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You’ve heard from Drawn from Bees before, so you know the deal by now. Four art-rock aficionados, one very tall order – to write, record and release a fresh batch of music every six months.
Ahead of schedule, Drawn from Bees released The Sky Is Falling on October 2nd, their third studio offering since the rigorous creative schedules were imposed.
If such a sweat-provoking goal were conveniently forgotten amongst a flurry of coveted outdoor receptions including V Festival, triple j rotation of Autumn single ‘Long Tooth Setting Sun’ and solid East Coast touring, you’d probably forgive a band for being over-zealous. Though perhaps the only thing in over-supply for Drawn from Bees is an incessant source of melodic rock musings to accompany their haunting harmony work.
The Sky Is Falling EP offers a respite from the pace of earlier releases; a breathier departure from the building rock crescendos of The Boy & The Ocean, and the controlled, rollicking beat of And The Blind Shall Lead The Way, which earned Album of the Week (Brag) and Indie Release of the Week (Rave).
Where previous radio single ‘Long Tooth Setting Sun’ delivers tight riffs with a driving backbeat, lead track ‘Cables In The Sky’ taken from the latest EP affords the breathing space to present carefully layered guitars over a pounding rhythm section. Opening with a playful sing-a-long refrain written purely to live inside your head for days at a time, ‘Cables In The Sky’ is a down-tempo shift in gear that manages to still hold close the undulating signature sound of Drawn from Bees.
Strung amongst the series of interconnected vignettes, a standout track ‘Bus Now’ encapsulates the highlights of a prolific history of meditative harmonies and clean melody layering - a window into the essence of Drawn from Bees in one neat three and a half minute package.
With the official release of The Sky Is Falling, Drawn from Bees will again traipse the East Coast touring circuit, following an invitation to showcase at Brisbane’s international Big Sound conference, and festival slots at Sounds of Spring and Valley Fiesta.
Buzzwords (and puns) aside, Drawn from Bees have spent their formative year building a name and proving themselves as something more than a band with a crazy idea.
Hey guys- Thanks for coming to Boyne...love your music...hope we can do it again...All the best with your next album.....will continue to promote you guys......love ya...Ange...Tannum Police
hello guys! amazing show at boyne :) i am the guy from the front :) hope to see yous again soon :) your music is amazing keep it up. oh hope the pub was fun and you found vegetarian food!
Just letting you know, my EP "Imaginary Mind" has finally arrived! It can be bought from my website for $10, which is found on my page, and along with that i have also uploaded two songs from it! So please have a listen if you have time, would be great to hear what you think!
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on
November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast
launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was
originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic
wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic
compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe
Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was
recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that
Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists
and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording
studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered
sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD
Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you
this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29
October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom
Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst
w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford
Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne-
Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and
Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy
Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
hey guys- was just watching the importance of being Ernest the other day & realised where you got your name. took me a while but i got there! happy shows x
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