Datura4 (photo: Jon Tarry)
DATURA4’S FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM “NEANDERTHAL JAM” IS OUT NOW (8.26.22) VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!
West Australian boogie masters Datura4 return with their highly anticipated fifth album, Neanderthal Jam. Fronted by Dom Mariani of legendary Oz garage rockers The Stems, Neanderthal Jam is eleven new tracks of psychedelicised blues and full-tilt heavy rock that were jammed out and recorded at their favourite south-west farmhouse studio during the early months of 2021. Having already released four acclaimed albums on AliveNatural Records Demon Blues (2015), Hairy Mountain (2016), Blessed is the Boogie (2019) and West Coast Highway Cosmic (2020), Neanderthal Jam sees them building upon and going beyond on another diverse collection of songs.
Album opener ‘Going Back to Hoonsville’ gets things started with a relentless and pounding swing to get your hot wheels on. The jam is well and truly underway, and so the boogie gets heavy pursuing love in an inner sanctum on ‘Secret Society’ until the joyous organ groove of ‘Open the Line’ invites us to dance to the music.
‘Bad Times’ digs in on their OZ rock roots with a groove that the ‘Tatts’ (Rose Tattoo) would be proud of. ‘Black Speakers’ and title track ‘Neanderthal Jam’ keep the jams cooking with Bob Patient’s keyboard playing prowess on display proving what a welcome addition he has been to the band. An acoustic prelude that is ‘Hold My Life’ that leads into a pummelling boogie riff on ‘Worried Man’s Boogie’ sets the scene for personal concerns about a world and the times we find ourselves in.
Full-throttle rocker ‘Digging My Own Grave’ turns the lights to ‘black and purple’ and the Witchdoctor takes us for a ride on ‘Fish Fry’ until we get to the epic sun-kissed west coast highway closer ‘Dry-By Island.’ Neanderthal Jam,……to be continued.
Datura4’s new album Neanderthal Jam is out now via Alive Naturalsound Records. Click here to purchase/stream. Click here to order the limited splatter vinyl.
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PREVIOUS PRESS RELEASE FOR DATURA4’S 2020 LP “WEST COAST COSMIC HIGHWAY”
DATURA4 DROPS THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM “WEST COAST HIGHWAY COSMIC” APRIL 17, 2020 VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS
Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed third album, Blessed is the Boogie, Australian rockers Datura4 have hit the motorway running for another sonic journey through burning boogie, dirty blues and rock & roll soundscapes on their follow-up opus West Coast Highway Cosmic. The title was inspired by the highways that the band has traveled to get to the recording studios they’ve been using over the four albums they’ve done so far. The two studios are 200 kilometres [124 miles] apart and situated along the southwest coast of Western Australia. The long and sometimes lonely drives back and forth along these routes have definitely played its part in the band’s creative process, and whether it be new ideas or just listening back to what they’ve done in a previous session the ‘West Coast Highway Cosmic,’ as they like to call it, has been a constant spirit over all of Datura4’s studio recordings.
West Coast Highway Cosmic sees Datura4 stretch out and experiment with their sound that they’ve been building on ever since their debut release Demon Blues in 2015. “I see every album as an extension from the previous one,” admits frontman Dom Mariani, “and I’m conscious about not rehashing the same things over. The collection of tunes on WCHC is slightly more eclectic than on the previous albums, which makes it really interesting and exciting for albums in the future. There was a more spontaneous and looser approach for the majority of the recording, where we would take the basic song idea and let things go until we had the take that we liked. We got into the grooves you might say.”
“Bob Patient, who joined the group toward the end of the Blessed is the Boogie recording, was involved from day one on the new album and his keyboards play a bigger part and have added an additional flavour to the D4 sound,” Mariani adds. “I wouldn’t say it’s a different direction, but more about exploring additional possibilities as musicians.”
Datura4 is:
Dom Mariani: guitar and vocals
Warren Hall: drums
Stu Loasby: bass
Bob Patient: keyboards
Datura4’s new studio album West Coast Highway Cosmic will be released April 17th on limited edition vinyl, CD and digital/streaming formats via Alive Naturalsound Records.
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PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DATURA4’S 2019 ALBUM BLESSED IS THE BOOGIE
AUSTRALIAN ROCK BAND DATURA4 TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM “BLESSED IS THE BOOGIE” APRIL 5, 2019 VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS
Blessed is the Boogie is the eagerly anticipated third album by Western Australian rockers Datura4.
Fronted by Aussie legend Dom Mariani, who came to prominence on the music scene in the 1980s with legendary garage rock combo The Stems, and later went on to form revered power pop outfits DM3 and The Someloves, Datura4 is Mariani’s return to his blues and heads-down, full-tilt boogie roots.
Blessed is the Boogie is ten new songs that build on Datura4’s ‘guitars to infinity’ approach of Hairy Mountain (2016) and the hard rocking, progressive blues and psychedelic stylings of debut LP Demon Blues (2015). Both albums were released through Alive NaturalSound Records and gained critical acclaim at home, in Europe and the USA.
Datura4 are stoked to share with you this new collection of songs. “Boom boom boom boom – Blessed is the Boogie.”
Datura4’s Blessed is the Boogie will be available April 5th on Limited Edition Vinyl, CD, digital and streaming formats via Alive Naturalsound Records.
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BLESSED IS THE BOOGIE TRACKLISTING:
01 Black Dog Keep Running
02 Blessed Is The Boogie
03 Looper
04 Run With Lucy
05 Ooh Poo Pah Doo
06 Sounds of Gold
07 Evil People Pt 2
08 Not For Me
09 Cat On A Roof
10 The City of Lights
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PREVIOUS PRESS RELEASE FOR DATURA4’S 2016 LP HAIRY MOUNTAIN:
DATURA4 TO RELEASE THEIR LATEST STUDIO ALBUM “HAIRY MOUNTAIN” OCTOBER 28TH VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!
Rock ‘n’ Roll fans – please welcome Hairy Mountain – the second album from West Australia’s Datura4. Building upon the “guitars-to-infinity” approach of Datura4’s acclaimed debut LP Demon Blues, Hairy Mountain is ten solid tracks celebrating an unbridled joy for rock ‘n’ roll, with a nod to the spiritual presence of their hairy Oz Rock forefathers.
The psychedelic cover art is by Joshua Marc Levy/Asheville Art Family.
Datura4’s Hairy Mountain will be available on limited colored vinyl, CD and digital formats October 28th via Alive Naturalsound Records.
HAIRY MOUNTAIN TRACK LISTING:
1. Fools Gold Rush
2. Trolls
3. Mary Carroll Park
4. Uphill Climb
5. Hairy Mountain
6. Greedy World
7. Confide in Me
8. Too Much (or not enough)
9. Something to Hide
10. Broken Path
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http://www.alive-records.com
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PREVIOUS PRESS RELEASE FOR DATURA4’S 2015 LP DEMON BLUES:
Hailing from Fremantle in Western Australia, Datura4 is the brainchild of Dom Mariani (frontman of legendary Australian garage rockers The Stems and Power Pop favorites DM3) and Greg Hitchcock (former You Am I and one-time New Christs’ guitarist). In 2011 they joined forces combining a shared passion for full-tilt boogie, psychedelic rock and progressive blues.
Along with drummer Warren Hall who previously played with The Drones and bass player Stu Loasby Datura4 have been steadily building a reputation in their hometown with their live performances. With a healthy nod to early ’70s Australian Psych/Blues/Boogie from the likes of Buffalo, Coloured Balls, The Aztecs and latter era Masters Apprentices, Demon Blues represents Mariani & Hitchcock’s love of hard hitting bell-bottom blues.
The psychedelic cover art is by Joshua Marc Levy/Asheville Art Family.
Datura4’s Demon Blues will be available on limited colored vinyl, CD and digital formats July 10th via Alive Naturalsound Records. The CD will include one bonus track not available on other formats, as well as alternate cover art.
DEMON BLUES TRACK LISTING:
1. Out With The Tide
2. You Ain’t No Friend Of Mine
3. Another Planet
4. Journey Home
5. Demon Blues
6. Hoonsville
7. Pissin’ Up The Wall
8. Killjoy
9. Gravedigger Man
10. Love To Burn
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