Album release + Syd launch details

After much deliberation a date has finally been set for the release of our new album Softly Harboured. The album will be a joint release between Feral Media, who will look after the vinyl and digital versions and hellosQuare recordings, who will look after the CD.

The album will be released on April 15th with details regarding purchasing etc to be posted soon.

In addition to this the Sydney launch is set for Thursday April 21st and is part of a New Weird Australia showcase at FBi Radio's new venue The FBi Social @ King's Cross Hotel. Supports on the night will be Sydney-based composer/performer Edwin Montgomery and the wonderful Scissor Lock vs Cleptoclectics.

To make the night even more special we will be joined on stage by cellist Peter Hollo (Fourplay, Raven) who features on a number of tracks on the album.

So come on down and help us celebrate!

Drinking Dust single now available

Drinking Dust is the first single from our upcoming album Softly Harboured and is available as a free download from the Underlapper bandcamp page here

The single also features a second track from the album as well as remixes by Sydney beat-smith Cleptoclectics and Brisbane indie-electro outfit Re:Enactment

The amazing artwork for the single (as seen above) comes courtesy of the lovely Scott Brown who is also working on the cover art for the CD version of the album.

More news on the album soon!

Remixes

A couple of new remixes have surfaced recently, the first of which comes from the wonderful duo Collarbones who added their distinct production style to our track Kandos. This remix can be found on their new mixtape Tiger Beats, which is a collection of cover songs and remixes and is somewhat of a prelude to their upcoming full length Iconography set for release this year through Melbourne label Two Bright Lakes.
You can download the mixtape from the Collarbones bandcamp page here

The second remix comes from the ever reliable Cleptoclectics (aka Tom Smith) who actually remixed a track from our previous album Red Spring and because we loved it so much we asked him to remix a track from the new album. Tom chose the track Elephant Shoe and his remix can be found on the latest mixtape from the excellent Oneofour Collective.
You can find all of the Oneofour mixtapes at the following link:
www.oneofour.net

This remix will also be included on the first single from Softly Harboured which will be out in the coming weeks.
To check out Tom's previous Underlapper remix head over to our bandcamp page and download it for free

Until then....

UnderForce Mixtape

Recently Matt and I got together with our good friend Eli Murray (aka Gentleforce) to create a mixtape as a kind of teaser for the new album. We compiled and sequenced the tracks and Eli mixed, blended and messed around with them. It was lots of fun putting it together and we are really happy with the results.
In addition to featuring plenty of great music both old and new, the mix also features a couple of Underlapper tracks from the new album.

Listen/download the mix below!

UnderForce Mixtape by underlapper

Tracklisting:

* Pulse All Over - Boom Bip / Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
* Hlibt - 48/4
* Sippy Cup - Shlohmo
* Between Teeth - Underlapper
* Introduction - Rothko / Rapping 4 Money - cLOUDDEAD
* Let It Go (FlyLo remix) - Reefer
* Rowboat - Fourcolor
* Surprisingly Concerned With One Another - Octavius
* Nordic Laurel - Baths
* Sunlight, Heaven - Julianna Barwick
* Elephant Shoe - Underlapper
* When We Were Young - W-H-I-T-E
* Breathing Rapture - Le Loup
* Springboarder - Parades
* Into The Light - Skyrider
* Asia (oOoOO remix) - SALEM
* The Rattle (Underlapper remix) - aheadphonehome

The Strain of Origin

Underlapper were recently involved in a collaboration between Sydney label Feral Media and Brisbane label loFly. The idea was to get a bunch of artists from each label and get them to remix each other and the results are amazing! Furthermore the release is available as a free download from the Feral Media bandcamp site:
www.feralmedia.bandcamp.com/album/the-strain-of-origin

We contributed a remix of Brisbane artist Aheadphonehome's track 'The Rattle' (which you can check out below) and our track 'Drinking Dust' got the remix treatment by Brisbane group Re:enactment.

The Rattle (Underlapper remix) - Aheadphonehome by underlapper

So head over and grab yourself some free music from some exciting Australian talent!

New Weird Australia

A new Underlapper track entitled 'Elephant Shoe' has been included on the latest installment of the New Weird Australia download series.
To download volume 6 or any of the previous releases visit the link below:

www.newweirdaustralia.com

These releases are free of charge and contain some great Australian music.
We are very happy to be a part of it!

The Final Two

Here are the final two album covers, which completes the series.
If you've just tuned in there are five alternate sleeve designs for the vinyl version of our upcoming album 'Softly Harboured'.
You can check out the other three designs in previous posts.







In other news a track from the new album entitled 'Elephant Shoe' has been included on the latest installment of the New Weird Australia bi-monthly download series.
For your free download head to the link below:

www.newweirdaustralia.com