Photo credit: Travis Shinn
Airbourne have released 'Backseat Boogie', the second single from their forthcoming studio album, Boneshaker. Listen here:
https://airbourne.lnk.to/BackseatBoogie
Airbourne frontman, Joel O'Keeffe, divulges, "The riff, this is one of those ones where Cobb [producer] walked out and said 'What are you playing there?' and I was 'ah, I'm just playing this riff, it's this riff I had in Australia, it's got a bit of a vibe, I'm not sure.' He goes, 'Aw man, we gotta do that one' and he got behind the drums and picked up Ryan's drumsticks and said 'oh man, how does he play with these things, these things are baseball bats,' and it was just really funny, and Ryan jumped on the kit, and we tracked it right then and there. "
Ryan O'Keeffe adds, "It all happened really fast. The band's lucky to have had a lot of time rehearsing together and playing together but we tracked songs before we even thought we tracked them.
He'd say give it another go if you want, but the one you just did, and here's the first one you did, and that's the vibe."
Boneshaker, the bands fifth studio album to date, will be released on October 25th via Spinefarm Records.
Pre-orders are now live; special bundle options including t-shirts, hoodies, enamel badge & poster are available HERE.
https://airbourne.lnk.to/boneshaker
BONESHAKER TRACK-LISTING: -
1, BONESHAKER
2, BURNOUT THE NITRO
3, THIS IS OUR CITY
4, SEX TO GO
5, BACKSEAT BOOGIE
6, BLOOD IN THE WATER
7, SHE GIVES ME HELL
8, SWITCHBLADE ANGEL
9, WEAPON OF WAR
10, ROCK 'N' ROLL FOR LIFE
As always, you can find Airbourne on the road. They will be crisscrossing the planet, in true Airbourne fashion, until 2022.
Remaining Airbourne 2019 Live Dates:
10.10 - Rockefeller - Oslo NO [SOLD OUT]
11.10 - Trädgår'n - Gothenburg SE [SOLD OUT]
12.10 - Voxhall - Aarhus DK [SOLD OUT]
15.10 - Melkweg - Amsterdam NL [SOLD OUT]
16.10 - Trix - Antwerp BE [SOLD OUT]
17.10 - La Laiterie - Strasbourg FR [SOLD OUT]
19.10 - La Cigale - Paris FR [SOLD OUT]
20.10 - La Cigale - Paris FR [SOLD OUT]
22.10 - Santana 27 - Bilbao ES
24.10 - Paris 15 - Málaga ES
25.10 - La Riviera - Madrid ES [SOLD OUT]
26.10 - Razzmatazz - Barcelona ES
28.10 - La Paloma - Nimes FR [SOLD OUT]
29.10 - Alcatraz - Milan IT
31.10 - Komplex - Zurich CH
01.11 - Haus Auensee - Leipzig DE
02.11 - Orpheum - Graz AT [SOLD OUT]
03.11 - Tonhalle - Munich DE [SOLD OUT]
05.11 - Barba Negra - Budapest HU
06.11 - Arena - Vienna AT [SOLD OUT]
07.11 - Columbiahalle - Berlin DE
09.11 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden DE [SOLD OUT]
10.11 - E-Werk - Cologne DE [SOLD OUT]
13.11 - UEA - Norwich UK
14.11 - Rock City - Nottingham UK
16.11 - Academy - Manchester UK
17.11 - O2 Academy - Newcastle UK
18.11 - Beach Ballroom - Aberdeen UK
20.11 - Ironworks - Inverness UK
21.11 - Barrowlands - Glasgow UK
22.11 - O2 Academy - Liverpool UK
24.11 - Cardiff University - Cardiff UK
25.11 - O2 Academy - Bristol UK
26.11 - O2 Forum - London UK
28.11 - O2 Academy - Sheffield UK
29.11 - O2 Guildhall - Southampton UK
30.11 - O2 Academy - Oxford UK
2020:
04.01 - Summernats - Canberra AU
08.02 - RAC Arena - Perth AU*
11.02 - AEC Theatre - Adelaide AU*
14.02 - Rod Laver Arena - Melbourne AU*
15.02 - Qudos Bank Arena - Sydney AU*
18.02 - Entertainment Centre - Brisbane AU*
20.02 - The Trusts Arena - Auckland NZ*
22.02 - Horncastle Arena - Christchurch NZ*
* Denotes Special Guest on Alice Cooper dates
More shows are in the planning stage for 2020 and beyond ' watch this space!
LINE-UP
Joel O'Keeffe - vocals/lead guitar
Matthew Harrison - guitar
Justin Street - bass
Ryan O'Keeffe ' drums
About Airbourne:
Airbourne is an Australian hard rock band formed in Warrnambool in 2003 by brothers Joel O'Keeffe on lead vocals and lead guitar, and Ryan O'Keeffe on drums. The lineup was completed with Justin Street on bass guitar and backing vocals, and David Roads, on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. In 2017, Roads amicably stepped down, with Matthew Harrison stepping up as his replacement.
The band's debut album, Runnin' Wild, was released in June 2007, certified Silver in the UK, and charted in the top 30 of the ARIA Albums chart, appeared on the US Billboard 200; UK, France, Austria, and Switzerland Albums chart.
Their second album, No Guts. No Glory. came out in March 2010, reached top 20 in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Finland, Greece, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as going in at #31 in the UK and Top 100 of the US Billboard 200. The third studio album, Black Dog Barking, was released in May 2013, and peaked at #17 in Australia and came in top 20 in Austria, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as top 100 in the UK, Spain, Norway, and France. In October 2016, Airbourne released their fourth album, Breakin' Outta Hell, which peaked top 5 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; #9 in the UK; and top 20 in Australia. The band has played an estimated 1000+ shows since the formation of the band, including multiple appearances at some of the biggest festivals in the world, including Wacken, Download, Hellfest, Rock am Ring, and Rock im Park.
About Boneshaker [album]:
With the creation of Boneshaker, all-action Aussie rockers Airbourne decided to take the bolder path; to align with Nashville's Number One producer, Dave Cobb, whose credits include both Chris Stapleton and the 'Star Is Born' soundtrack, as a way of staking out new turf away from comfort zones and safe havens!
"It's a live gig in the studio. This is always something we wanted to do ' find a way to bring the soul and power of an Airbourne live show into an album. Cobb caught our lightning and put it in a bottle." states bandleader Joel O'Keeffe.
Relocating to historic Studio A on Nashville's Music Row, six-time Grammy Award-winning producer Cobb's natural home and one of Music City's most prized creative hubs, the four musicians set themselves a challenge: to make a record cut from the same frayed cloth as those classic late-'70s recordings from Australia's legendary Albert's house of 'Oz Rock' that inspired the band so much.
There are no weird tangents here, no un-called for asides, no messin' about. This is straight-down-the-line pure rock 'n' roll drama smelling of burnt rubber, spilt gasoline and valves glowing red hot. No ballads, no acoustic guitars, no keyboards. 10 tracks, 30 minutes of music. Everything lean an' lethal, stripped to the bone, to those essential elements that rock 'n' roll requires to properly do its work: raging guitars, pounding bass 'n' bass, vocals packed full of real personality ' the kind of passion that only comes from willfully pursuing a life on the line.
