The Smith Street Band release third album Throw Me In The River
Throw Me In The River, the third LP from Melbourne’s The Smith Street Band is multidimensional. Full of their trademark earnest storytelling, it too serves as a snapshot of the last few years of their hectic lives. Often dark but always honest, the album is a virtual passport to their global rise, with songs written in Winnipeg, Salt Lake City, Calgary, London, New York and North Melbourne amongst other places.
Since their 2010 inception, the band has done things their own way and at their own pace: full steam ahead, with Throw Me In The River no exception.
Nestling down in a cottage in the pristine surrounds of Forrest, in The Otways, Victoria, the album saw the band team up with Bomb The Music Industry’s Jeff Rosenstock as producer, Jonathan Low (The War On Drugs, The National) as mixer and once again work with close friends Matt Voigt (Don't Fuck With Our Dreams) and Sam Johnson (Sunshine & Technology) to engineer the record.
What would typically be a taxing time for any band, particularly following up the success of 2012’s Sunshine & Technology, wasn’t so for The Smith Street Band, as they momentarily stepped outside the makeshift studio to perform an inspired cover of Courtney Barnett’s History Eraser for triple j’s Like A Version and completed a 9-date sold out Australian tour with Violent Soho.
With a population of just 170 people, a surprise solo show from Wil Wagner at the local pub, The Wonky Donkey, had the entire town of Forrest talking. In near freezing conditions, the gig and the bonfire after party that followed united locals and was magically captured by photographer Andy Johnson for the album’s cover art, a final thankyou to the small community that hosted the band for a month of recording. The personal connection between band and fans may change in its setting, but the unbridled feeling of joy and inclusiveness that echoes from their shows remains the same.
Having just announced a national Australian tour for this November with New Jersey's indie-folk-punk sweethearts The Front Bottoms and English comrades Apologies, I Have None, hometown heroes, The Smith Street Band will spend October playing shows throughout Europe and the UK. Before jetting to the USA for a short East Coast tour, including a third straight appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida.
Be it at Boston’s House Of Blues, a basement bar in South West London, Groezrock Festival in Belgium or a secret show in the small township of Forrest, The Smith Street Band have honed their live show with precision over the past 12 months.
Testament to their global appeal, Throw Me In The River will be released via Poison City Records (Australia/NZ), SideOneDummy Records (USA/Canada), Banquet Records (UK) and Uncle M Music (Europe).
As the buzz follows The Smith Street Band wherever they go, with the imminent release of their third LP and touring plans for new continents, it’s only going to get louder.
Throw Me In The River Tour - November 2014
With special guests the Front Bottoms (USA) & Apologies, I Have None (UK)
Wed 19th Nov - Hobart, Brisbane Hotel
Thu 20th Nov - Adelaide, The Gov
Fri 21st Nov - Brisbane, The Hi-Fi
Sat 22nd Nov - Sydney, Manning Bar
Sun 23rd Nov - Canberra, Zierholz @ UC
Mon 24th Nov - Sydney, Factory Theatre
Wed 26th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel
Thu 27th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel - SOLD OUT
Fri 28th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel, Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Sat 29th Nov - Perth, Rosemount Hotel - SOLD OUT
Sun 30th Nov - Fremantle, Railway Hotel Beer Garden
The Smith Street Band - underage Melbourne album launch
Sat Dec 6th Nov - The Reverence Hotel, Footscray (U18) w/The Bennies, Fear Like Us & Rockenspiele
Since their 2010 inception, the band has done things their own way and at their own pace: full steam ahead, with Throw Me In The River no exception.
Nestling down in a cottage in the pristine surrounds of Forrest, in The Otways, Victoria, the album saw the band team up with Bomb The Music Industry’s Jeff Rosenstock as producer, Jonathan Low (The War On Drugs, The National) as mixer and once again work with close friends Matt Voigt (Don't Fuck With Our Dreams) and Sam Johnson (Sunshine & Technology) to engineer the record.
What would typically be a taxing time for any band, particularly following up the success of 2012’s Sunshine & Technology, wasn’t so for The Smith Street Band, as they momentarily stepped outside the makeshift studio to perform an inspired cover of Courtney Barnett’s History Eraser for triple j’s Like A Version and completed a 9-date sold out Australian tour with Violent Soho.
With a population of just 170 people, a surprise solo show from Wil Wagner at the local pub, The Wonky Donkey, had the entire town of Forrest talking. In near freezing conditions, the gig and the bonfire after party that followed united locals and was magically captured by photographer Andy Johnson for the album’s cover art, a final thankyou to the small community that hosted the band for a month of recording. The personal connection between band and fans may change in its setting, but the unbridled feeling of joy and inclusiveness that echoes from their shows remains the same.
Having just announced a national Australian tour for this November with New Jersey's indie-folk-punk sweethearts The Front Bottoms and English comrades Apologies, I Have None, hometown heroes, The Smith Street Band will spend October playing shows throughout Europe and the UK. Before jetting to the USA for a short East Coast tour, including a third straight appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida.
Be it at Boston’s House Of Blues, a basement bar in South West London, Groezrock Festival in Belgium or a secret show in the small township of Forrest, The Smith Street Band have honed their live show with precision over the past 12 months.
Testament to their global appeal, Throw Me In The River will be released via Poison City Records (Australia/NZ), SideOneDummy Records (USA/Canada), Banquet Records (UK) and Uncle M Music (Europe).
As the buzz follows The Smith Street Band wherever they go, with the imminent release of their third LP and touring plans for new continents, it’s only going to get louder.
Throw Me In The River Tour - November 2014
With special guests the Front Bottoms (USA) & Apologies, I Have None (UK)
Wed 19th Nov - Hobart, Brisbane Hotel
Thu 20th Nov - Adelaide, The Gov
Fri 21st Nov - Brisbane, The Hi-Fi
Sat 22nd Nov - Sydney, Manning Bar
Sun 23rd Nov - Canberra, Zierholz @ UC
Mon 24th Nov - Sydney, Factory Theatre
Wed 26th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel
Thu 27th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel - SOLD OUT
Fri 28th Nov - Melbourne, Corner Hotel, Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Sat 29th Nov - Perth, Rosemount Hotel - SOLD OUT
Sun 30th Nov - Fremantle, Railway Hotel Beer Garden
The Smith Street Band - underage Melbourne album launch
Sat Dec 6th Nov - The Reverence Hotel, Footscray (U18) w/The Bennies, Fear Like Us & Rockenspiele
