The album is finished!! (and we’ve posted a sneak-peak on the music page)

Hey everyone – talk about long time between updates, eh? A lot of you have been asking what has been happening with the new album. When will it be released? Does the album actually exist?!! We have the answer to both these questions:

Living Receiver, the debut album, will be in Australian stores on August 2nd
(and shortly afterwards will be available to international fans via our website).

So what took us so long, some of you may ask? To be honest, we had a lot of other stuff going on (touring was a big one) so recording got pushed back a little. Being the first album, we didn’t want to rush it either. We experimented, we mixed, we drank, we re-mixed and finally ended up with something we were 99.99999985% happy with. If you head to the music page you’ll be able to listen to an “album preview” (mash-up of several tracks from Living Receiver) – it’s track 2 on the player. We collaborated with some amazing musicians from all over the country (and the world) – from sitar and tabla through to hammond and a string quartet. My mum tracked a traditional Carnartic-style (classical Sri-Lankan music) intro to a rockin’ track called Medicated Shell. So there are a few cool moments to look forward to

Living Receiver National Tour

We’re about to embark on the biggest national tour we’ve ever done in Australia. We’re travelling through NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and TAS. For our NT fans, we promise we’ll head your way next time around! The petrol money would have killed us… All the dates are on our tour dates page. This is the big one for us, so we’d love to see you, your friends and your assorted domestic animals there.

Here’s a funky poster with a funky pic:

New single – You’re Gonna be a Star

Yep, that’s right, to kick off the countdown to the album, we’ve launched our second single You’re Gonna be a Star. Most radio stations should have the track by now, so if you feel like requesting it we’d love you long time. Here are a few links to request it on Nova. The trick is to request You’re Gonna be a Star by The Sunpilots:

Nova 969 (Sydney)

Nova 100 (Melbourne)

Nova 1069 (Brisbane)

Nova 919 (Adelaide)

Nova 937 (Perth)

You can check out the song on the music page (it’s track one on the player). What’s it about? It’s about girls who will do anything to get to the top. Fake girls with fake breasts and fake tans . We’ve shot a killer video for the song – check back in a few days and it will be on the site.

New music video – Metric System

Pretty much what the title says. Download it FREE for your iPod from the Backstage area.

New websites and a new look

We’ve launched a brand new look myspace page and youtube page, so check them out if you’ve got some time. This site is still being developed – we’ll be adding a photo gallery, a fans-only section where you can download free music videos and songs etc. very soon. Keep checking back over the next couple of weeks!

Cheers,
Raj