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Vol​.​3

by This Way North

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Not Defined 03:28
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Driving Roads 04:19
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Sugar 02:40
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You Be You 04:00
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Busy Is A Competition 02:55
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Where We Go 04:33
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about

Two-piece indie pop-rock band This Way North will release its new seven-song EP Vol. 3 on Tuesday 23rd of February, beckoning us to shake off the year that was 2020 and welcome brighter days.

Recorded in Nashville in January 2020 on a trip to the US—where This Way North was invited to showcase at the Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans—and produced by Brad Jones (Skipping Girl Vinegar, Justin Townes Earle, Bob Evans), EP Vol. 3 is at its heart celebratory, reminding us that things were once ok, and will be once again.

It is also the ultimate instalment in a trilogy of EPs (joining 2016’s EP Vol. 1 and 2018’s EP Vol. 2)—and is a collection of new tracks from guitarist/singer Leisha Jungalwalla and drummer/singer Cat Leahy, written while travelling and touring around Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

For three years Jungalwalla and Leahy traded a bricks-and-mortar home for vanlife on the road, and a spirit of adventure and unbridled joy has taken up permanent residence in their music—no more so than this new collection.

“Living on the road meant we were able to visit some beautiful places to write new music, including an off-grid community in Tassie; a big permaculture property in the Canada’s BC Interior; and, the Sunshine Coast hinterland,” says Jungalwalla.

First single You Be You is a moody, tremolo-tinged heart-tugger—the kind of song you want to hear live with your eyes closed and hips swaying, as Leahy and Jungalwalla’s voices inch upwards to a perfect finish. Pounding second single Driving Roads deserves to be at the top of all post-iso surf-trip playlists, pulling the listener onward through washy, reverb-soaked guitars and rolling rhythms. Not Defined is a powerful opener to the record with soaring vocals, dreamy verses, mixed with punchy guitar solos that serve for an inspiring start to the EP. Where We Go is a nod to nineties rock, combining air-tight grooves with full, cinematic spaciousness, while Sugar is a yearning, riff-heavy body-mover. Full of rapturous nostalgia, EP Vol. 3 is the perfect final instalment to This Way North’s three-part welcome party: a sonic time machine to summer festivals with cold beers, one-handed snacks and bodies pressed close together.

Since their last release in 2018, This Way North—named Music Victoria’s Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act in the same year—had continued full-time touring across Australia, New Zealand and Canada, supporting Ash Grunwald and Kate Ceberano along the way; and, playing local festivals including Queenscliff, Mullumbimby, Woodford, Port Fairy, and the Ness Creek, and Robson Valley festivals in Canada. The duo also released standalone single Night Terrors in 2019, a taste of things to come.

This Way North is currently taking their COVID forced grounding in the historic and arts-centric town of Yackandandah in North East Victoria.

Alongside This Way North, Jungalwalla and Leahy also founded Sass the Patriarchy in 2018, an event series aimed at improving gender equality in the music industry. Their events and festivals in Australia and overseas have featured artists including Thando, Dallas Frasca, Hollie Joyce, Bitch Diesel, The Twoks, and Simona Castricum.

EP Vol. 3 by This Way North will be released worldwide on 23rd of February. www.thiswaynorth.com

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released February 23, 2021

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Dynamic indie-pop-rock two-piece band from Australia full of rapturous nostalgia, This Way North's music takes you from moody, tremolo-tinged heart-tuggers to pounding driving alt-psych rock through a sonic landscape of reverb-soaked guitars and rolling rhythms. With odes to 90’s rock sitting on air-tight grooves and full, cinematic spaciousness, their music is a portal to summer festivals. ... more

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