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Midnight Juggernauts Announce Album Launch Tour
"Midnight Juggernauts make their return in a flurry of celestial organs, spaceship beeping, alien communiques and other otherworldly type descriptions. Aghast at the idea of radio-editing their intergalactic masterpiece, they sent us the un-edited version and a B-side that should have been an A-side". - Tim Chester, NME.com on ‘Vital Signs'
"Australian steamroller synth-rockers Midnight Juggernauts... [show] signs of being the heirs to Muse's epic prog throne, with similar anthemic potential." - Ian Youngs, BBC
With their second album The Crystal Axis now only two weeks away from release, Midnight ...
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Midnight Juggernauts Announce Album Launch Tour
"Midnight Juggernauts make their return in a flurry of celestial organs, spaceship beeping, alien communiques and other otherworldly type descriptions. Aghast at the idea of radio-editing their intergalactic masterpiece, they sent us the un-edited version and a B-side that should have been an A-side". - Tim Chester, NME.com on ‘Vital Signs'
"Australian steamroller synth-rockers Midnight Juggernauts... [show] signs of being the heirs to Muse's epic prog throne, with similar anthemic potential." - Ian Youngs, BBC
With their second album The Crystal Axis now only two weeks away from release, Midnight Juggernauts are thrilled to announce a national album launch tour.
Catch the Melbourne trio on Thursday 12 August at The Gov in Adelaide, Saturday 14 August at The Capitol in Perth, Thursday 19 August at The Forum in Melbourne, Friday 20 August at The Forum in Sydney, and Saturday 21 August at the Hi Fi in Brisbane. Tickets are on sale now for all shows.
With their latest single 'Vital Signs' making the cut for the NME's '10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week,' Midnight Juggernauts are also gearing up for festival appearances at Lovebox (United Kingdom), Exit Festival (Serbia), Bennicassim (Spain), and Montreaux Jazz Festival (Switzerland).
Featuring 12 glittering tracks, including the singles 'Vital Signs' and 'This New Technology', The Crystal Axis is a 50-minute symphony of synth-rock invention. Veering from percussive, hypnotic grooves to luxuriant jams, walls of sound, and 70s AM melodic forks, the album will be available with a limited edition, seven track bonus disc.
Recorded at Sing Sing studios in Melbourne, The Crystal Axis was produced by Midnight Juggernauts and engineered by Chris Moore (TV on the Radio, Yeasayer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars). The record provides the follow up to the trio's successful debut album, Dystopia, which established them with audiences across the globe.
The Crystal Axis is released 28 May on Siberia Records via Inertia.
Midnight Juggernauts
The Crystal Axis Album Launch Tour
Supported by triple j, Mess + Noise, dB Magazine, Drum Media Perth, Drum Media Sydney, Inpress, and Time Off
In-depth Biography
Midnight Juggernauts are an electro-pop synth rock group from Melbourne, Australia. The founding members, in a nod to the Ramones, renamed themselves Vincent Juggernaut and Andy Juggernaut. The two met in high school and played straightforward guitar rock together before moving on to experiment with synthesizers and dance music. Unable to find a permanent drummer, they played their first concerts with part-time drummers while wearing the uniforms of military dictators. Eventually they abandoned the costumes as well as the part-timers and settled on Daniel Stricker -- who changed his name to Thunderfist to celebrate the occasion -- to be their full-time drummer. The group remixed songs for the Presets, !!!, Electric Six, Damn Arms, K.I.M., and Dragonette, among others. Their debut album, Dystopia, was released in 2007 on their own independent label, Siberia. It received a boost in popularity and sales when French dance act Justice referred to the Australian band as one of their favorites during interviews with BBC Radio and the Pitchfork website. The two groups later toured North America together, and Dystopia appeared worldwide in mid-2008. A string of festival and other live dates followed during 2008-2009, and the band recorded its second album in Australia. That record, The Crystal Axis, appeared in Australia in May 2010, and was issued in most other countries by the end of the year. ~ Jody Macgregor, Rovi
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