All present and accounted for
THE
future begins tomorrow night, when Melbourne rock royalty British India return to Hobart to launch their latest album.
British India — Declan Melia (vocals, guitar), Nic Wilson (guitar), Will Drummond (bass) and Matt O’Gorman (drums) — have released a string of muchloved albums and singles over the past decade, with their most popular tracks including Black & White Radio, Tie Up My Hands, Run the Red Light, I Said I’m Sorry,
Vanilla, Plastic Souvenirs and I Can Make You Love Me. The band’s fifth album, Nothing Touches Me, debuted at No.5 on the ARIA album chart in 2015, making British India the first Australian rock band since Grinspoon to have four consecutive top-10 releases.
Popular album singles Suddenly and Wrong Direction have collectively chalked up more than three million Spotify streams.
After the success of Nothing Touches Me, British India found themselves at crossroads and decided to try something new, teaming up with an external producer — Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson — for the first time.
The result was the band’s explosive and ambitious new album Forgetting The Future, which came out last month and features the lead single Precious.
“We were tapping into the same ferocity you feel when you first start writing songs, just going for it, getting songs out without overthinking them, fast and hard,’’ Melia says.
“The way I see it, the sound is futuristic but it’s still raw.”
Renowned as one of the country’s hardest-working bands, British India have now embarked on a massive 32-date national tour to launch Forgetting The Future.
Joined by local support Verticoli, they play at the Republic Bar in North Hobart from 10pm tomorrow. Tickets are $30 pre-sale from the venue and www.moshtix.com.au, or $35 at the door.
British India also play at Club 54 in Launceston on Saturday night.