Artist info
Genre
Metal, Punk, Rock
band members
Mason Bunt - Vocals; Joshua Cory - Vocals; Liam Fowler - Guitar; Daniel Lohrey - Bass; Joe Lipsham - Drums
Website
Bio
Hailing from Mount Gambier in South Australia, Pridelands relocated to a new home in the thriving city of Melbourne. Since the release of their debut EP 'Natives' in 2015, the band has held nothing back with relentless support shows with local and international heavyweights and multiple Australian tours to cement themselves as hot property on stage in the Aus heavy music scene.
2018 saw Pridelands reappear in force with a new line up and lease on life. They released their second EP 'Any Colour You Desire' to critical acclaim and multiple sold out shows. In December 2018, they embarked on their maiden headline tour in support of the EP.
2019 kicked off on a high when Pridelands won the triple j Unearthed competition to perform the Unify Festival main stage and scoring the triple j Unearthed Feature Artist that week.
Now Pridelands return with brand new single 'Dark Sources'.
Co-Vocalist Joshua Cory explains the theme behind the song;
"It's the feeling of holding forbidden knowledge of sinister origin. The song describes the pressure of feeling silenced by the weight of things you've discovered by chance. If we didn't know about the darker sides to the world and industries we've found ourselves in as people over the years, would we be better, happier people? Would we be better off without it?"
In support of the 'Dark Sources' single, Pridelands will perform a string of headline shows in June before hitting the road in August supporting Polaris in WA and The Brave on the East Coast.
We're kicking off 2019 with with our Unify Comp winners and this week's Feature Artist, Pridelands. They're ready to take it up a notch this weekend at Unify so get down early, it's going to be heavy.
Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?
Our music is just a happy accident really. It's changed a lot over the years we've been playing together but we've spent a lot of time together wokring on songs and refining them now. There was a lot of doubt in our early years as to whether we were being completely honest in what we were writing, but there's none of that now.
What’s your greatest source of inspiration for making music?
As emo as it is, bad things happening. We struggle to write emotive music when we're not in a bad mood.
Who are you looking forward to seeing at Unify this weekend?
Karnivool, Taking Back Sunday and Underoath if we had to cut it to a short list. That new Ocean Grove song is gonna go real hard as well.
What can punters expect from a Pridelands live show and at Unify this weekend?
We just plan on banging out our 20 minute slot with songs at a high intensity. It's not a TED talk, we just wanna play some tunes that hopefully people who haven't heard us before will want to listen to again.
What’s the best advice you’ve been given and who was it from?
To work hard and not let hinderances defeat you, if making music is what you want then you'll find a way. It's not directly what he said, but that was from Nic who plays drums in Northlane.
What Australian track would you play to cheer up someone who was crying?
Client Liason with ‘World of Our Love’.
What Australian track would you play to someone to make them cry?
INXS with ‘Never Tear Us Apart’. Of course.
You’re the DJ at a party. The dance floor is pumping. What Australian track do you put on next?
Running Touch with ‘My Hands’.
What was the last local gig you went to? How was it?
Unfortunately due to how busy 2018 was for me, I didn't have a whole lot of time for local gigs in general. I am very excited to be seeing Pseudo Mind Hive with Mt Mountain at The Tote later this month though.
Tell us about the bands or people in the Melbourne community that inspire you.
Running Touch is a paragon of creativity in the Australian music scene at the moment and such a beautiful soul to match. So, him certainly. Artists like Yeo, Thornhill, King Gizz, ORB and Drama kind of remind me that the creative process is thriving for some people in this city. It is so incredible to be exposed to it, day in and day out.
What are your plans for 2019?
Write an album and make sure it's good. Hopefully getting to hang out with you guys some more, too!
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Review
Great to have more music from these guys. They were absolutely unreal at Unify earlier this year. This one's another charged, ruthless and powerful track. I love how the vocals sound so piercing. I love it so much.
Great to have more music from these guys. They were absolutely unreal at Unify earlier this year. This one's another charged, ruthless and powerful track. I love how the vocals sound so piercing. I love it so much.
Review
on this one in a big way, dominant stuff.
on this one in a big way, dominant stuff.
Review
Half joyful singalong, half super pissed off Stray From The Path style mosh-riffs, all pretty damn good.
Half joyful singalong, half super pissed off Stray From The Path style mosh-riffs, all pretty damn good.
