While their latest record Sharing Space is working hard for them in Europe and the UK, gaining rave reviews from music press and fans alike, the Cog boys have been busily putting the finishing touches on their national Between Oceans Tour May / June 2009.
Cog’s powerful live shows have been wowing fans for the past few years, earning them spots on the country’s biggest festivals, including the recent Big Day Out Tour, and leaving a trail of sold out venues in their wake. The Between Oceans Tour will be the band’s last round before they take time out to pull together material for their third LP.
“Out of the six times I have had the privilege of seeing Cog, this was by far the best.
A major reason for that, of course, is the injection of fresh material provided by Sharing Space. Just as the trio assured me, new songs were deftly mixed with old to capitalise on the ability for juxtaposition…and, consequently, maximise the intensity. Elements of primal groove, technical precision, brooding anger and bold affirmation were perfectly intertwined, meaning that the novelty never faltered and a refreshing change of pace was always around the corner. ‘Heartfelt’ is definitely the key word, too, with every nuance of the band’s body language speaking volumes about the passion that the Sharing Space material, both for its sparkling new-ness and its message-driven fervour, has given them.” Beat Magazine
Cog are thrilled to announce Manchester’s kings of post-metal, Oceansize will make their maiden voyage to Australia to join them for this run.
When Oceansize christened themselves back at the start of the third millennium, they didn’t just pick a name, they set themselves a challenge. Their mission statement was to make the biggest music possible, adventures on the high seas of future-rock giganticism that could never, ever stop.
The band’s third LP, ‘Frames’ glows with bone-crushing experimentation; mixing ultimate warrior wrestling music with beautiful classical flourishes. Oceansize always weave magic out of unfamiliar time signatures, on their latest LP, they have so many of them going on at the same time that they say the album is, at times, “the sound of a band ignoring itself.” Evidenced on the lurching ‘Savant’, the ravenous ‘Only Twin’ and the climactic ‘The Frame’, every single player goes on their own journey, making up a deeply intricate whole.
Melbourne three piece Calling All Cars will join Cog and Oceansize to open. One of Triple J’s Next Crop Artists, they will use the Cog tour to release ‘Disconnect ‘ the first single off their debut album due later in 2009.
