LIME CORDIALE RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM "PERMANENT VACATION"

Today marks the release of Lime Cordiale’s debut album PERMANENT VACATION, out via Chugg Music/MGM. Three years in the making, brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach have curated a selection of tracks that transverse styles including rock, pop and soul, to draw the listener in and reflect influences from some of Lime Cordiale’s favourite artists to create a colourful record.

To continue the celebration, the band is preparing to pack the tour bus with musicians and embark on a sixteen-date national tour throughout October, November and December. Videographer Jack Shepherd has been enlisted to capture all things on the road, and expose the band for better, or worse. Creating a series of short documentary pieces, which are sure to feature some colourful ‘characters’, will give an insight into the brothers’ life as they bring their debut album to fans around Australia.

PERMANENT VACATION is a social album, and in addition to this, there are songs of personal anxieties and hard-hitting relationships from the past few years. The usually introverted Louis best expresses himself through song to explain these experiences, ‘I only love you when you’re leaving’, a lyric from their lead single “Temper Temper” might best describe his love experiences of late.

The record has not only been crafted to share the band’s own stories but for listeners to relate, interpret and enjoy in their own ways. Oli explains, “we want people to find their own stories in this music. I hope you and your lover listen to “Can I Be Your Lover", break up and then that song makes you suffer. We’re trying to get inside your head.”

It’s not all doom and gloom with the Sydney based siblings, as they still manage to have a laugh at society and themselves, Louis explains, “When we're writing together, we end up almost taking the piss. That's what we do together every day and so it ends up coming out in our songs.” You can hear it throughout the album on tracks like "Risky Love", "Naturally" and "Up In the Air”.

Keeping things positive, the band admit the lovely ladies of Sydney grab their attention, but being on the road and constantly driving between cities on tour, the band have discovered the beauty of the great Australian landscape, and themes of conservation and sustainability are ever-present in PERMANENT VACATION. Oli explains, “it feels as though Australian’s are often looking overseas for inspiration but we really don’t have to look too far”. The pair recently returned from a drought relief event in Far North Queensland, with Oli noting “it was so isolated, so dry and so prehistoric. But just incredibly breathtaking”.

With Dave Hammer (Megan Washington, Thundamentals, Nicole Millar) in the producer’s seat, the band recorded the album across three studio sessions earlier this year, after whittling down to a select thirteen songs from the fifty songs they had written. The exhaustive song-writing process allowed the pair to truly craft a sound they were not only proud of, but one that was unequivocally theirs; now it’s yours.

To celebrate the release of PERMANENT VACATION, Lime Cordiale had crowds heaving at The Lord Gladstone for their album launch party, giving fans a sneaky, steamy and intimate performance of some new tracks, as well as treating them to some of the band’s classics.

Unbeknown to some, Louis isn’t shy about picking up a brush, or better still, cutting lino to showcase his creative prowess, “lino cutting is a very time-consuming art form, requires a lot of attention but I find it meditative as an escape,” he says. All of Lime Cordiale’s cover art, merchandise, posters and other unique pieces of memorabilia created by the man himself, highlight the band’s artistic depth across the board.

In the lead up to the release of PERMANENT VACATION, the brothers proved their creative strengths by painting on The Lord Gladstone’s wall, drawing inspiration from conservation society Living Ocean. Louis notes, “I wanted to put a lighter spin on it, because those things are always really serious, in your face like “fuckin’, don’t eat fish idiot”.

Check out the time lapse

Lime Cordiale never fail to deliver an exciting and unpredictable set, whether they’re playing at a house party in Manly, warming the stage for the likes of Sticky Fingers (there’s an infamous story that the Leimbach brothers tell about attempting to break one of the Sticky boys out of jail) or Ball Park Music, or gracing the stage at festivals including Bluesfest, BIGSOUND and the iconic SXSW in Austin, Texas. You won’t want to miss this one.

LIME CORDIALE |2017 TOUR DATES
Brought to you by Chugg Entertainment, Chugg Music,
Select Music & Tone Deaf

PERTH
Friday 27th October @ Amplifier Bar
www.oztix.com.au

FREMANTLE
Saturday 28th October @ The Odd Fellow
www.oztix.com.au

ADELAIDE
Saturday 4th November @ UniBar (Licensed All Ages)
www.oztix.com.au

GEELONG
Friday 10th November @ Workers Club
www.oztix.com.au

MELBOURNE
Saturday 11th November @ Northcote Social Club
www.eventbrite.com.au - SELLING FAST

MELBOURNE
Sunday 12th November @ Wrangler Studios (U18’s)
www.oztix.com.au - SELLING FAST

BYRON BAY
Thursday 16th November @ Beach Hotel
FREE ENTRY

BRISBANE
Friday 17th November @ The Brightside
www.oztix.com.au

BRISBANE
Saturday 18th November @ The Brightside (U18’s matinee show)
www.oztix.com.au - SELLING FAST

MAROOCHYDORE
Saturday 18th November @ Sol Bar
www.oztix.com.au

WOLLONGONG
Thursday 23rd November @ Rad
SOLD OUT

CANBERRA
Friday 24th November @ Transit Bar
www.moshtix.com.au

SYDNEY
Saturday 25th November @ Metro Theatre (Licensed All Ages)
www.ticketek.com.au - SELLING FAST

HOBART
Friday 1st December @ Republic Bar
www.moshtix.com.au

LAUNCESTON
Saturday 2nd December @ Club 54
www.oztix.com.au

TOWNSVILLE
Friday 8th, December @ Dalrymple Hotel
www.oztix.com.au