We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs - Sydney Album Launch w/ Hope Drone, Serious Beak, Lo!, Tanned Christ, Owl Mountain

Join us to celebrate the release of our 3rd album 'Departure Songs' at the Factory Floor in August where we'll be playing the album in full and joined by some special guests in the process. 

This will be a double headlining bill as we'll be joined by Brisbane's grvm merchants Hope Drone, as they are releasing their new album 'Cloak of Ash' through the Relapse Records. We will also be touring to Melbourne and Brisbane as part of these release shows. 

There'll be a food truck on the day and our very own Nathaniel D'Ugo and his wife Alyssa, the ice cream master, with their Paper Street Ice Cream cart, there as well. You do not want to miss out on this ice cream. 

Supports on the day will be from some of our good mates and their rad bands.

Line up:
We Lost The Sea (Album Launch)

Hope Drone (Album Launch)
https://hopedrone.bandcamp.com/

Serious Beak
https://seriousbeak.bandcamp.com/

Lo!
http://music.lookandbehold.net/

Tanned Christ 
https://tannedchrist.bandcamp.com/

Owl Mountain
https://www.facebook.com/owlmountainband/

TICKETS
Pre-sale: $20 +bf
Door: $25

Tickets available via the Factory website
http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2015/08/01/we-lost-the-sea

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/374911096039249/

Sydney-based, cinematic post-metal six-piece We Lost the Sea return with their third full-length album, Departure Songs.

We Lost The Sea have faced considerable challenges in recording their third album, Departure Songs. Being their first release since the passing of their vocalist, Chris Torpy, the album is entirely instrumental, with a heavy focus on evocative composition and intelligently layered instrumentation.

The result is something to behold: with the help of engineer Tim Carr at 301 Studios (Matt Corby, Mere Women, Adrift for Days) We Lost The Sea have created an expansive, cinematic masterpiece that shifts between periods of delicate vulnerability and brooding introspection, to peaks of soaring triumph and tragic implosion.

The album is inspired by failed, yet epic and honourable journeys or events throughout history - moments when people have done extraordinary things for the greater good, and for the progress of the human race itself. 

As guitarist Matt Harvey explains, “We’re exploring new ground and exploring ourselves in the past two and a bit years since our vocalist Chris went on his own journey. It’s slightly bleak with shimmers of hope and layers of many things. It’s a tribute and a catharsis of emotion and it’s also really honest.” 

There is no denying that with Departure Songs, We Lost the Sea have placed themselves at the very forefront of intelligent, instrumental music. This is further solidified with their recent run of international supports, having proved themselves alongside heavyweights such as Boris, Earth, Pelican, and Jakob.

Departure Songs is a musical triumph; a perfectly formed artistic statement from a band who has always sought honest and cathartic self-expression. Fan of groups such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Sigur Ros and Cult of Luna should waste no time in exploring the incredible sonic depth of We Lost The Sea’s Departure Songs.

Departure Songs sees release through Bird’s Robe Records and Art As Catharsis on 23 July 2015. Their debut single, A Gallant Gentleman, is available now.
https://welostthesea.bandcamp.com/

WLTS + HOPE DRONE ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR

We're joining our brothers grvm, HOPE DRONE, from Brisbane on a co-headlining tour to celebrate the launch of both our new albums in July. We'll be joined by some epic supports and I think there's even a special home brew keg coming with us... 

Jul 31 Crowbar Fortitude Valley, QLD
Aug 01 The Factory Floor Marrickville, NSW
Aug 08 The Old Bar Melbourne, VIC

More details to come.
 



Announcing 'Departure Songs'

We're excited to announce our new record 'Departure Songs' that will be released in full on the 23rd of July. Here is a single and the opening track from the album called 'A Gallant Gentleman'. 

https://welostthesea.bandcamp.com/track/a-gallant-gentleman

Departure Songs is inspired by failed, yet epic and honourable journeys or events throughout history where people have done extraordinary things for the greater good of those around them, and the progress of the human race itself. Each song has it’s own story and is a soundtrack to that story.  

Recorded and produced by our friend and dad, the wizard Tim Carr. This is our 3rd album and our first instrumental album. We’re exploring new ground and exploring ourselves in the past 2 and a bit years since Chris went on his own journey. It’s slightly bleak with shimmers of hope and layers of emotion. It’s a tribute and a catharsis of emotion and honesty.

Pre-orders are available via Bandcamp
Full album available from July 23
Vinyl available in September.

Thanks for you support. 


This Will Destroy You. Australian Tour. June 2015.

The amazing This Will Destroy You (Austin, TX) will be back here in June definitely destroying again. We played with these guys back in 2013 when we were going through some rough stuff. The show was awesome, and they we're super nice to us, so we're totally stoked to be asked to play on their tour, with thanks to Bird's Robe.

We'll be joined by hazards of swimming naked and Meniscus for some of the shows. The Sydney Hermann's Bar show looks especially immense with 6 bands playing. We'll be on early, so come down for some Sunday tunes from some amazing musicians. Bring ear plugs. It's also our first time in Adelaide for two years! See you there. 

Tickets and info.
http://www.birdsrobe.com/?p=1759

Boris in Newtown

We're playing the now sold out Boris show on Friday 29th of May at Newtown Social. To say we're excited is an understatement. The legendary enigma that is Boris have been around for close to 20 years continuously pushing the boundaries of modern heavy music in their own unique way that you could only expect from an eccentric Japanese band. Amazing musicians to behold. This will be an amazing and humbling night for us.

Our new record is getting closer, this is only our second show this year and we'll be playing new stuff from it. We must double our efforts. Hope you managed to get a ticket, this is a show you don't want to miss. 

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Recording. Done.

We spent the last week recording solid at 301 in Sydney with Tim 'The Wizard' Carr, and have to say, it's sounding huge. It's been an immense couple of years for us and great to finish that chapter in this way. It's the first time the band has recorded without vocals, and an interesting step we weren't sure how it would pay off, but it has, and we're stoked and proud of it and can't wait to share it. We also filmed some of it. Lot's to come.  

WITH GRACE - LIVE AT THE SANDO

These are two live tracks from our set at the Sando supporting Rosetta and City of Ships in July 2012. Our good friend and sound guy, Mikey Taverner, managed to salvage them from a live recording we had done. These were the only 2 that could be saved. One is With Grace and the other is 3/4 of Balaclava Cold. It was a great show for us, in general, and the only decent live recording of With Grace we have. Good memories. Enjoy x 

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First show of the year

Hello, here's our first show of the year. We'll be headlining a show at the Captain Cook Hotel in support of the first Aus tour by multi-instrumentalistMy Empty Phantom from the US. He's played shows with bands like A Silver Mt Zion, and worked with National Geographic to create some music for them. Interesting stuff.

We've been playing in dark rooms for the last 4 months, be good to get back out into the world, come check out our lack of tanning and watch us play some new stuff.
24th April. $10.

Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/1613030245583420/

 

Review of our show with Jakob in December

We Lost The Sea were the absolute highlights of the night. A statement so bold wouldn’t generally come so early in a review, usually electing to lull the reader into some sort of suspense before finally reasoning that the support act ultimately trumped the headliner. Too bad. This band was really exciting. Post-rock bands probably hate being compared to others in their field, a criticism that’s hardly fair based on how intricate the arrangements are. We’ll go with this then: It started with crystal clean Explosions In The Sky guitars that grew – as the set did – into something entirely different. A beautiful audio snippet was a highlight, distorted just enough that you know what the person’s saying is important, but can’t make out the words.

This kind of restraint is what post-rock is all about. The band would build and build, beautiful cacophonies, the instruments sounding as if they were being amplified in the darkest cave. Nine times out of ten these intense builds would grow to the point where you could anticipate the second where shit got real. Then, suddenly, the song would trail off. It’s that one pounding moment, when they’ve finally made you think that they’re not that kind of band, that all hell breaks loose. When We Lost The Sea is firing on all cylinders the music is searing, hot to the touch.

Full review here

Thank you

So our year has come to an end with 2 awesome shows with Jakob and The Seaport & The Airport. 2014 was a big year for us and it's been awesome. We've played some rad shows with great bands and nice people and made some new friends. Special thanks goes out to The Bird's Robe Collective, Life is Noise, Metropolis Touring, Art As Catharsis, Beatdisc Records, Manning Bar, Hermann's Bar, Tony Nguyen, Lochlan Watt, James atFrom the Pit, Lord Asgard at Adversary Studios and any other photographers that shot our mugs and put them online. Also like to thank all the bands we played with especially Fourteen Nights At Sea, Bear the Mammoth, Caspian,Maybeshewill and Jakob for being super nice to us. And of course our mates and girlfriends/wives for putting up with us, and all of you amazing people who supported us by buying our shit, coming to shows or being a mad social media clicker. 

We've already got some bigger plans for next year, part of which includes a new album, and some exciting shows. We're going to take a step back over the next few months to finish writing, and will see you in a bit. Stay tuned for some big things in 2015. Thanks. Peace. 

WLTS.

JAKOB Support shows

Ok so we're pretty excited to announce that we'll be supporting NZ post rock legends Jakob in Sydney and Wollongong on their Australian tour in about 3 weeks time. Info and tickets in the link below. 

These will be our last shows for 2014. It's been a big year for us, and this will be a great finish. Come and join us, have a beer, throw a claw, etc. Cheers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/326536507520249/

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Paint It Blue

We were asked to be part of a special show happening in Melbourne on the 11th of Oct. This is a tribute show associated with beyondblue and coincides with Mental Health Week. As you all know, this is a cause we feel strongly about and we were more than stoked to be asked to headline this 7 band bill, especially in Melbourne and with such an awesome lineup. This will be a huge night. 

Details here: http://www.welostthesea.com/shows/

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Pelican show review

Here's a review of the Pelican show the other week. Nice one. Thanks. 

Words by Rahul Menon

The very awesome Pelican made their return to Australian shores, and it promised to be an amazing sonic experience. The night was, simply put, amazing! The vibe at the Manning Bar was excellent, the support bands brought out their best performances, and Pelican, as expected, were sounding absolutely huge!

Starting off the night was Sydney's very own We Lost the Sea. I had the opportunity to see these guys before when they were supporting Caspian earlier this year, and this time they were even better. They got my complete attention within moments of them starting to play, and their performance was one incredible progressive post rock journey. Starting off the set with slow, brooding, and haunting tunes, they slowly and steadily picked up the tempo and the heaviness and around the middle of their set they washed over the Manning Bar with an incredible sound. They were trippy, emitting great moving energy, and they successfully transported the fully immersed concert goers to a whole new world of blissfulness. The ambiance and atmosphere they created was just so good, and they should be well and truly proud of their performance.

Full review: http://themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2197