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News: Rise & Fall announce national tour dates!
Posted
on November 18 2009
Possessed with an earth shaking heaviness and alarming "no frills" punk urgency, Belgium's Rise And Fall are the next chapter of true hardcore / punk greatness.
Rise And Fall sharpened their teeth with their debut album, "Hellmouth" in 2004 and not long after shed members only to evolve into a revamped, recharged musical monster. After months of gruelling work with the new line-up, Rise And Fall released their "Into Oblivion" album in 2005 (Deathwish) to be praised by aggressive music connoisseurs worldwide, propelling Rise And Fall to the forefront of the hardcore community.
In the last few years, Rise And Fall have been tirelessly touring the world over. Sharing stages worldwide with Converge, Integrity, Coliseum, Ceremony, Have Heart, Shipwreck a.d., and many more of the hardcore community's leading artists.
Four years since the release of "Into Oblivion", Rise And Fall have now completed their circle. On October 27th, Rise And Fall released their highly anticipated new album "Our Circle Is Vicious" on Deathwish / Stomp and this December will finish the year with their first visit to Australia where they will be joined by Perth's Blkout and Newcastle's The Hollow. Tickets on sale now.
Tour dates are:
Dec 9 Rosemount, Perth Dec 10 YMCA HQ, Perth AA Dec 11 Enigma Bar, Adelaide AA Dec 12 Ding Dong, Melbourne Dec 13 Castle, Melbourne AA Dec 16 Bald Faced Stag, Sydney Lic / AA Dec 17 YAC, Byron Bay AA Dec 18 Princess Theatre, Brisbane AA Dec 19 Rosies, Brisbane
Adelaide Big Day Out. We were staying in the same hotel as other artists and I came downstaris to go to the after party and a big crowd was surrounding Aracde Fire and Bjork at the grand piano in the restaurant of the hotel. They were doing old show tunes and everyone was singing along. The lead singer of Arcade Fire was playing piano and everyone was singing along. I recall Buddy Holly's 'Everyday It's Getting Closer', a couple of ABBA songs and some John Lennon, it was very cool. Favourite festivals moments though are just when it's a good show with good reactions, where you don't have to think too much on stage and lose yourself.
Ideal Lineup? I'd have bands that would never be seen on the same stage because they've long since broken up or died, I'd have Blur opening the festival followed by the Smiths who would reform for my music festival, and At The Drive In would finish the day just when I was drunk enough to dance like they can.
Fave artist you've seen at a Music Festival? Rage Against The Machine. Also, Brand New who are a vastly under rated band from New York that played at Big Day Out. I saw them pretty much without fail at every Big Day Out and they were astounding, and to use the the cliche, quite inspiring. I've ripped off many of their moves since then!
Tips for attending Music Festivals Don't break your neck. Don't worry too much about getting to the front for every band you want to see. It's probably better to pick 4 or so that you can really absorb as opposed to having cursory glances at every one. It's like any 'day out' it's best to pace yourself, don't go mental and try to see everything, relax and take it all in.
