It’s a big day for multi-award-winning Gold Coast-based alternative six-piece SELVE. Today, they’ve announced a companion EP to their recent album Breaking Into Heaven, plus headline tour dates along the East Coast.
Today’s announcements arrive following a support slot with Playlunch and a festival season that included appearances at Spilt Milk, Lost Paradise, and St. Kilda Festival. They also come ahead of the group’s previously announced 20-date tour across Europe and the UK, which begins next week.
SELVE have launched their new EP, Breaking Outta Heaven, with the fan-favourite, Desire, which you can check out below. The EP drops on Friday, 19 June – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.
“Desire is an absolute favourite of ours; we play it at almost every gig despite it not being on [Breaking Into Heaven], and it’s often a crowd favourite,” frontman Loki Liddle explained.
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“It rocks, it is really fun, and it is basically just about that fire that gets you going out there in the world - fighting for what you value and believe in, fighting to bring a dream to life, or maybe giving absolutely everything for the person you love.”
He continued, “Far from being the root of all suffering, desire is life force and the fire of the spirit. I hope Desire gives people full permission to drop into their highest frequency and just fucking go for it. Chase your dreams despite your parents’ concern, ask that cute person out on a date, be who you are loudly and proudly and be willing to burn the hedges of the maze down on your way to your answer.”
SELVE will celebrate the release of Breaking Outta Heaven with a run of headline shows this winter. They’re set to perform at Brisbane’s Against The Grain festival on Saturday, 20 June, followed by Wollongong’s TBH Fridays on Friday, 10 July, Melbourne’s Lulie’s Tavern on Friday, 14 August, and Brunswick Heads’ Hotel Brunswick on Saturday, 22 August.
Tickets are available via the band’s website.
Last year, SELVE made history when they unveiled the first-ever full-length album recorded by an Aboriginal artist at the iconic Abbey Road Studios. The Breaking Outta Heaven EP was recorded between Midnight Special Records in the French countryside and during their recording stint at Abbey Road’s infamous Studio 3.
Liddle explained, “Despite the awe of it all, I was gripped every day with the knowledge that I was only there because of those who have come before me, that I was sent there by my ancestors and my community because something bigger than myself was happening, and that my job was to devote myself to the music & story - and not get in its way so that it could communicate itself.”
To find out more about Breaking Into Heaven, check out The Music’s recent cover story with SELVE.
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BREAKING OUTTA HEAVEN TOUR
Saturday 20 June - Against The Grain, Turrbal Country, Magan-djin/Brisbane QLD
Friday 10 July - TBH Fridays, Dharawal Country, Woolyungah/Wollongong NSW
Friday 14 August - Lulies Tavern, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, Naarm/Melbourne VIC
Saturday 22 August - Hotel Brunswick, Bundjalung Country, Brunswick Heads NSW






