18 November 2022 - 0 Comments

Fresh back from Australian release shows Soaked Oats welcome you to their world with their debut album Working Title released today via Aussie indie tastemaker label Dot Dash (Methyl Ethel, Carla Geneve, Client Liaison).

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Light years beyond the band’s previous music about fruit, Working Title delves wider into the worlds of their beloved songwriters, drawing influences from funk, psychedelia, electronica and hip-hop to deliver their strongest piece of work yet.

In celebration of their debut album release, Soaked Oats will be playing a one-off in-store performance at Auckland’s iconic, Flying Out Store on Saturday 19th, November. This show is free and All-Ages.

Also announced today is Soaked Oats - Working Title 2023 Tour dates for Aotearoa and Australia.

Soaked Oats - Working Title Tour - March 2023

AUSTRALIA - 
Friday, March 10 2023 - Brisbane - Woolly Mammoth
Saturday, March 11 2023 - Sydney - The Lansdowne 
Sunday, March 12 2023 - Wollongong - North Wollongong Hotel 
Friday, March 17 2023 - Adelaide - Grace Emily Hotel 
Saturday, March 18  2023 - Melbourne - The Howler 
Sunday, March 19 2023 -  Perth - Mojos

AOTEAROA - 
Friday, March 24 2023 - Ōtautahi/Christchurch - Loons
Saturday, March 25 2023 - Ōtepoti/Dunedin - Mayfair
Friday, March 31 2023 - Pōneke/Wellington - San Fran
Saturday, April 1 2023 - Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland - The Hollywood Avondale

Written and recorded over the last eighteen months, the New Zealand four-piece group’s first full-length album explores the contrasting ways we perceive and interact with the world, how we define ourselves through work, And the subtle shift from viewing objects in the world as fixed ‘things’, to experiencing them as processes and interactions unfolding.

The majority of the recording took place in a community hall in the remote township of Okuru, Haast, situated on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island, where the coastal road ends at the foot of Mt. Aspiring National Park. Partly in response to that isolated landscape, Working Title has unfolded as a more introspective offering from a band that is known typically for their cheerful sound.

CCTV cameras were placed inside the hall to capture the recording sessions as a document of the process. That “making of” footage can now be viewed on the band’s website: soakedoatsband.com

Produced by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams, The Chills), engineered by Tom Bell (David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights), and mastered by Christian Wright (Abbey Road Studios, Fontaines DC), the album delves into new sonic territory, with inspiration coming from 60’s psychedelia and dance-rock among others.

Photo Credit: Mark Barber

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