Peking Duk’s eagerly anticipated debut full-length is one of our most eagerly anticipated releases still to come in 2016. Not only have the Canberran duo whetted our appetites with a steady stream of bangers, but the list of collabs is huge.
“We have been touring a lot but whenever there’s a second to work on tunes we’ve been seizing the moment,” they told Zan Rowe in March. “Like when Elliphant was in the country; got in the studio with her for four days straight.”
In addition to sessions with the Swedish ragamuffin, the boys have hit the studio with Julia Stone, Jarryd James, and former Silverchair frontman-gone-solo Daniel Johns.
“We’ve been working with lots of people and it’s really exciting,” they boys added, “we feel good about the music but we’re just trying to really knuckle down at the moment. There’s a couple songs we really want to nail to put out soon.”
But before they put the finishing touches on the album, they have to hit up this year’s Maroochy Music and Visual Arts Festival, where they’ll be playing one of their infamously chaotic sets alongside other local favourites like Matt Corby.
So how’s their live show sounding nowadays? Well, according to member Reuben Styles, if you can picture the exact opposite of the beautiful, sonorous sounds of Australian Idol contestant turned respected singer-songwriter Matt Corby, you’re in the ballpark.
“I guess we’ve just gotta make it the opposite of whatever Matt Corby will do,” Styles recently told The Music. “He’ll do something beautiful, so we should do something disgusting [laughs] Something ratchet. Something over the top. Something to really accentuate his beauty and our ratchetness.”
Styles and partner in crime Adam Hyde have already put on their share of epic festival sets for Australians in recent years, including two much talked-about appearances at Splendour In The Grass, one of which you can check out in 360-degrees here.
