Since we last wrote about White Summer and their legendary single ‘I Know a Place We Can Love’ almost an entire year ago they’ve been up to a hell of a lot. From national radio play to supporting the likes of DMA’s, Holy Holy, Kingswood, The Delta Riggs, Magic Bones, and Harts the guys well a truly cemented the year’s success with a one-month residency at Sydney’s Hotel Steyne sharing the stage with great Australian acts Drunk Mums and Holy Holy.
They’re now properly kicking off the year with the release of their new EP also titled I Know A Place We Can Love – recorded at Grove Studios with acclaimed producer Burke Reid who has worked with the likes of Courtney Barnett, The Drones, Seekae, and DZ Deathrays. 2016 will see White Summer work with Burke Reid again on their much anticipated debut album, along with tour announcements coming soon.
To celebrate the premiere of the EP the guys have also penned a little track by trak run down of the record which you can check out below. Give the killer EP a stream and if you like what you’re hearing be sure to visit the band’s Facebook page for more info.
Formulation
Touring Smokescreen we had one final show in Melbourne and we wanted it to be extra special, so we planned a ridiculous light show and decided to open with a very premature version of Formulation. It felt great and the crowd responded well so we all put our heads together and banged up the final version you hear today.
‘Ode To My A.D.D’ This track was tough, we jammed it a lifetime ago at Bakehouse studios in Richmond and something never felt quite right about the feel so we kept it on the back burner. Turns out we just needed to make it more “bouncy” and bang! one of our favourites to play live.
Paradigm
When it’s 3 in the morning and you can’t make anymore noise because you live in a built up area shouldn’t stop the magic if you have a crappy electric drum kit on hand and an outdated version of Pro tools. The beat, guitar and vocals all presented them self in the space of 20 minutes with Paradigm and our neighbours were none the wiser.
I Know A Place We Can Love
This was one of the most exciting experiences we’ve ever had in the studio and one of the most terrifying. Writing this track taught us to trust our instincts and stop talking shit, we were on a very tight time schedule and were feeling the heat. Our producer was cracking the whip and it felt good, so we kept going without looking back. The result was one of our proudest moments of the EP.
Misty Friend
When a band member has a new idea and wants to show you in the back of a panel van you know it’s going to be good. It was great to see Anthony put his gym membership to good use on this track with the bass line and to talk about bass tunings every practise for the next 6 weeks.
Upcoming Shows
Saturday 16th April 2016
(Record Store Day) @ Vinyl Revival – Melbourne VIC
Sunday 22nd May 2016
Frankies Pizza – Sydney NSW
Friday 27th May 2016
Yah Yahs – Melbourne VIC
