New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Returning from playing shows across the country, Castlecomer are excited to be back in Sydney and releasing new single "
Escapism" as well as announcing the release of a very special
Double A-side 7" of new single "
Escapism" along with previous single "Fire Alarm" (Available 19th December).
Written after a fraught 24 hours when the band were at their lowest, "Fire Alarm" came to the band when they had lost a sense for what they were doing. The song received 300,000 Spotify streams in a month and went to the top 10 on the Global Spotify Viral Charts, as well as top 10 places in USA, UK, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Singapore and the Philippines. The band then went on tour in October along the East Coast of Australia with shows in Melbourne and Brisbane and selling out shows in Sydney, Canberra and Milton.
Their next offering comes in the form of 'Escapism':
(noun) "the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities,
especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy."
Written while lead-singer Bede was working in a boarding house for men with schizophrenia, 'Escapism' is a reflection on the human necessity to find ways to escape every-day life.
Castlecomer have been doing things the old fashioned way since their inception in 2012. Hitting the road in their beat up Tarago, the band took The
Beatles "Hamburg" approach to touring, playing approximately 500 shows across Australia over 3 years.
Constantly touring built the band a dedicated fan base and enabled them to craft and hone their live show - leading them to sell out 4 headline tours including several Oxford Art Factories, play several festivals including
Secret Garden and a 4,000 strong crowd at Woodford Folk Festival in 2014, and supported a swathe of awesome Australian bands including Art Vs Science, Kingswood, Husky and The Griswolds. During this time they released their "Lone
Survivor EP", and the "Miss December EP" which they recorded with Tony Buchen (The Preatures, Thelma Plum, Loon Lake), which gave them a great start at community radio nationally with rotation singles "Fugitive" and "Miss December".
Since that fateful night, Castlecomer have spent the best part of 2015 writing and demoing for their debut album, spending time in the studio with both Scott Horscroft (Birds of Tokyo,
Empire of the Sun,
Little Red) and Jean-Paul Fung (Last Dinosaurs, Art Vs Science,
Client Liaison). The first single "Fire Alarm" and new single "
Escapism" are both a product of this collaboration.
Escapism will be available for download on November 17th.
The
Double A-side will be available December 19th.
