Dirty Three will release their remarkable new album Toward The Low Sun on 24 February 2012 via Anchor & Hope / Remote Control.
Their first album since 2005's Cinder, Toward The Low Sun is the product of the most ceaselessly creative period in the band’s career, in which Jim White, Mick Turner and Warren Ellis have relentlessly made music in different permutations and locations around the globe. No other Australian band has ever impacted on international music in such a subversive fashion. This is a band that exists within itself and outside of itself, generating a massive - and massively influential - body of work.
Toward The Low Sun was produced by Casey Rice and Dirty Three, was recorded in Melbourne at Head Gap studios and was mixed at Sing Sing. The album is not a cosy, nice-to-be-back, return to the comfort zone however. There is an energy and a raw excitement evident from the first electrifying opening moments through to the album’s finale. In Warren’s words, “Dirty Three has always been about the way we play together and feed off each other. We wanted this one to be a return to the more improvised and instinctive approach of the earlier recordings”. And indeed Toward The Low Sun sounds like a first ever recording - a punk, avant-garde, art-jazz record. And for all their incredible music of the past Dirty Three have never been more relevant.
To coincide with the release of Toward The Low Sun, Dirty Three will perform a headline Australian and New Zealand tour over March 2012.
DIRTY THREE
Australian and New Zealand Tour 2012
Friday 9 March - Astor Theatre, Perth
Presented by Feel and X-Press Magazine. Tickets from www.bocsticketing.com.au, feelpresents.oztix.com.au, phone 9484 1133 or in person at all Bocs outlets.
Saturday 10 March - WOMADelaide, Adelaide
Tickets from www.womadelaide.com.au
Wednesday 14 March - Powerstation, Auckland
Presented by Feel. Tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.nz, www.powerstation.net.nz, phone 09 970 9700 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Friday 16 March - The Palace, Melbourne
Presented by Feel and Inpress Magazine. Tickets from www.ticketmaster.com.au, feelpresents.oztix.com.au, phone 136 100 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Saturday 17 March - One Perfect Day Festival, Gippsland
Tickets from lyrebirdartscouncil.oztix.com.au, phone 1300 762 545 or in person at all Oztix outlets.
Sunday 18 March - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Presented by Feel and Inpress Magazine. Tickets from www.theatreroyal.info, phone (03) 5472 1196 or in person at the venue.
Wednesday 21 March - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney
Presented by Feel. Tickets from
www.sydneyoperahouse.com or phone 9250 7777.
Thursday 22 March - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Presented by Feel and Time Off Magazine. Tickets from www.ticketek.com.au, feelpresents.oztix.com.au, phone 132 849 or in person at all Ticketek outlets.
