Today, Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are proud to announce The French Press, their debut EP for their new US label, Sub Pop, which will see release on March 10th. Alongside the announcement, the band has shared the title track, which can be heard below.
The French Press EP levels up on everything that made their debut EP, Talk Tight, such an immediate draw. Multi-tracked melodies which curl around one another, charging drums and addictive bass lines converge to give each track its driving momentum. Honed through their live shows, this relentless energy carries the record through new chapters in the band’s Australian storybook.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s songs have always had all the page-turning qualities of a good yarn and The French Press EP is no different. Somewhere between impressionists and fabulists, lyricists Fran Keaney, Tom Russo and Joe White often start with something rooted in real life – the melancholy of travel on “French Press,” having a hopeless crush on “Julie’s Place” – before building them into clever, quick vignettes. The result is lines blurred between fiction and reality – vibrant stories which get closer at a particular truth than either could alone.
Blending critical insight and literate love songs, The French Press EP cements Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever as one of Australia’s smartest working bands.
Pre-Order The French Press here
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER TOUR DATES
Fri. Jan. 27 – Melbourne, AUS @ Howler w/ Whitney
Thu. Feb. 2 – Sydney, AUS @ OAF w/ Whitney
Mon. Mar. 3 – Fri. Mar. 17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
Sat. Mar. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts w/ Tennis
Sun. Mar. 19 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ Tennis
Tue. Mar. 21 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tennis
Wed. Mar. 22 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tennis
Thu. Mar. 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium
Sun. Ma. 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Fri. Apr. 21 – Cats @ Adelaide, AUS @ Rocket Bar
Sat. Apr. 22 – Sydney, AUS @ Newtown Social Club
Fri. Apr. 28 – Brisbane, AUS @ Black Bear Lodge
Sat. Apr. 29 – Byron Bay, AUS @ The Great Northern
Sun. Apr. 30 – Gold Coast, AUS @ Shark Bar
Fri. May 12 – Melbourne, AUS @ The Tote
