Wanderers

Add Date: February 1st 2022

Artist: Wanderers

Album: Wanderers [EP]

Label: Big Oak

Genre: Dance, electronic

Comments: From the promoter: "Long established as one of South Australia’s premier songwriting and touring outfits, Wanderers have stepped into a new creative domain in recent years. 

Bringing together influences from across decades of soul, rock and pop luminaries; channeling in with contemporary flair and songwriting skill, the group have fashioned for themselves a sonic identity that exists strongly between a vintage cool and a central sound that is refreshingly new.

The new Wanderers EP, their first since 2017’s Something For A Distraction, arrives as they prepare to return to the United States for SXSW, as well as announcing their headline EP tour upon their return for April and May. The release of the Wanderers EP follows on from the band’s debut US TV performance on Nashville’s News4.

The Wanderers EP comprises five tracks of soulful and rich guitar-driven music that is a testament to the creative dynamic between bandmates Dusty Lee Stephensen, Matt Birkin and their cast of long-term collaborators and live band. Stephensen writes with an old-soul edge; his lyricism a masterclass in personal storytelling (‘Malibu’, ‘Nothing In This World’). 

Songs like ‘Make It On My Own’ and ‘Penny’ exude the brightness and optimism Wanders brought to the project from the jump. Harmonically strong and rich in melodies that give us energy akin to Lime Cordiale and The Moving Stills, it’s music like this that has bolstered Wanderers’ presence in recent years as a band to watch out of SA.

The EP’s latest single release, ‘Molly’ is another example of the easy wavelength the outfit are on when it comes to songwriting and arrangement."

RIYL: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tame Impala, Grizzly Bear, Mayer Hawthorne, Of Montreal, Prince, Beck

Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 4

DNP: None