Motor Ace Australian tour and new single Knock Knock
Melbourne rockers Motor Ace have officially returned from the sonic wilderness after 17 years, announcing a brand new single Knock Knock that traces its origins all the way back to the early 2000s. Released Friday 25th March, the single relishes in hard-rocking riffs and the potent spirit of the group’s breakout 2001 debut album Five Star Laundry; a fitting connection, with Motor Ace also imminently gearing up for their Five Star Laundry Anniversary tour.
Knock Knock consummately continues the legendary Motor Ace journey, blending remnants of the group’s trademark alt-rock and post-grunge grit with a sharpened modern slant. Bustling with driving guitars, infectious hooks and a guest vocal appearance from Icehouse’s Paul Gildea, the jangly Knock Knock sprang from an idea that had actually been written between Motor Ace’s 2001 debut full-length Five Star Laundry and the ravenous follow up, 2002’s Shoot This.
But the universe had other plans for this new 2022 earworm, as Motor Ace vocalist and guitarist Patrick Robertson explains, ‘It’s an idea that was kicking around back in the day, but we never got around to finishing it. We’d always loved the sound, but it was written between the first and second records and didn’t really fit with what we were aiming for on the second. Probably should have finished it then!’.
Needing very little introduction, Motor Ace’s standing in the Australian music scene harks back to their debut album Five Star Laundry which went gold within its first month of going on sale. The group would go on to relentlessly tour and release albums over a short space of time, boasting support slots alongside Foo Fighters, Oasis and Blink-182, and three studio albums in just under five years. Motor Ace’s rollicking tunes were airwave mainstays at the turn of the millennium, alongside sold-out shows and ARIA chart domination, including the #1 debut of their sophomore album Shoot This in 2002. And while the world and the music industry at large has changed drastically since the early, heady days of the 2000s, the 2022 iteration of Motor Ace has aged like a very fine wine – this is Motor Ace fresh out of the noughties, and things are only just getting started.
Tickets on sale now.
Fri 10th June - Fremantle, Freo Social - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 11th June - Perth, Badlands - tickets from Oztix
Thu 16th June - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from Moshtix
Fri 17th June - Sydney, The Factory Theatre - tickets from the Factory Theatre
Sat 18th June - Newcastle, The Cambridge Hotel - tickets from Oztix
Thu 23rd June - Adelaide, The Gov - tickets from Oztix
Fri 24th June - Melbourne, 170 Russell - tickets from Moshtix
Knock Knock consummately continues the legendary Motor Ace journey, blending remnants of the group’s trademark alt-rock and post-grunge grit with a sharpened modern slant. Bustling with driving guitars, infectious hooks and a guest vocal appearance from Icehouse’s Paul Gildea, the jangly Knock Knock sprang from an idea that had actually been written between Motor Ace’s 2001 debut full-length Five Star Laundry and the ravenous follow up, 2002’s Shoot This.
But the universe had other plans for this new 2022 earworm, as Motor Ace vocalist and guitarist Patrick Robertson explains, ‘It’s an idea that was kicking around back in the day, but we never got around to finishing it. We’d always loved the sound, but it was written between the first and second records and didn’t really fit with what we were aiming for on the second. Probably should have finished it then!’.
Needing very little introduction, Motor Ace’s standing in the Australian music scene harks back to their debut album Five Star Laundry which went gold within its first month of going on sale. The group would go on to relentlessly tour and release albums over a short space of time, boasting support slots alongside Foo Fighters, Oasis and Blink-182, and three studio albums in just under five years. Motor Ace’s rollicking tunes were airwave mainstays at the turn of the millennium, alongside sold-out shows and ARIA chart domination, including the #1 debut of their sophomore album Shoot This in 2002. And while the world and the music industry at large has changed drastically since the early, heady days of the 2000s, the 2022 iteration of Motor Ace has aged like a very fine wine – this is Motor Ace fresh out of the noughties, and things are only just getting started.
Tickets on sale now.
Fri 10th June - Fremantle, Freo Social - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 11th June - Perth, Badlands - tickets from Oztix
Thu 16th June - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from Moshtix
Fri 17th June - Sydney, The Factory Theatre - tickets from the Factory Theatre
Sat 18th June - Newcastle, The Cambridge Hotel - tickets from Oztix
Thu 23rd June - Adelaide, The Gov - tickets from Oztix
Fri 24th June - Melbourne, 170 Russell - tickets from Moshtix
