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Tonight Alive announce album release tour
Sydney's Tonight Alive are set to release their debut album, "What Are You So Scared Of?" on October 14th and to celebrate the release they will be hitting the road with Rufio (USA) on an Australia wide tour. Right from word-go, it was clear Tonight Alive were going somewhere. A year on, courted by labels and management secured, with two stellar EPs (All Shapes & Disguises and Consider This) under their belts, a demo of Tonight Alives new material landed on producer-extraordinaire Mark Trombinos (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, The Starting Line) desk. "Mark created the albums we all grew up listening to the albums that launched the careers of all these great bands". . Recorded at LA's infamous NRG Studios over two months, Trombino's personal interest in the project played out in other fortuitous ways. Nothing was left to editing or over Pro-Tooling, notes Whakaio. Jenna sang every line until it was right. I played every guitar part. The drum sound is natural and not heavily sampled. ...
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The Amity Affliction announce Youngbloods deluxe repackage
On June 18, 2010, The Amity Affliction released their second album Youngbloods. Youngbloods has been a monster success for a band that spent 7 years building their fanbase and refining their craft. On release it debuted at #6 on the ARIA Charts.14 months on and the band has achieved success on every level. Youngbloods was voted Album of the Year in Blunt Magazine and Triple J's Short Fast Loud and garnered ARIA and AIR Award nominations before recently winning QMusic's 'Most Popular Group' Award. They toured the world, made a late afternoon appearance as the only Australian act on Soundwave Festival this year, toured the world again, and then returned home to headline Destroy Music.The Youngbloods deluxe package features the whole album plus bonus tracks. It collects the pieces surrounding the album into a special 6 panel soft package with enhanced artwork, liner notes, exclusive interviews, live footage and more.