Melbourne band Buchanan have announced the release of their greatly anticipated debut album, Human Spring set for a May 10 release, and will be celebrating with a generous offer of a two-week free download of their new single and the album’s title track, Human Spring from today (April 12). The single has already been getting a heap of airplay on Triple J since being serviced last Monday.
“The song Human Spring came about because of a little synth noise that you can hear at the start of the song… I just kept playing it on repeat and I thought ‘wow, you could write the most epic song around this’ and it evolved from there,” explains lead singer Josh Simons. “It was one of the first songs written and in hindsight really is one of the centerpieces of the album. It certainly shows the album’s worth of colour in one song!”
Co-produced by Simons and Catherine Marks (Foals, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, Kanye), Human Spring was recorded across seven different studios, with the bulk of the work done between Tender Trap studios in Northcote and Simons’ home garage studio. “I really wanted to evolve past the DIY production of our first couple of EPs,” explains Simons. And what better way to step it up than to have it mixed on an analogue desk by Andy Baldwin (Bjork, Midnight Juggernauts) and mastered by Geoff Pesche (Radiohead, Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem) at the world famous Abbey Road Studios.
Inspired by political events and a desire to capture the emotion around them, the album follows the loose story of a solider who is swept up in a movement and must deal with emotions such as lust, temptation and separation, while standing up for what he believes in and protecting his loved ones back home. “I wanted the music to stand in defiance of some of the more somber themes and create songs of celebration that still manage to carry an emotional punch,” says Simons. Written when the war in the Middle East was at its peak, he goes on to explain, “I found it to be incredibly awe inspiring that these people could smile and somehow be ‘free’ in a seriously dangerous and life-threatening environment. I thought these emotions and that power needed to be captured on record.”
Stay tuned for some big tour announcements over the coming months.
Buchanan is Josh Simons (lead vocals, guitar and piano), Luke Shields (guitar), Miles de Carteret (bass) and Dan Barwick (drums).
Watch the lyric video for Human Spring:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoQeAMSE3M8
Download the free Human Spring single:: http://emailunlock.com/buchananband/human-spring-1
NEW SINGLE | HUMAN SPRING | AVAILABLE ON ITUNES APRIL 26
NEW ALBUM | HUMAN SPRING | AVAILABLE ON ITUNES MAY 10
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Emily Cheung
