Messed It Up is the first taste of album #3 from Melbourne favourite dreamboats, Kingswood. Currently under construction across four studios in Sydney and Nashville. Premiering on triple J, Messed It Up — all sinewy synth-soul compulsion with a restless rock undertow — presages another stunning act of evolution from a band who effectively weave thunderous serpentine space-rock and smouldering falsetto R’nB.

Kingswood have been recording with Nashville producer Eddie Spear (U2 / Lady Gaga / Kelly Clarkson / Brandi Carlisle / Anderson East / Europe / Kaleo) who has effectively been playing the “fifth Beatle” to the band’s creatively democratic, relentlessly expanding visions for the future of rock’n’roll.

With a new manager Damo Costin (VVV Management /123 Agency Director) by their side, Kingswood will wrap up 2018 with a highly anticipated debut appearance at Mondo NYC in early October, followed by extensive touring through the US and Europe.
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After Hours, Close To Dawn, was a creative evolution in sound for the gents from Kingswood. Their second release to debut in the ARIA top 10, cultivating a bunch of new radio favourites, like ‘Golden’,  ‘Creepin’ and ‘Atmosphere’.

It follows on from their debut album Microscopic Wars, and saw them power down a new sonic path, resulting in a change of sound that delighted and astonished fans.

After Hours, Close To Dawn was named in Rolling Stone Australia’s 50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2017, as well as The Herald Sun’s Biggest New Albums in 2017, mixing an eclectic collection of retro R’n’B grooves with soaring rock & roll, fuzzy soul and space age experimentation. It’s all connected by the defining element that is the trio’s creative DNA. No matter what shape they take, these songs are still instantly recognisable as pure Kingswood.

Kingswood will join heavyweights Queens of The Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem and HAIM at Byron’s Splendour In The Grass Festival before setting off on this headline tour.

Joining the gents for all tour dates will be rambunctious rock ‘n’ rollers The Vanns, and Sydney’s rockers Dear Seattle will be along for all shows excepting north Queensland dates.

Kingswood 2017 National Tour
FRI SEPT 29 – CALOUNDRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, SUNSHINE COAST
FRI OCT 6 – METROPOLIS, FREMANTLE
SAT OCT 7 – DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN, DUNSBOROUGH
THU OCT 1 – EDGE HILL TAVERN, CAIRNS
FRI OCT 13 – DALRYMPLE HOTE, TOWNSVILLE
SAT OCT 14 – MAGNUMS, AIRLIE BEACH
SUN OCT 15 – MOUNT PLEASANT HOTEL, MACKAY
FRI OCT 2 – THE MET (ALL AGES), BRISBANE
SAT OCT 21 – NIGHT QUARTER, GOLD COAST
SUN OCT 22 – THE NORTHERN, BRYON BAY
THU OCT 26 – COFFS HOTEL, COFFS HARBOUR
FRI OCT 27 – THE METRO, SYDNEY
SAT OCT 28 – THE LONG JETTY HOTEL, ENTRAL COAST
FRI NOV 10 – WHALER, WARNAMBOOL
SAT NOV 11 – FAT CONTROLLER, ADELAIDE
FRI NOV 17 – KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
SAT NOV 18 – THE FORU, MELBOURNE
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The tour will take in nine shows across five states, including up close and personal capital city venues, as well as off the beaten track regional club shows, kicking off with a performance on Friday, November 4 at Chinchilla Event ‘Fusions on the Field’ in Queensland.

These shows offer fans a chance to see KINGSWOOD perform on stages not seen since the early days of their career where they’ll be premiering select material off their forthcoming sophomore album. The band’s most recent ‘Microscopic Wars’ album tour (March 2015) saw the band sell out iconic venues across the country, including Sydney’s Metro Theatre and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne and then went on to support Australian rock royalty AC/DC on the nine date Australian leg of their ‘Rock or Bust’ stadium tour in November 2015, alongside energetic Swedish rock stars, The Hives. These electrifying shows saw the band play to some of the biggest audiences of their career, playing to 80,000 seat venues like Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, to which the band’s vocalist/ Laska proudly accepted, “There isn’t really much one can say about touring with AC/DC, childhood dreams being realised generally results in a loss for words.”

Kingswood members Laska, Fergus Linacre and Justin Debrincat have spent the earlier part of 2016 bunkered down recording the follow-up to their 2014 debut, Microscopic Wars, at the legendary Nashville USA studios: Sound Emporium, owned by musical legend Johnny Cash’s producer Jack Clement – a studio that has recorded the albums of many of the greats, from Robert Plant and Cyndi Lauper, to the Alabama Shakes and Pharell.

Kingswood Australia Tour
4 NOVEMBER 2016 – CHINCHILLA EVENT ‘FUSIONS ON THE FIELD’
5 NOVEMBER 2016 – SPOTTED COW, TOOWOOMBA
11 NOVEMBER 2016 – JIVE BAR, ADELAIDE
12 NOVEMBER 2016 – BLUES AT BRIDGETOWN, BRIDGETOWN
13 NOVEMBER 2016 – 96FM ‘KICK START SUMMER OF MUSIC CONCERT’, PERTH
17 NOVEMBER 2016 – IMPERIAL HOTEL, SYDNEY
18 NOVEMBER 2016 – SSA, ALBURY
19 NOVEMBER 2016 – HOWLER, MELBOURNE
24 NOVEMBER 2016 – WOOLY MAMMOTH, BRISBANE
26 NOVEMBER 2016 – BASE MAGNETIC ISLAND, TOWNSVILLE
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