GANG OF YOUTHS RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO

With just over a week before the release of their highly anticipated second album GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS, Gang of Youths are giving us one final taste of what’s to come with their latest single and compelling cinematic video, “The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows”. GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS is due for release on Friday, August 18th through Mosy Recordings/Verge via Sony Music pre order the album here.

“This song came about after I struggled with writer's block for a year, barely managing to etch out more than a single verse of something awful the whole time. I was walking home across the Brooklyn Bridge one night, questioning my place in the world, contemplating giving up music and doing something more substantial. I sort of felt that I wasn't doing anything that actually mattered. But I looked out at the skyline, all silvery and strange and in typical self-indulged frontman fashion, I began to revel in this moment of abandon, of self-hate. As a result, I think I stumbled across a kind life-affirming axiom; that in a cosmos potentially absent of meaning, and an existence devoid of objective value, I have an opportunity to invent my own meaning. We all do. We can ascribe meaning and value to our own lives and in a way, attribute great esteem and value to each other as a result.

All of us as adults, from youth to old age are drunk, stumbling around in the dark looking for a kebab. I'm scared and unsure, and I want to acknowledge this rather than repress it, or allow cynics to denigrate me because of it. So the song is about becoming more human, more aware and I guess in a way, more alive.” - Dave Le’aupepe

The video using only one drone and in just a single take, was directed by Dan & Jared Daperis from LateNite Films, on location in Little River, Victoria. This cinematic experience has captured the true meaning behind the song, where lead singer Le’aupepe tries to outrun the feeling of loneliness, pleading for any reason to go on.

The band will be embarking on a national tour to celebrate the release of the upcoming album, supported by Gordi and Fountaineer. The tour kicks off at Brisbane’s The Tivoli on Thursday, 31st August, before they play the venue a second night to a sold out crowd and all ages shows that are selling fast in Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and Adelaide. The final stop will see the band adorn the stage at Perth’s Metropolis Fremantle on Saturday, 16th September.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Supported by triple j

For complete tour and ticket information, visit:
gangofyouths.com & www.livenation.com.au

Thursday, 31st August @ The Tivoli, Brisbane
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Friday, 1st September @The Tivoli, Brisbane *SOLD OUT
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Wednesday, 6th September @ Festival Hall, Melbourne (All Ages)
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Friday, 8th September @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (All Ages)
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Wednesday, 13th September @ Odeon Theatre, Hobart (All Ages)
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Friday, 15th September @ Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (All Ages)
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer
Saturday, 16th September @ Metropolis Fremantle, Fremantle
w/ Gordi + Fountaineer