PRIDELANDS
SIGN TO RESIST RECORDS
AND RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO, HEAVY TONGUE
Heavy both instrumentally and in terms of its message, this song shines a harsh spotlight on the corruption and mismanagement of the devastating bushfires that raged through Australia from 2019 to 2020. An ominous drone introduces the song, like a shame spiral spewing forth rapid fire riffs and pelting drums. Simultaneous clean and unclean vocals spit unanimous vitriol: “By the time that you accept/ That we’re on fire/ The midnight oil spills out from the urn/ But all our beds are damned to burn away.”
“Lyrically, the new single is at heart, a song about corruption in our home country of Australia, both from its inception to the current day. The track highlights tones of inequity, ranging from parliamentary ignorance, to the lack of indigenous cultural teaching in our education systems, to gender inequality. Too many of Australia’s inhabitants “graduate” from their places of education without learning a single thing of the culture, rituals and environmental preservation tactics that the First Nation’s peoples carved the way for so many years prior to the white man’s invasion of this land.”
After winning the triple j Unearthed competition to perform on UNIFY Gathering’s main stage in 2019, Pridelands ticked off a major band goal early on in their career. “Playing on stages like that is what we wanna be doing,” Fowler confirms, “so to get the opportunity to play UNIFY was just out of this world.”
Pridelands are the main support for the upcoming Gravemind Australian tour.
GRAVEMIND
CONDUIT 2021 TOUR
TOUR DATES:
Wednesday 7 April – 170 Russell, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Saturday 10 April – Enigma Bar, Adelaide SOLD OUT
Saturday 17 April – The Royal Oak Hotel, Launceston SOLD OUT
Friday 23 April – West Room, Brisbane SOLD OUT
Saturday 24 April – Paddo RSL, Sydney
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