AIRBOURNE will release their fifth studio album Boneshaker on October 25th via Spinefarm Records. The band revealed the cover artwork for Boneshaker, which was a collaboration between Matt Read of Combustion Ltd. and Sean Tidy of Design House Studio Ltd.
On the topic of the artwork, guitarist Matthew Harrison states: “The whole sentiment we were after was about rock ‘n’ roll for life. We wanted to create something tattoo worthy, classic artwork that will stand the test of time.”
With the creation of Boneshaker, all-action Aussie rockers Airbourne decided to take the bolder path; to align with Nashville’s six-time Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, whose credits include both Chris Stapleton and the ‘Star Is Born’ soundtrack, as a way of staking out new turf away from comfort zones and safe havens.
“It’s a live gig in the studio. This is always something we wanted to do – find a way to bring the soul and power of an Airbourne live show into an album. Cobb caught our lightning and put it in a bottle,” states bandleader Joel O’Keeffe.
Relocating to historic Studio A on Nashville’s Music Row, Cobb’s natural home and one of Music City’s most prized creative hubs, the four musicians set themselves a challenge: to make a record cut from the same frayed cloth as those classic late-’70s recordings from Australia’s legendary Albert’s house of ‘Oz Rock’ that inspired the band so much.
There are no weird tangents here, no un-called for asides, no messin’ about. This is straight-down-the-line pure rock ‘n’ roll drama smelling of burnt rubber, spilt gasoline and valves glowing red hot. No ballads, no acoustic guitars, no keyboards. 10 tracks, 30 minutes of music. Everything lean an’ lethal, stripped to the bone, to those essential elements that rock ‘n’ roll requires to properly do its work: raging guitars, pounding bass ‘n’ bass, vocals packed full of real personality – the kind of passion that only comes from willfully pursuing a life on the line.
BONESHAKER TRACKLISTING:
1. BONESHAKER
2. BURNOUT THE NITRO
3. THIS IS OUR CITY
4. SEX TO GO
5. BACKSEAT BOOGIE
6. BLOOD IN THE WATER
7. SHE GIVES ME HELL
8. SWITCHBLADE ANGEL
9. WEAPON OF WAR
10. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FOR LIFE
Pre-orders for Airbourne’s fifth studio album Boneshaker are now live, with an instant download of the first single & album title-track – WATCH THE VIDEO HERE – and special bundle options including t-shirts, hoodies, enamel badge and poster. Boneshaker was premiered live at Wacken 2019 in front of 80k+ people, the band’s fourth time at the legendary festival, which felt like a homecoming show.
As always, you can find Airbourne on the road. They will be crisscrossing the planet, in true Airbourne fashion, until 2022.
“We are pumped about playing these new songs live, it’s always cool to do that first tour on the album cycle, especially that first run of shows. The first time we hear people singing the words of a new song back at us, it makes us really appreciate how much our Airbourne family around the world supports us,” states drummer Ryan O’Keeffe. “2020 is already shaping up to be a jam packed year.”
Upcoming Airbourne Live Dates 2019:
24.09 – Ucho – Gdynia PL
25.09 – Proxima – Warsaw PL
26.09 – Kwadrat – Kraków PL
28.09 – Club Zal – St Petersburg RU
29.09 – Station Hall – Moscow RU
02.10 – Roxy – Prague CZ [SOLD OUT]
04.10 – Amager Bio – Copenhagen DK [SOLD OUT]
05.10 – Münchenbryggeriet – Stockholm SE
07.10 – Pakkahuone – Tampere FI
08.10 – Circus – Helsinki FI
10.10 – Rockefeller – Oslo NO
11.10 – Trädgår’n – Gothenburg SE [SOLD OUT]
12.10 – Voxhall – Aarhus DK [SOLD OUT]
15.10 – Melkweg – Amsterdam NL
16.10 – Trix – Antwerp BE
17.10 – La Laiterie – Strasbourg FR [SOLD OUT]
19.10 – La Cigale – Paris FR [SOLD OUT]
20.10 – La Cigale – Paris FR [SOLD OUT]
22.10 – Santana 27 – Bilbao ES
24.10 – Paris 15 – Málaga ES
25.10 – La Riviera – Madrid ES
26.10 – Razzmatazz – Barcelona ES
28.10 – La Paloma – Nimes FR [SOLD OUT]
29.10 – Alcatraz – Milan IT
31.10 – Komplex – Zurich CH
01.11 – Haus Auensee – Leipzig DE
02.11 – Orpheum – Graz AT
03.11 – Tonhalle – Munich DE [SOLD OUT]
05.11 – Barba Negra – Budapest HU
06.11 – Arena – Vienna AT
07.11 – Columbiahalle – Berlin DE
09.11 – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden DE [SOLD OUT]
10.11 – E-Werk – Cologne DE [SOLD OUT]
13.11 – UEA – Norwich UK
14.11 – Rock City – Nottingham UK
16.11 – Academy – Manchester UK
17.11 – O2 Academy – Newcastle UK
18.11 – Beach Ballroom – Aberdeen UK
20.11 – Ironworks – Inverness UK
21.11 – Barrowlands – Glasgow UK
22.11 – O2 Academy – Liverpool UK
24.11 – Cardiff University – Cardiff UK
25.11 – O2 Academy – Bristol UK
26.11 – O2 Forum – London UK
28.11 – O2 Academy – Sheffield UK
29.11 – O2 Guildhall – Southampton UK
30.11 – O2 Academy – Oxford UK
2020:
04.01 – Summernats – Canberra AU
08.02 – RAC Arena – Perth AU*
11.02 – AEC Theatre – Adelaide AU*
14.02 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne AU*
15.02 – Qudos Bank Arena – Sydney AU*
18.02 – Entertainment Centre – Brisbane AU*
20.02 – The Trusts Arena – Auckland NZ*
22.02 – Horncastle Arena – Christchurch NZ*
* Denotes Special Guest on Alice Cooper dates
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