Mistletone

HTRK TOUR DATES:

MELBOURNE: Saturday April 26 @ The Hi-Fi with special guests New War, Regional Curse + DJ Conrad Standish. Presented by Triple R. Tickets on sale now from The Hi-Fi.

SYDNEY: Saturday May 10 @ Civic Underground with special guests Alba & Guerre + DJs Spiral Sounds + Dave Fernandes. Presented by FBi. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

HTRK are playing two headline shows in Melbourne & Sydney to launch their exceptional new album Psychic 9-5 Club, out now on Mistletone Records / Inertia. Tickets on sale now, and the album is available on CD and deluxe 180 gram vinyl via Mistletone mail order.

PRAISE FOR PSYCHIC 9-5 CLUB by HTRK:

• “An impressive distillation of, and extension on (HTRK’s) previous albums. The sparse melodies, languorous tempos, precise percussion, dub effects and Jonnine’s distinctive vocals all combine to produce an entrancing collection of new material” – 3RRR ALBUM OF THE WEEK
• “Midway through Feels Like Love, HTRK give listeners something unexpected: the sound of Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang laughing. The Melbourne duo’s music – all drum-machine plod and dead-zone vocals – has long sounded depressed, especially on 2011′s Work (Work, Work), the LP made in mourning for bassist Sean Stewart and producer Roland S. Howard. Whether piping in chuckles is enough to convince listeners Psychic 9-5 Club is joyful is questionable, especially given its snail pace and droll lyricism. But the set’s dubby effects and watery synths lend the LP a warmth of tone, if not of spirit” – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (4 stars)
• “Standish and Yang have become masters of minimalism, turning the emptiness in their sonic landscape into a defining trait” – STACK (4.5 stars)
• “This is the sound of a band who’ve picked up the pieces and found a new, exciting beast in their hands. HTRK remain the brilliant and confrontational group they’ve always been, they’re just navigating a strange new world” – THE MUSIC (4 stars)
• “HTRK’s new album elevates both the lyrics and outside influences to the surface while embracing a lustrous minimalism” – MESS + NOISE (“On Rotation”)
• “Shuddering synths, throb-step, real talk… HTRK always have something to say about the state of this decaying, fraying planet” – HERALD SUN