A few hundred lucky Birds of Tokyo fans gathered at Sydney’s famous Carriageworks last night. Those fortunate enough to be there were treated to the entirety of the band’s new album, Brace, but you can now hear the title track for yourself.
“When we were writing and recording we kept talking about how we wanted to make a really dark and intense rock record that would be great to play live,” said frontman Ian Kenny. “So we figured the only appropriate way to lift these tunes for the first time was to smash them out at a gig.”
“We’ve never actually done a show that was all just one album from start to finish but it was fitting for the first airing of this one to be a live performance because that’s exactly how it was conceived – like a setlist,” added guitarist Adam Spark.
‘Brace’ is the epic new song from the world-beating Perth band, who’ve dominated radio over the past five years thanks to smash singles like ‘Plans’, ‘Wild At Heart’, ‘Lanterns’, ‘This Fire’, and ‘Anchor’. Their latest cut, meanwhile, is like a cross between The Cure and Muse.
It makes sense, seeing as the 10-track album was produced in collaboration with Canadian David Bottrill, who’s manned the boards for the likes of Tool, Muse, and Silverchair. Brace has the same level of ferocious power as the aforementioned bands and is set to drop 4th November.
