Banks Arcade announce debut album 'Future Lovers' out July 29 & release 'Be Someone'
Melbourne-via-NZ rockers Banks Arcade have dropped a single and video today... and it's from their debut record out on July 29 through UNFD!
(Neal Walters)
Banks Arcade are fiercely barrelling towards the release of their debut full-length, with the announcement today of Future Lovers due out on Friday 29 July via UNFD!
Starting out in Auckland only a short number of years ago, Banks Arcade have always been a group hell-bent on innovation and ambition, welding elements of hard rock, electro and metalcore into their creative DNA. And while the group's impending full-length album was born in the midst of a global pandemic, the end result is one completely lacking constraint, reflecting the band's own personal journey of self discovery while defying expectations; a fact fans will be able to witness with gusto live in action, with a sea of shows and tours imminent for the group, including an appearance at Download Festival in the UK this June, capital city supports alongside Thornhill in July, and 27 regional dates supporting In Hearts Wake starting in August.
Originally conceived as a concept album before morphing into a dedicated capsule of introspection, Future Lovers was ultimately shaped by its own surrounding hurdles and unique opportunities. “The pandemic definitely allowed the space to have no expectations,” says O'Donnell of the album’s conception. “For me, I’ve been so busy over the past five years, grinding to try and make this music thing work, and this finally freed up the time to not have to go to work and to focus. I basically went back to New Zealand to my family home where everything is cosy and nice, I was in nature in New Zealand and was just able to wake up every day and write.”
And while escaping into nature and familiar surroundings, O'Donnell was also offered the opportunity to explore new sounds alongside uninterrupted introspection, expanding upon the unique array of genres that both he and the broader Banks Arcade band have been immersed in over the years. “It wasn’t even just heavy music,” O'Donnell explains. “Our whole musical journeys came to a head, and there was the space there for the creation to happen.”
'FUTURE LOVERS' - OUT FRIDAY 29 JULY
https://unfd.lnk.to/
~ TRACKLIST ~
1. Future Lovers
2. Freaks
3. Fake Your Death
4. Smile
5. Ether
6. Spark
7. Be Someone
8. Used
9. System Failed
10. Trip
11. Don't Start
12. Medicine
13. Wine
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