One of the latest killer guitar bands to spring out of the verdant Perth soil, former Unearthed winners Tired Lion are marching towards the release of their debut album, and have today announced that they’ll be getting a little bit of help from none other than Violent Soho’s Luke Boerdam.
The four-piece are wading into the studio this week to start putting their anticipated full-length debut together, and they’ve enlisted Luke for production duties to help make sure they put their best foot forward.
Tired Lion of course joined The Bronx and Luca Brasi in supporting Soho on their 2016 tour, and made fast friends, now convincing Luke to produce for another band for the first time. For his part, he seems excited about his production debut.
“Landed in Perth and stoked to start making a record with these legends!!!” he says. “The new songs are sounding sick!! It’s got the guitar smarts of The Breeders, pulled back a little like Splendora, with some solid Basement style riffage… I can’t wait for people to hear it!”
The two parties formed a bond last year when Tired Lion supported Violent Soho on their national Australian tour, alongside The Bronx and Luca Brasi. It will be the first time in his career that Boerdam has taken the reins as the producer for another band.
2016 had already seen Tired Lion jump onto a lot of radars (not to mention the lineups of everything from Falls and Splendour to the UK’s Glastonbury), and working with Luke is a sure-fire bet to keep that momentum rolling, as he and his band seem to know a thing or two about how to make a rock record.
We were already eagerly awaiting this one, but needless to say expectations have just shot through the roof. We don’t know what the combo will bring just yet though, so for now give Tired Lion’s Soho cover on triple j Like A Version a spin, and dream.
