Out on Friday August 7, the new full-length from The Jungle Giants and the follow up to 2013’s ‘Learn To Exist’, is titled ‘Speakerzoid’.

“What’s a Speakerzoid?” I hear you ask.

It’s the result of misheard song lyrics courtesy of a friend of the band while they were enjoying the opening strains of Sonic Youth’s ‘Teenage Riot’. The band loved the made up word; it summed up the listening experience of the album so much it became the album title.

Recorded towards the close of 2014 inside a temporary studio set up near the NSW/QLD border with friend and producer Magoo, ‘Speakerzoid’ is an inventive, accomplished and ebullient record. No longer a band of talented Brisbane teenagers, The Jungle Giants have grown into a group of experienced, formidable and creative musicians filled with the sense of irrepressible vitality that has served them so well to date.

The Jungle Giants will take to the road this September and October to celebrate the album’s release. The ‘Speakerzoid’ album tour will see The Jungle Giants take their indomitable live show on the road, performing in front of audiences across the country. Providing support on all shows will be Art of Sleeping, who will be touting a new album of their own, and surf-pop-party outfit Hockey Dad.

With a long history of sell-out tours behind them, tickets to The Jungle Giants’ album launch shows are sure to sell out quickly.

The Jungle Giants 2015 Australian Tour
04 September 2015, Metropolis – Fremantle
05 September 2015, Prince Of Wales – Bunbury
06 September 2015, HQ – Leederville
10 September 2015 Karova Lounge – Ballarat
12 September 2015, Corner Hotel – Melbourne
18 September 2015, The Enmore Theatre – Sydney
19 September 2015, The Gov – Adelaide
25 September 2015, ANU Bar – Canberra
01 October 2015, The Great Northern – Byron Bay
03 October 2015, The Triffid – Brisbane
09 October 2015, Republic Bar – Hobart, Australia   Tickets RSVP
10 October 2015, Club 54 – Launceston
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In 2014 the band returned to the studio for some writing sessions at Aaron Dessner’s (The National) garage studio in Brooklyn, New York, before laying down tracks with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkey’s, HAIM, Florence & The Machine) in London. They released their third studio LP ‘Wilder Mind’ earlier this year. Marcus Mumford has described Wilder Mind as ‘a development, not a departure’ as the band expand their musical horizons whilst retaining key elements of their sound.

Mumford and Sons have had a long and prosperous relationship with Australia, we fell in love with the Brits right before the rest of the world cottoned on. 2009’s ‘Sigh No More’ drew us in, 2012’s ‘Babel’ got us hooked, and 2015’s ‘Wilder Mind’ is continuing to deepen our fascination. It flew into the ARIA charts, giving the band their first Aussie #1 week of release. The latest video for their single ‘The Wolf’ charts the band over 48 hours at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival in Tennessee in the USA. You can watch it here.

The band spent the beginning of the year performing intimate shows for fans in Berlin, London, LA and NYC, and are now in the middle of a world tour, playing huge headline shows in major cities around the globe. Earlier this year they also announced the return of their personally curated two day Gentlemen Of The Road Stopover Festivals in small and unique towns in the UK and USA. They are being joined by friends like The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Ben Howard, Primal Scream, James Vincent McMorrow, and rock superstars The Foo Fighters.

Mumford & Sons All Day Show Presented by Gentlemen Of The Road
Joining them as an exclusive Australian appearance, in the Domain will be UK singer songwriter and 2015 NME solo artist of the year Jake Bugg. At the tender age of 21, he has multiple platinum selling; chart-topping records, critical acclaim, sell out tours and a career trajectory most young musicians can only dream of.

Maryland synth pop collective Future Islands, whose epic live shows have been commanding attention from music lovers world wide, largely thanks to the astonishing performance antics of frontman Samuel T Herring. His unique delivery mesmerising live audiences everywhere they go.

Adding a splash of indie pop rock to the line up are fellow Brits, The Vaccines, the darlings of the UK music critics thanks to their time warped tunes that take heed from the 60’s, 70’s and 80s, delivered with dose of 2015 London.

Local heroes The Jungle Giants will hit the stage at the Domain fresh off the back of touring their second album Speakerzoid. From teenage sensations to accomplished road warriors, their indie rock tunes have made them you tube sensations and triple j favourites.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone who wasn’t totally bewitched by the voice of Melbourne’s Meg Mac, the Air Award and 2014 triple j Unearthed Artist of The Year award winner, brings her intoxicating live show to sweeten up the Domain.

Brisbane’s Art Of Sleeping will open the day with their signature expansive folk rock, with multiple singles floating about the airwaves, and a string of glowing reviews for their recent headline shows, they provide the perfect avenue to ease your way into a day long musical feast.

Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind Australian Tour
Saturday November 7 – Riverstage, Brisbane
Thursday November 12 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
Saturday November 14 – The Domain, Sydney
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They’ll also leave the warmth of the womb for a five-show tour kicking off in Byron Bay on 15 August and also taking in stops on the Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and their hometown, Brisbane. Tickets are on sale now. F-ck yeah!

Hot on the glittery-heels of their national tour with The Jungle Giants and a freshly inked booking deal with Select Music, Moses Gunn Collective are earning a reputation for unforgettable live shows complete with DIY costumes, enviable and semi-professional dance moves and a whole heap of fun.

After establishing themselves as local favourites in the Brisbane music scene, MGC gained national and international exposure with their recent EP “Morning Shakes” and the singles ‘Shalala’ and ‘Mary’, scoring rotation on triple j and community stations around Australia and critical acclaim throughout the international blog community.

An eclectic mix of musicians, MGC draw from their other projects (Orphans Orphans, The Belligerents, The Furrs, Morning Harvey, The Family Jordan), mixing up psychedelic dream pop with soulful crooning and howling riffs, creating music that feels simultaneously classic and fresh.

Moses Gunn Collective Mercy Mountain Tour Tour
Saturday 15 August – THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY
Friday 21 August  – SHEBEEN BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
Saturday August AUG – GOODGOD SMALL CLUB, SYDNEY
Friday 28 August – THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
Saturday 29 August – SOL BAR, MAROOCHYDORE
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