ARIA and APRA nominated iconic Melbourne band Kingswood have today unveiled details about their forthcoming studio album ‘Home’ featuring the new single Burning Holes. This is hands down the best writing to come from the Kingswood camp since in recent times and heralds a significant return to form for the critically acclaimed 4-piece.
“‘Burning Holes’ signifies themes of solace, resolve and independence. Whilst initial inclinations might appear as longingly and melancholy, a subversive celebration of acceptance and contentment begins to resound, tied into the optimistic sounds of the harmonic consideration and emotional tones. The experience echoes the writing of classic country tropes where sorrow and hope clash in a beautiful duet.” – Kingswood
Musically and lyrically, Kingswood sound more sonically and emotionally aligned than ever due to the competence of rich acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies between Alexander Laska and Fergus Linacre. The band recorded the song at Newmarket Studios in Melbourne, and it was mixed and mastered in Nashville by revered American engineer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlisle).
“To be frank, the creation of the song was incredibly straightforward – set up, play and sing. All live, all in one performance, dedicated and honest. We just kept tracking until one of the performances felt reflective of everything we set out to achieve emotionally and what you’re hearing is it”. – Kingswood
Kingswood have long been regarded as one of Australia’s premier rock groups, establishing a career and legacy for themselves as an electrifying and dynamic touring band for well over a decade.
Their return in 2020 with the critically acclaimed third studio album ‘Juveniles’ signalled a new era for the Melbourne favourites, characteristically redefining their musicality and exploring new sonic territory. Demonstrating their evolution as songwriters and musicians with more stories to tell, single Bittersweet ranked as Triple M’s #1 Most Played Song in the country as well as ranking 45th on national radio, and #75 on the Shazam Top 200 in Australia.
Kingswood are currently on a massive 30+ date tour throughout the Northern Hemisphere, bringing their unique rock and roll live experience to Nashville, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia.
Never a band to call a capital city run a ‘National Tour’, and not afraid to get their boots a little dusty, the boys you know and love are ready to make up for lost time with their record breaking ‘HOMETOWNS’ tour of 2022/2023. The tour will see the band undertake their biggest tour to date, specially modifying a coach to sustain the overwhelmingly extensive undertaking.
”In Europe and America we tour in a sleeper bus, it works over there because city’s are so close. This doesn’t work in Australia unless you’re going rural, town to town. Which is what we are doing. But no sleeper bus like this exists back home so we are building our own just for this tour. This is phase one of the tour, there is a lot more to be announced next year. It will make it the greatest tour ever undertaken in Australia” – Kingswood
KINGSWOOD 2022 / 2023 TOUR DATES
Tickets on sale 9am Friday 22nd October – TICKETS HERE
2022
SAT 12 NOV | STONE & DUST FESTIVAL – MT GAMBIER, SA
SAT 26 NOV | BREW AND CHEW FESTIVAL – SWAN HILL, VIC
SAT 10 DEC | THE JETTY BEACH HOTEL – COFFS HARBOUR, NSW
2023
WED 18 JAN | LONGYARD HOTEL – TAMWORTH, NSW
THU 19 JAN | THE ZOO – BRISBANE, QLD
FRI 20 JAN | THE MET – TOOWOOMBA, QLD
SAT 21 JAN | RACEHORSE HOTEL – IPSWICH, QLD
SUN 22 JAN | KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL – KINGSCLIFF, NSW
FRI 27 JAN | THE VIC – BATHURST, NSW
SAT 28 JAN | AGRESTIC GROCER – ORANGE, NSW
SUN 29 JAN | THE BAROQUE ROOM – BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW
THU 2 FEB | TUMUT RIVER BREWING CO – TUMUT, NSW
FRI 3 FEB | QUE BAR – WAGGA WAGGA, NSW
SAT 4 FEB | THE BASEMENT – CANBERRA, ACT
SUN 5 FEB | ALBURY SS & A – ALBURY, NSW
FRI 10 FEB | YORK ON LILYDALE – MT EVELYN, VIC
SAT 11 FEB | CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL – CHELSEA HEIGHTS, VIC
SAT 18 FEB | BARWON CLUB – GEELONG, VIC
SUN 19 FEB | SOOKI LOUNGE – BELGRAVE, VIC
FRI 24 FEB | VOLTA ARTS – BALLARAT, VIC
SAT 25 FEB | CROXTON BANDROOM – MELBOURNE, VIC
SUN 26 FEB | HABA – RYE, VIC
FRI 3 MAR | LONGSTOCKINGS BREWERY – PAMBULA, NSW
SAT 4 MAR | TILBA VALLEY WINES – TILBA VALLEY, NSW
SUN 5 MAR | SMOKEY DANS – TOMAKIN, NSW
FRI 10 MAR | THE MARLIN HOTEL – ULLADULLA, NSW
SAT 11 MAR | BOWRAL BOWLING CLUB – BOWRAL, NSW
SUN 12 MAR | THE BEER SHED – LEUMEAH, NSW
THU 16 MAR | HERITAGE HOTEL – BULLI, NSW
FRI 17 MAR | PADDINGTON RSL – SYDNEY, NSW
SAT 18 MAR | AVALON RSL – AVALON, NSW
SUN 19 MAR | BRASS MONKEY – CRONULLA, NSW
FRI 24 MAR | OCEAN VIEW BEACH CLUB – CENTRAL COAST, NSW
SAT 25 MAR | STAG & HUNTER – NEWCASTLE, NSW
SUN 26 MAR | PACIFIC RECREATION CLUB – TAREE, NSW
THU 30 MAR | LAURIETON EX SERVICES – LAURIETON, NSW
FRI 31 MAR | SOUTH WEST ROCKS COUNTRY CLUB – SOUTH WEST ROCKS, NSW
SAT 1 APR | MOONEE BEACH HOTEL – COFFS HARBOUR, NSW
SUN 2 APR | MULLUMBIMBY EX SERVICES – MULLUMBIMBY, NSW
THU 13 APR | WALLABY HOTEL – MUDGEERABA, QLD
FRI 14 APR | BEENLEIGH TAVERN – BEENLEIGH, QLD
SAT 15 APR | BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL – BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD
SUN 16 APR | KINGS BEACH TAVERN – KINGS BEACH, QLD
THU 20 APR | OLD BUNDY TAVERN – BUNDABERG, QLD
FRI 21 APR | HARVEY ROAD TAVERN – GLADSTONE, QLD
SAT 22 APR | THE METROPOLITAN – MACKAY, QLD
THU 27 APR | MAGNUMS – AIRLIE BEACH, QLD
FRI 28 APR | DALRYMPLE HOTEL – TOWNSVILLE, QLD
SAT 29 APR | EDGE HILL TAVERN – CAIRNS, QLD
THU 25 MAY | DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN – DUNSBOROUGH, WA
FRI 26 MAY | MOJOS – FREMANTLE, WA
SAT 27 MAY | RAVENSWOOD HOTEL – RAVENSWOOD, WA
SUN 28 MAY | THE CARINE – DUNCRAIG, WA
THU 1 JUN | NANNUP TOWN HALL – NANNUP, WA
FRI 2 JUN | THE RIVER – MARGARET RIVER, WA
SAT 3 JUN | SIX DEGREES – ALBANY, WA
THU 8 JUN | SOUND CITY – PORT LINCOLN, SA
FRI 9 JUN | THE FAT CONTROLLER – ADELAIDE, SA
SAT 10 JUN | WESTERN HOTEL – MT GAMBIER, SA
SUN 11 JUN | HOTEL VICTOR – VICTOR HARBOUR, SA
Stay tuned for more details on Kingswood’s TAS and NT tour dates!
Burning Holes is out now via MGM – LISTEN HERE
‘Home’ will be released via MGM in February 2023
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