Australian hit machine Diesel has today announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the road once again this October. With his powerhouse band, Diesel will showcase songs from all three Sunset Suburbia EPs, plus hits and fan favourites spanning 30 years of music making.
Diesel says,
“Suburbia has always held a strange fascination for me. I remember designer cul-de-sacs strewn with shotgun shells in Chandler, Arizona; little vignettes of skateboarding around closed service stations on weekends in Perth; some guy in the hot tub in his backyard where I’m riding my bike over the rail overpass in Sydney. I love going into where people live — the sights, the smells, the little repetitive things that make their world. It’s kind of a bittersweet thing but it’s the stuff of life and it has a way of making songs.”
After more than 30 years of recording, Mark Lizotte (Diesel) has found a more direct route from inspiration to revelation.
“I’ve really enjoyed [recording the EPs] as it elongates the recording process, allowing for each EP to take on a uniqueness. I’ve always been a bit bummed when getting to the end of making a record, and this in a way delays gratification, making 3 ‘mini albums’ on the way to an LP. I’m also really excited at the prospect of releasing each one as limited edition signed and numbered 10” vinyl to compliment the tour.”
Vol. I of Sunset Suburbia follows last year’s top-20 retrospective, Diesel 30: a double CD which was led by the FM radio embrace of ‘Give Me Saturday Night’. The second Sunset Suburbia EP will drop later this year, Vol. III is currently under construction, and an album, featuring even more new songs, is due in 2020. Pre-order available here
DIESEL SUNSET SUBURBIA TOUR AUSTRALIA OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2019 |
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Thursday 10 October 20 Years At The Brass Monkey Brass Monkey | Cronulla, NSWTickets on sale Monday 2nd September * Solo show Friday 11 October Central Hotel | Shellharbour, NSWcentralhotelshellharbour.com.auSaturday 12 October Manly Leagues Club | Manly, NSWoztix.com.auFriday 18 October Entrance Leagues | Bateau Bay, NSWoztix.com.auSaturday 19 October Wingham Akoostic Festival | Wingham Showground | Wingham, NSWakoostik.com.auFriday 25 October Gateway Hotel | Geelong, VICoztix.com.auSaturday 26 October York On Lilydale | Lilydale, VIC oztix.com.au
Friday 1 November The Juniors | Kingsford, NSWseatadvisor.comSaturday 2 November Hornsby RSL | Hornsby, NSWhornsbyrsl.com.auSaturday 9 November Bridgetown Blues Festival | Bridgetown, WAbluesatbridgetown.com.auSunday 10 November 96FM Kickstart Summer Concert w/ Jimmy Barnes Ascot Racetrack | Perth, WAticketmaster.com.auFriday 15 November The Triffid | Brisbane, QLDoztix.com.auSaturday 16 November Southport RSL | Gold Coast, QLDseatadvisor.comFriday 22 November The Gov | Adelaide, SAoztix.com.auSaturday 23 November Get Your Blues On | Renmark Riverfront | Renmark, SA
Friday 29 November Lizottes | Newcastle, NSWlizottes.com.auSaturday 30 November Lizottes | Newcastle, NSWlizottes.com.auFriday 6 December The Basement | Canberra, ACToztix.com.auSaturday 7 December Paddington RSL | Paddington, NSWoztix.com.auFriday 13 December Lizottes | Newcastle, NSWlizottes.com.auSaturday 14 December Lizottes | Newcastle, NSWlizottes.com.au
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