New Weird Australia returns with a 26-track compilation of eclectic and experimental music – the project’s first release in over five years.
Solitary Wave is a two-volume compilation of new Australian music made, remade and reconsidered during a global pandemic. Solitary Wave (Out) is a ritual for the displacement of energy. Solitary Wave (In) is for calming the fuck down.
Available as a Name Your Price download / stream from Bandcamp.
Listen to the second volume in this set, Solitary Wave (In).
Watch the Solitary Wave Launch Film featuring 14 artists from the compilation.
Across both volumes, Solitary Wave features Marcus Whale, Jannah Quill, Kcin, Fia Fiell, Happy Axe, Tzekin, Yunzero, Alex White, Wytchings, Lortica, Tutup Mulut, Jessica At Birth, Aqrn, Alexis Weaver, Eira, Invisible Prism, Bolt Gun, Moon Sign Gemini, Personal Touch, Nina In Ecstasy, Pattern Recognition Machines, Brainbeau, Cloud Sequence, Amby Downs, Brad Harkan and A Country Practice.
Tracklisting.
New Weird Australia, Solitary Wave (Out) | NWA018A
1. BOLT GUN Dragged To The Wood Pile (from ‘Begotten’) 3:37
2. MARCUS WHALE What Worth? (previously unreleased) 03:38
3. MOON SIGN GEMINI 004 (from ‘EP1’) 4:15
4. PERSONAL TOUCH Incapable (from ‘Egami’) 04:45
5. JANNAH QUILL Too Hot To Handle (previously unreleased) 4:56
6. YUNZERO Hum (previously unreleased) 1:50
7. NINA IN ECSTASY Party (from ‘Party’) 5:00
8. BRAINBEAU The Illumination of Eminonu (from ‘Infinite Ways’) 02:27
9. CLOUD SEQUENCE Zacht (from ‘Rpt. Esc. EP’) 6:27
10. KCIN Belief Network (previously unreleased) 3:09
11. PATTERN RECOGNITION MACHINES Ionosphere (from ‘Defunct’) 4:10
12. ALEX WHITE Transaction 1 (previously unreleased) 7:43
13. TUTUP MULUT Brick House By The River (previously unreleased) 1:19
14. JESSICA AT BIRTH Crash (previously unreleased) 3:13
Compiled by Stu Buchanan
Artwork by Sophie Penkethman-Young
Released May 2020
Sleeve Notes.
New Weird Australia returns with a 26-track compilation of eclectic and experimental music – the project’s first release in over five years.
Solitary Wave is a two-volume compilation of new Australian music made, remade and reconsidered during a global pandemic. Solitary Wave (Out) is a ritual for the displacement of energy. Solitary Wave (In) is for calming the fuck down.
Solitary Wave includes music from all states and territories around the country, including exclusives from Marcus Whale, Jannah Quill, Kcin, Fia Fiell, Happy Axe, Tzekin, Yunzero, Alex White, Wytchings, Lortica, Tutup Mulut, Jessica At Birth, Aqrn, Alexis Weaver, Eira and Invisible Prism.
The compilation additionally features music from recent releases by Bolt Gun, Moon Sign Gemini, Personal Touch, Nina In Ecstasy, Pattern Recognition Machines, Brainbeau, Cloud Sequence, Amby Downs, Brad Harkan and A Country Practice, and features cover artwork from Sydney artist Sophie Penkethman-Young.
Press.
“Sure it’s weird but there are some truly beautiful and unexpectedly calming pieces here – as well as a few the push the envelope both compositionally and sonically. The best of both worlds.”
Cyclic Defrost
New Weird Australia releases new two-volume compilation – NME
