New Zealand’s seven-headed soul monster, Fat Freddy’s Drop, return to Australia in January to preview their fourth album and new single ‘Slings and Arrows’. The single is the first to emerge from Freddy’s Bays studio jams in preparation for their biggest ever headline show. The sold out Alexandra Palace in London has a 10,000 strong capacity and comes off the back of last year’s Blackbird album achieving an Impala Gold Sales Award in Europe. The show is a highlight in Freddy’s Slings and Arrows World Tour that includes the band’s Japan and Thailand debut shows and a return to Sydney Opera House. Led by ‘one of the most soulful singers of his generation’ in Joe Dukie, The Drop’s live reputation hit new heights when they premiered the critically acclaimed Blackbird to two heaving Opera House audiences as part of GRAPHIC Festival 2012. In 2015, Fat Freddy’s will begin an all-new chapter on the very stage that saw Blackbird soar.
‘Slings And Arrows’ will be available on 7” as well as digital, dropping in New Zealand and Australia this Friday 17th October. The new studio album is due for release in 2015 via Remote Control.
TOUR DATES
January 21 — The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
January 23 — Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
January 24 — Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth WA
January 26 - Opera House, Sydney NSW
