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SunDirtWater |
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| Location: | Western Australia |
| Country: |  Australia |
| Last Login: | Mar 14, 2008 (212 days back) |
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The Waifs - Sun Dirt Water Bio 2007 Compass Studios, Nashville, February 2007. Nobody's fretting about making an album here, much less the challenge of following a triple-platinum, multi-award-winning independent roots music landmark of five years earlier. As tourists take pictures of the studio's scarred back wall – the place where Waylon Jennings is said to have practised throwing his bowie knife between takes back in the '70s – this band is just here to take stock after a break; to sing, play, kick ideas around. Then an album happens – kind of a spontaneous souvenir, in a sense, of the joy of making music together. That's the Waifs for you. Sun Dirt Water is an album born of time and distance. The geographic space between singer-songwriters Donna Simpson, Vikki Thorn and Josh Cunningham, and the long hiatus since their last studio triumph, Up All Night, created a kind of vacuum that these new songs could hardly wait to fill. "We had more songs to choose from than we've ever had," says Josh. "We ended up recording 21 or 22, so the hardest part by far was working out what to leave out and what fit together, to give the fans something that has some unity and variety and still represents where we've come to." Vikki agrees. "This was by far the most difficult Waifs album, in terms of finding cohesion with our different songwriting styles. But for that reason I feel it's our most interesting and risky album to date." It's Vikki who sets the bar with the title track. "Sun Dirt Water" is a worldly, seductive groove that meanders between styles with insouciant authority – slinky jazz, elegant country, smoky blues – and effortlessly nails what Josh calls "our finest recorded moment to date." "I think the recording has a really great energy to it and the vocal is the best vocal on any Waifs record. It really sets the tone for the album, for me, cause it has that great, liberated energy and expression in it." From the darkly evocative storytelling of Donna's "Vermillion" and "Sad Sailor Song" to Josh's upbeat country spiritual, "Eternity", this sense of liberation runs an exquisitely loose thread through the Waifs' fifth album. The eerie introspection of "Love Let Me Down"; the gleeful, organ-fuelled pop of "Stay"; the electric riff rock of "No Such Thing As Goodbye" and the old-time ukulele thrum of "Sentimental" are worlds apart stylistically, but they spring from the same well of timeless roots influences, and an instinct for collaborative expression that only comes with years traveling the same road. For those who came in late, the road looms large and long in the Waifs' inspirational tale of self-determined international success. It intersected for sisters Donna and Vikki and guitarist Josh in a remote corner of the Western Australian desert some 15 years ago. Their mobile cottage industry of campfire-crafted songs and independently recorded, gold-selling CDs slowly reached critical mass in Australia between '96 and '00, while their captivating on-stage chemistry spilled into a contagious festival following through Europe and North America. The Waifs' rainswept radio smash of '02, "London Still", led to a US release deal with Compass Records and ever more touring – with Bob Dylan among others – while their aforementioned watershed album, Up All Night, stormed mainstream and alternative charts back home, and picked up ARIA Awards including Best Independent, and Best Blues And Roots Release. A live retrospective, A Brief History, was another multi-platinum success in '05. It was also a full-stop of sorts, as Donna and Vikki concentrated on motherhood in their respective homes in Minnesota and Utah. After a final show in New York in August, Josh joined Missy Higgins as a hired gun. As usual, bassist Ben Franz and drummer David MacDonald are back in the engine room for Sun Dirt Water, which was co-produced by Compass Records' Garry West. "He was all about getting good sounds up, getting everyone to feel good and capturing a mood and a moment," says Josh. "The songs are essentially as they were when they were written." Indeed, some are presented here exactly as the first take found them. Others are subtly embellished by some of Nashville's most esteemed session players: Hammond organ by Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray Vaughan); steel guitar by Dan Dugmore (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor) and a splash of clarinet in the home stretch by Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck). Together, they reach a new benchmark of worldly eclecticism, without surrendering one iota of the homegrown and unaffected heart and soul that's made the Waifs one of Australia's most loved and admired musical exports of this century. "I guess every record signals a new phase," says Josh. "Our focus has shifted a lot in the last few years – not that we were ever hugely focused on our career as such; it was always just about playing music – but the band was always the biggest part of our lives. "Now that the girls have got families and the like, music is something that we do in between times, rather than all the time. It really makes you appreciate what you have and what you do. It feels like a time of positivity. We're happy with the record we've made and we're looking forward to getting on the road and showing everyone what it's all about." Sun Dirt Water is out September 1st, 2007 through Jarrah Records and MGM Distribution. For further information and interview requests please contact: Stacey Piggott @ Two Fish Out Of Water (612) 9560 3382 stacey@twofishoutofwater.com All Radio enquiries please contact: Russell Thomas @ KAOS Ph: (612) 9380-4621 russell@kaosman.com.au The Waifs - sundirtwater Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Music:Member Since: 6/18/2006Band Website: thewaifs.com Band Members: Josh Cunningham [Guitar Vocals Songwriter] Vikki Simpson [ Guitar Harmonica Vocals Songwriter ] Donna Simpson [ Guitar vocals Songwriter ] Ben Franz [ Bass ] Dave Macdonald [ Drums ] Requests: _______________ NATIONAL _______________ JTV Channel [V] Requests Phone 1902 220 330 (IDS call costs 83c/min or higher for mobiles/ public phones) SMS Requests 1999 69 69 TRL Live – MTV select from menu Phone: 1900 959 333 SMS:19 968802 Triple J Super Request Hot
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Acoustic / Folk) |
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The Waifs - Last chance to vote for Hottest 100 |
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| Its the last chance to vote for The Waifs on the Triple J Hottest 100.... Vote for the Waifs..sundirtwater. www.abc.net.au/triplejhottest100/The Waifs ticketsThere are only a few tickets remaining for... Posted by The Waifs on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:15:00 PST |
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Triple J - Hottest 100 - Vote Now! |
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| The Triple J - Hottest 100 is now open for voting.The Waifs have been nominated for their new track Sun DIrt Water and we'd really appreciate you dropping by http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest... Posted by The Waifs on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:34:00 PST |
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Union of Soul - Bare Bones |
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| Jarrah Records presents four extra special shows, The Union of Soul Tour "Bare Bones -Rare, Intimate and Stripped Back"Featuring& John Butler, The Waifs and Clare Bowditch The Union Of Soul Tour featu... Posted by The Waifs on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:55:00 PST |
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The Waifs Wrap Up 2007 |
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| After a two year break, international touring artists The Waifs returned to the local spotlight for an amazing year back behind the mics.Their current record Sun Dirt Water rocketed into the ARIA char... Posted by The Waifs on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:30:00 PST |
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The Union of Soul Tour |
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| Jarrah Records Presents&The Union of Soul Tour FEATURING&
The John Butler Trio and The Waifs with special guests
Having both grown as strong independent acts that are now making waves around the wor... Posted by The Waifs on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:51:00 PST |
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Lots of News for Yall! |
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| Lots of News for Y'all!Firstly, a suggestion to watch THE CHASERS WAR - ABC TV Wednesday 7th November Secondly, BigPond invites you to watch a live and exclusive performance of THE WAIFS online or on ... Posted by The Waifs on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:38:00 PST |
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Union of Soul Tour with John Butler |
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| Jarrah Records Presents&The Union of Soul Tour FEATURING&
The John Butler Trio and The Waifs for the first time together in WA
Having both grown as strong independent acts that are now making waves... Posted by The Waifs on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:29:00 PST |
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The Waifs Australia Tour- extra date announced |
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| Due to popular demand, The Waifs are excited to announce a 3rd Melbourne show at the Athenaeum Theatre on Sunday 7th October as part of their SunDirtWater National Tour. Following on from their 2 sold... Posted by The Waifs on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST |
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The Waifs Rocket Into The ARIA Charts, Debuting at 2 |
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| The band will land back in Australian this week, to a plethora of glowing reviews of their new offering& a great way to begin their mammoth national tour in support of the release of Sundirtwater.
"su... Posted by The Waifs on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:23:00 PST |
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The Waifs announce final shows on their SunDirtWater tour |
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| The Waifs are pleased to announce the final shows on their SunDirtWater Tour. They have not forgotten their hometowns and have arranged for small intimate shows in both Albany (home to the Simpson Sis... Posted by The Waifs on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:01:00 PST |
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