Shady Lane Announce Album Launch

Take a bag of rice. It's full of grains that are rather nice. Now add some quality music to it and you've got yourself a bag of tasty nourishment. One of these tantalising grains is Rice Is Nice's SHADY LANE-the wonderfully crafted project created by Jordy Lane (also a member of Sydney's Richard In Your Mind).

As a follow-up to SHADY LANE's debut, Here We Go, Down The Black Hole (2009), the outfit have recently released their mind-altering record Built Guilt. Unlike the first LP where Jordy basically recorded and produced the entire album in his bedroom, Richard In Your Mind's bassist Conrad Richters and live band members Pete Avard (on drums) and Sarah Jullienne (on synths) recorded with Jordy in order to encapsulate the essence of a live band.

For such a terrifically twisted album, why not celebrate with an album launch? Catch SHADY LANE play Sydney's Brighton UP Bar on Oxford Street Friday, 3^rd August. It will be here that you are enabled to become emotionally attached to Jordy himself as he traps you inside his fluffy vocals and dreamy piano in 'Stretching Mr. Meds Over A Spit.' If you're feeling a little more obscure, perhaps you'd prefer to go on a quest with 'Fluff 'n' Stuff' as the track takes you on a technological journey, leaving you feeling as though you're stuck inside a 1980s arcade game. If that doesn't tickle your fancy, push the record's versatility by simply losing your mind to the insanity that is 'Mother Mountain Rabbit.'

The Sydney three piece will be accompanied on the night by the playful duo Fishing, along with a special Megastick Fanfare DJ set. So go buy yourself a pre sale ticket for only $10 a piece at www.gobookem.com. Alternatively, acquire entry on the night for $12 on the door.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with their 'Convenient Face Hinge' clip. Who doesn't want to see a puppet devour baked beans, drive a car and down a bunch of pharmaceuticals?

Words by Hannah Galvin

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