Rock is not Dead in Australia, Volume II…
Rock is definitely dead in the U.S.A.
He Danced Ivy are setting out on their first ever national (Australia) tour with dates seven dates across May and June with dates in Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Sydney, Port Macquarie, Toowoomba and Melbourne. To celebrate, He Danced Ivy have released a music video for their track Cutting It Fine. Filmed during the launch of their EP Optimistic Cynic at Crowbar in Brisbane, the video gives a good indicator for the wild times that are ahead on their first national tour. A national tour has been a long time coming for the Brisbane-via-Coffs Harbour musical monsters, but now its time and Australia better be prepared.
“We have been holding off on a national run of dates for a while, until we all agreed the timing felt right. We’re tightest we’ve ever been as friends, the tightest we’ve ever been as a band and our vision for the future is completely in sync,” said bassist and vocalist, Mitch Hart.
“Our teeth are sharp and we’re ready to sink them into the seven dates. We’re super keen to play and we’re stoked to present our special brand of alt-rock acrobatics to the rest of Australia,” drummer and vocalist, Josh Hayes.
The track deals with some hard issues that boys have faced in the past, but thankfully with the support of each other they’ve come through better.
“Cutting It Fine deals with some bad cycles that I was struggling with when we put it together. I felt like a boy in a blender. I was trying to self medicate my way through anxiety and it was only making things worse,” said vocalist and guitarist, Dave Cheney.
“The song is a structural mess that reflects life when you’re trying to get by, trapped by addiction and bad choices. The way we divide vocal duties also serves to illustrate the multiple voices we can have banging around in our head as we fight for clarity,” said guitarist and vocalist, Sean Rudner.
