The Basics announce remastered album and new shows
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Melbourne band The Basics have thus-far made a living out of revisiting the music of yesteryear, but now they’re doing a retrospective of their own by re-issuing Get Back, their little-known debut album from 2002, re-mastered and re-packaged as an hors d'oeuvres of sorts to their upcoming new recordings.
The band, which played their first gigs under the name The Big Nothing and then The Big Something, officially became known as THE BASICS in early 2002. Wally De Backer (now also doubling as the human face of Gotye),Kris Schroeder and Michael Hubbard recorded the cheekily-titled GET BACK, an album of all-original songs with heart and influence worn proudly on the sleeve (Hubbard, now of Downhills Home, left the group in mid-2004 and was replaced by Tim Heath).
Get Back was knocked over from go-to-whoa in six days - four recording, two mixing, and a quick three hour mastering session. And now, six years after the fact, that prospect is now a reality. The original 1000 CDs sold out long ago, and before the release of new material that will see The Basics finally progress into territory they can shamelessly call their own, the time seems right to stop and take a look back at their humble beginnings.
Get Back will be released on August 2nd through MGM Distribution and available at all good record stores and of course, iTunes.
THE BASICS EAST COAST SHOWS:
SYDNEY- Tuesday 5 August- The Hopetoun, Surry Hills
MELBOURNE- Thursday 7 August- The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy
SYDNEY- Wednesday 12 August-The Hopetoun, Surry Hills
MELBOURNE- Thursday 14 August- The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy
SYDNEY- Tuesday 19 August- The Hopetoun, Surry Hills
MELBOURNE- Thursday 21 August- The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy
SYDNEY- Tuesday 26 August- The Hopetoun, Surry Hills
MELBOURNE- Thursday 28 August- The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy
COOLUM BEACH- Friday 29 August- Sol Bar, Coolum Beach
BRISBANE- Saturday 30 August- The Troubadour, Fortitude Valley
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GET BACK - the debut album – remastered and repackaged OUT NOW and available through MGM distribution.
