way into the hearts of you who would dare to let go of your cynicism for an hour and a half."

Along with the album and tour news, Gang Of Youths have dropped new track, Atlas Drowned, which you can listen to here, before follow-up single, The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows, hits the airwaves on 26 May. 

If that all wasn't enough already, the Go Farther In Lightness LP will also be accompanied by a limited distribution of tailored coloured vinyl copies on the band's website. 

For a look at all of the upcoming tour dates, click on theGuide or scroll down.