FourPlay String Quartet announces east coast shows to launch Wish': a powerful, haunting ballad about living in a climate-changed world
FourPlay put the eclectic' back into electric string quartet' with their second new single, Wish', a powerful, haunting ballad about living in a climate-changed world. As with previous release, Bound', the digital-only release of Wish' is available now exclusively via Bandcamp and will be officially be released Friday 10 August. The release will include archival remixes of FourPlay songs, and to celebrate the band will play east coast shows in Canberra, Melbourne, Nambour, Brunswick Heads, and Sydney during September.
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FourPlay, who have been wowing audiences around the world for over 20 years with both their radical reinventions of pop songs and their wildly eclectic original material, have often had environmental and political themes in their music.
Wish' takes this to the next step: a haunting ballad with tones of Not Drowning Waving and 70s folk protest songs, with powerful lyrics delivered passionately by Tim Hollo and Lara Goodridge, intricate viola lines from Shenzo Gregorio, and a soaring, poignant cello solo from Peter Hollo.
Wish' began life when the band was trapped behind rising floodwaters while enjoying the Bundanon Trust's Artist-In-Residency program in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Tim's older daughter kept calling to make sure he was OK and, at one point, said to him "I wish that I'd been born before climate change was happening." Tim, a long-time environmental activist and founder of Green Music Australia, said those words "hit me in the guts". The conversation inspired this song, with the message that "we can't wish away the times we've been given; we have to do with them what we can."
Don't miss FourPlay as they showcase Wish' along with tracks from their entire career at a venue near you.
Sunday 16 September - The Toff In Town, Melbourne VIC
Thursday 20 September - Waywards, Newtown NSW
Friday 21 September - Bison Bar, Nambour QLD
Saturday 22 September - Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads NSW
Sunday 23 September - Brightside, Brisbane QLD
Wish' takes this to the next step: a haunting ballad with tones of Not Drowning Waving and 70s folk protest songs, with powerful lyrics delivered passionately by Tim Hollo and Lara Goodridge, intricate viola lines from Shenzo Gregorio, and a soaring, poignant cello solo from Peter Hollo.
Wish' began life when the band was trapped behind rising floodwaters while enjoying the Bundanon Trust's Artist-In-Residency program in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Tim's older daughter kept calling to make sure he was OK and, at one point, said to him "I wish that I'd been born before climate change was happening." Tim, a long-time environmental activist and founder of Green Music Australia, said those words "hit me in the guts". The conversation inspired this song, with the message that "we can't wish away the times we've been given; we have to do with them what we can."
Don't miss FourPlay as they showcase Wish' along with tracks from their entire career at a venue near you.
FourPlay Wish' Tour Dates 2018
Friday 14 September - Smiths Alternative, Canberra ACTSunday 16 September - The Toff In Town, Melbourne VIC
Thursday 20 September - Waywards, Newtown NSW
Friday 21 September - Bison Bar, Nambour QLD
Saturday 22 September - Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads NSW
Sunday 23 September - Brightside, Brisbane QLD