Angus & Julia Stone

SOLD OUT National Tour kicks off next week

Falls Festival dates confirmed

The sublime brother sister duo has made a resplendent return with SNOW, already receiving glowing reviews for their new collection of songs.

‘Mellow gold’ News Ltd

‘Sydney siblings continue their upward trajectory’ Rolling Stone

‘Angus & Julia Stone are back better than ever… Snow is captivating with its magical folk tunes and dreamy vocals as the Sydney-born siblings dazzle through every written and produced track.’  4 stars, The Music

SNOW sees Angus and Julia firmly behind the wheel.  They united earlier in the year to write every song on the record together, and produced and largely engineered it themselves in Angus’s cottage studio, Belafonté, in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Since their launch back in 2006, they have grown into one of our most successful acts globally. Their three albums have amassed multi-platinum sales, and more than 5 million listeners each month tune in to stream their music from all over the world, They have accumulated a fan base of millions over tours of the UK, Europe and USA.

Their quietly hypnotic songs have infiltrated film and TV from the recent Woody Harrelson film ‘The Edge of 17’ to TV shows like ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘Suits’ & ‘Revenge’. They have cast their spell over the world’s key festivals: Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Rock Werchter, Hurricane, Austin City Limits, Electric Picnic, Splendour In The Grass.

Following a string of massive international live shows, Angus and Julia kick off their sold out Australian tour next week, and for those not fortunate enough to score tickets, there’s a second chance to see them again via their Falls Festival shows at the end of the year and into 2018.

ANGUS & JULIA STONE AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:

ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT

THU 21 SEPT           TIVOLI                                      BRISBANE, QLD

SAT 23 SEPT           PALAIS THEATRE                MELBOURNE, VIC

TUE 26 SEPT           ENMORE THEATRE            SYDNEY, NSW

THU 28 SEPT           THEBARTON THEATRE    ADELAIDE, SA

FRI 29 SEPT             PERTH CONCERT HALL  PERTH, WA

NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES:

ON SALE NOW

FRI 15 DEC              CIVIC THEATRE                  AUCKLAND, NZ

SAT 16 DEC             ST JAMES THEATRE         WELLINGTON, NZ

SUN 17 DEC           ISAAC ROYAL THEATRE  CHRISTCHURCH, NZ

 FALLS FESTIVAL:

www.fallsfestival.com

SAT 30 DEC             FALLS FESTIVAL                MARION BAY, TAS

SUN 31 DEC           FALLS FESTIVAL                LORNE, VIC SOLD OUT

TUES 2 JAN             FALLS FESTIVAL                BYRON BAY, NSW SOLD OUT

SAT 6 JAN                FALLS FESTIVAL                PERTH, WA

National Tour runs September 21 – 29, all dates nearing sell out

Snow single available to stream and download NOW

SNOW the album continues a process the siblings began at the suggestion of producer Rick Rubin on their self-titled album of 2014. “That was the first time that we actually started writing together, in the same room, and I guess we took a leaf from that chapter into this record. This time round though, every song on the record we wrote together” Angus says.

Plot-wise, SNOW is yet another confident advance on a story which now accounts for over half a million album sales in Australia alone. The Sydney-born siblings produced and largely engineered it themselves, in Angus’s cottage studio, Belafonté, in the Byron Bay hinterland.

“It was quite magical because Angus and I have never spent that much time together, just the two of us,” says Julia. “There’s always at least an engineer or tour manager but the last phase of writing and recording was just eight weeks of him and me and the quiet of the land. It was a beautiful time.”

As songwriters and performers, Angus explains, “We’ve seen a lot of the same things but they come out of minds and hearts in different ways. We have united memories but different perceptions which makes creating together really interesting”

Julia adds, “We can be talking about the same thing, but how we talk about it, how we feel about it is different. I think that what makes it exciting for us to write together. There’s a line that ties us.  Then there’s the many different ways to talk about that line.”

The first notes of Snow are instantly transporting. The guitar is a scratchy, wooden memory laid over a moment of silence. The gently driving organ beat emerges and takes you with it, beginning the next enchanting journey with the brother-sister duo, “Running from the start, here we are again,” Julia sings. “Running from the start, here we go again,” comes her brother’s reply.

Chateau is a song of pure contentment in time and place. Nothing Else To Do is a stunning acoustic breeze – “There’s nothing else to do here but fall into your arms,” Angus and Julia sing in effortless harmony.

Cellar Door borrows its title from the film Donnie Darko, its subject drawn from the intensely personal experience of the siblings’ grandfather’s funeral. On My House Your House, they find a call-and-response groove that paints a shared place viewed from different angles.

“There’s a lot of this on there, where Angus would find the story in the verse and I would find it in the chorus and we find a way through because of each other,” Julia says. “We have very different styles of writing but they seem to work together. In a way, it’s the differences that make it sound the way it does.”

“I never could have imagined that Angus and I would still be working together 10 years later — i feel pretty lucky we get to make music together. We’ve been through so much, so many shared experiences and memories.”

“It’s exciting to share new music with people for sure… but to be honest, it’s not why I got into writing music,” says Angus. “For me it’s always just been an expression… but it’s a great feeling if people are digging it”

SNOW ALBUM TRACKLISTING

1. Snow
2. Oakwood
3. Chateau
4. Cellar Door
5. Sleep Alone
6. Make It Out Alive
7. Who Do You Think You Are
8. Nothing Else
9. My House Your House
10. Bloodhound
11. Baudelaire
12. Sylvester Stallone

Angus and Julia have invited fans to come behind the scenes for the recording of SNOWsaying, “We shot a little video while making the album on the farm. It’s a little snippet into our world making music. Enjoy!”   View HERE.

Directed by Onil Kotain and produced by Karim Sukarno, the video for the Snow single is as intimate and intoxicating as the track itself and sees Angus and Julia Stone wandering through the Australian desert until they fall upon a steamy laidback affair in the middle of nowhere. View video HERE

Since the duo began performing together in 2006, their story has unfolded with a magnetism that has galvanised the world. Their three albums have amassed multi-platinum sales, whilst new single Snow has already hit #2 most played on triple j, #57 on the Shazam chart (nearing 12,000 shazams) and over 1.2 million Spotify plays!  The band have over 5 million listeners each month who tune in to stream their music from all over the world, and have accumulated a fan base of millions over tours of the UK, Europe and USA.  Pre-save the album SNOW HERE.

Their quietly hypnotic songs have infiltrated film and TV from the recent Woody Harrelson film ‘The Edge of 17’ to TV shows like ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘Suits’ & ‘Revenge’. They have cast their spell over the world’s key festivals: Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Rock Werchter, Hurricane, Austin City Limits, Electric Picnic, Splendour In The Grass.

Angus & Julia recently announced some of their biggest shows to date in the UK, Europe and North America – access all dates HERE – and their Australian tour is approaching a total sell-out with just a few tickets remaining for the Adelaide show.

ANGUS & JULIA STONE AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:

THU 21 SEPT           TIVOLI                                       BRISBANE, QLD  SOLD OUT

SAT 23 SEPT           PALAIS THEATRE                 MELBOURNE, VIC   SOLD OUT

TUE 26 SEPT           ENMORE THEATRE            SYDNEY, NSW   SOLD OUT

THU 28 SEPT          THEBARTON THEATRE    ADELAIDE, SA

FRI 29 SEPT             PERTH CONCERT HALL  PERTH, WA  SOLD OUT                       

Angus & Julia Stone Snow single – OUT NOW on EMI Music Australia

PRE-ORDER SNOW ALBUM HERE 

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