Well-loved Melbourne gloom-rockers return with a spritely new album in ‘Desert Lights’.
After their May and June ‘Sci-Fi Sunsets’ tour, Something For Kate have finally released their first full-length in three years. ‘The Official Fiction’, from 2003, took an even more sombre approach than the band is usually known for, and in the interval they released the b-sides collection ‘Phantom Limbs’ while drummer Clint Hyndman dabbled with Infusion and Galluci.
They warmed up for ‘Desert Lights’ with the more energetic single ‘Cigarettes And Suitcases’ as well as an iTunes-only cover of The Cure’s ‘Close To Me’. Now the trio return with a more raw rock album than the luxuriant production of the previous two, returning to the introspective but fiery sound of their beginnings.
They spent three and a half months recording ‘Desert Lights’ in California, the bare sound coming with new producer Brad Wood (Pete Yorn, Ben Lee and the Smashing Pumpkins).
The band play an instore at JB Hi-Fi in Bourke St, Melbourne on July 1 and a small show at Jive Bar in Adelaide on July 12 before their appearance at Byron’s Splendour In The Grass on July 22.
