Celebrating the release of their long awaited debut album, King Stingray will rip ’round the country this October, on their largest national tour to date, bringing their good vibes and huge choruses to the masses.
Kicking things off at The Triffid in Brisbane, the band will then make their way south to Sydney’s Manning Bar and Melbourne’s Croxton before rounding things up at The Gov in Adelaide, Fremantle’s Freo.Social, and ending things back in the NT at Darwin Railway Club.
Tickets are on sale Thursday 11 August at 10am AEST, BUT eager fans can get early access to pre-sale tickets from Wednesday August 10 by signing up up here.
The band have also just dropped a video for the album opener, Lupa. Written by lead singer Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu, ‘Lupa’ translates from Yolŋu Matha languages as ‘Poor man, rich life’ and holds a fist in the air for marginalised people around the world.
Yirrŋa, a Gumatj clan songman, says the intention behind the song is “to make people happy and proud”. Lupa is catchy as hell, and somehow immediately relatable, even if it’s sung in a language group spoken by around just 16,000 people in Arnhem Land.
Filmed and directed by long time friend of the band, Sam Brumby, the Lupa video whisks us away to the band’s stunning hometown of Yirrkala to celebrate the lupa way of life – being financially broke but rich in friends, family and culture.
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KING STINGRAY – ‘KING STINGRAY’
TRACKLIST
1. Lupa
2. Hey Wanhaka
3. Get Me Out
4. Let’s Go
5. Raypirri
6. Milkumana
7. Sweet Arnhem Land
8. Malk Mirri Wayin
9. Camp Dog
10. Life Goes On
PRE-ORDER VINYL NOW!
Vinyl comes in limited edition colours with exclusive artwork available at the following retailers, shipping from November 11. Fans and vinyl collectors are recommended to pre-order now to avoid the disappointment of missing out!
King Stingray (Opaque Orange) – Artist Store exclusive
King Stingray (Opaque Yellow) – JB-Hi-Fi exclusive
King Stingray (Transparent Blue) – All retail
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