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Woodlock announce national tour

Woodlock announce national tour

Following their sold-out national tour in June, Melbourne’s favourite boys from Woodlock are packing up and hitting the road again in September and October.

17 shows, 6 states and 3 regional festivals will welcome the indie-rock threesome. The five week tour celebrates the release of their new single The Garden, which represents a shift in sound for the band. Addison Lynch from Hillydilly Music described the track as a “celestial masterpiece”, saying “Woodlock excels at transforming elemental components of a rock band into a work of art with little aid from the digital world.”

The Garden is the second single from their recently released EP Labour of Love, which debuted in the overall ARIA charts top 100 and also in the ARIA top 50 digital downloads chart. The release also sat comfortably, for over 3 weeks, in the iTunes Singer/songwriter charts.

Woodlock are being supported on THE GARDEN TOUR by Fieu (pronounced fee-yu), Brisbane’s six piece alternate pop collective headed by powerhouse songstress Emily Brewis. Think London Grammar or Portishead with ultra-sizzling lyricist.

Brothers Eze and Zech Walters and Bowen Purcell, who are Woodlock, do things differently. They built the love around their music through busking. Many of their over 17,500 facebook followers enjoyed their street shows and have supported them since. The band have no label, no investors and no radio airplay as yet.

“We are blessed, we seem to have a very loyal fan base” said Eze Walters. They are not just numbers on our facebook, they are people who enjoy our music and are willing to make the effort to come and see us. It’s something we really appreciate”.

THE GARDEN TOUR takes the band to Western Australia and Tasmania for the first time.

WEBSITE:  Woodlock Music 

DOWNLOAD: https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/woodlock

PROMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huFMWJ8Bm9o

THE GARDEN TOUR:

*Thurs 18th Sept – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide
Fri 19th Sept – Hyde Park Hotel, Perth
Sat 20th Sept – Rottofest, Rottnest Island
*Thurs 25th Sept – Beav’s Bar, Geelong
*Fri 26th Sept – Babushka Bar, Ballarat
*Sat 27th Sept – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
*Sun 28th Sept – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (hold)
*Fri 3rd Oct – The Cambridge Hotel Side Bar, Newcastle
*Sat 4th Oct – The Pier, Port Macquarie
Sun 5th Oct – Wildwood Festival, Port Macquarie
Wed 8th Oct – The Rails, Byron Bay
*Thurs 9th Oct – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
*Fri 10th Oct – Newtown Social Club, Sydney
*Sat 11th Oct – RAD, Wollongong
*Sun 12th Oct – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
Fri 17th Oct – Fresh, Launceston
Sat 18th Oct – Republic Bar, Hobart
24-25 October – Swagger, Mansfield

With special guests FIEU*

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Woodlock do it their way

Woodlock do it their way

A national tour that initially sold out weeks in advance on a marketing budget of $150, 3 new shows added and only 2 shows with tickets remaining, #39 on the digital ARIA charts and no radio airplay. Ever. Oh, and no label.

These are just some of the queer facts about Woodlock, a folk-pop-rock act from Melbourne playing a sold out national tour right now.

The Melbourne based band are brothers Eze and Zech Walters and Bowen Purcell. They built the love around their music through busking in Bourke Street Mall, where they developed their fan base, many of whom are now among their over 15,000 facebook followers.

Their first EP “Lemons” has sold over 15,000 copies on the streets since April last year. It has now been followed by “Labour of Love”, showcasing the maturity and development in their sound.

The polished and revived Woodlock sound comes with the help of ARIA award-winning producer Wayne Connolly (Josh Pyke, Boy Bear and The Paper Kites) who took the trio from Melbourne under his wing for two weeks of intensive recording at Alberts Studio’s in Neutral Bay, Sydney.

“I think people like our music because we have an enthusiastic drummer, he’s really smiley” joked Eze Walters of percussionist Bowen Purcell. “Zac and I have been writing and playing music together since we were little. We were home schooled and mum was really creative in the way she taught us. She would write songs for us to learn things, like the seasons and the countries. She would dress us up and we’d do plays. We got put in school for the last two years because I was fighting with mum. We tried to do music but failed. We were good at playing but not so much the theory”.

“Two years ago we quit our jobs, bought a caravan for $200 and did it up so it was legal. We thought we’d travel around Australia, busk and pick fruit. The fruit picking was hard and our busking went off. I guess that’s when we committed to our music full time”.

Woodlock – Labour of Love

In the top 100 on the digital ARIA charts; 97.ha: http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/33225/chartifacts

Has stayed in the top 10 on the singer/songwriter charts on iTunes since the EP was released on 16th May

Link for some free streaming, https://soundcloud.com/aloof-music/sets/woodlock-ep-preview/s-IP64I. Check out ‘The Garden’, which will be the band’s second single.

Sneak-peak preview to ‘My Throne’ video clip https://vimeo.com/96515898

(Keep in mind it is only 70% finished!)

MY THRONE NATIONAL TOUR

WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE THE FRONT GALLERY CANBERRA (SOLD OUT)

FRI 6 JUNE – BRIGHTON UP BAR – SYDNEY (SOLD OUT)

SAT 14 JUNE – SOUTHSIDE TEA ROOM – BRISBANE (SOLD OUT)

WED 19 JUNE – THE CAFÉ SERIES – ADELAIDE (SOLD OUT)

THU 19 JUNE – THE CAFÉ SERIES – ADELAIDE (SOLD OUT)

FRI 20 JUNE – SHEBEEN – MELBOURNE (SOLD OUT)

TUE 24 JUNE – SHEBEEN – MELBOURNE (Limited tickets)

WED 25 JUNE – SHEEBEEN MELBOURNE(SOLD OUT)

SAT 28 JUNE – SUB – MELBOURNE (U/18’S) (Limited tickets)

https://www.facebook.com/WoodlockMusic