Diesel has today announced the release of 3 separate EP’s leading to an album Sunset Suburbia, and to coincide, Diesel will hit the road once again with his power house trio, showcasing songs from the 3 EP’s plus hits and favourites spanning his multi-platinum career.
Diesel says: “Suburbia has always held a strange fascination for me. I remember designer cul de sacs strewn with shotgun shells in Chandler Arizona; little vignettes of skateboarding around closed service stations on weekends in Perth; some guy in the hot tub in his backyard where I’m riding my bike over the rail overpass in Sydney. I love going into where people live — the sights, the smells, the little repetitive things that make their world. It’s kind of a bittersweet thing but it’s the stuff of life and it has a way of making songs.”
And after more than 30 years of recording, Mark Lizotte — aka Diesel — has found a more direct route from inspiration to revelation.
He adds: “I’ve really enjoyed doing it this way as it elongates the recording process, allowing for each EP to take on a uniqueness. I’ve always been a bit bummed when getting to the end of making a record and this in a way delays gratification, making 3 ‘mini albums’ on the way to an LP”.
Sunset Suburbia Vol. 1 follows last year’s Top 20 retrospective, Diesel 30: a double-CD led by the FM radio embrace of the track, ‘Give Me Saturday Night’. The second Sunset Suburbia EP will drop later this year. Vol. 3 is currently under construction. An album featuring yet more new songs is due in 2020.
Sunset Suburbia (Vol. I) EP
Out Fri 19 July through Bloodlines
Pre-order available here
Sunset Suburbia (Vol. I) tracklist:
By The Scars
I’m With A Girl
Coming From You
Wake Up With An Angel
The SUNSET SUBURBIA EP TOUR will be coming to a city, town or suburb near you soon… be sure to catch the evolution of Diesel as an artist’s ever expanding horizon as he and his band roll out Sunset Suburbia.
“I’m looking forward to playing tracks from “SUNSET SUBURBIA” live, I’m sure they will take on another life. The spontaneity of these recordings lends itself to them being dynamic in a live setting and it’s always interesting and rewarding to see how they interact with the growing family of songs I take in tow with me from show to show.”
FRI 11 OCT CENTRAL HOTEL, SHELLHARBOUR, NSW
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SAT 12 OCT MANLY LEAGUES CLUB, MANLY, NSW
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FRI 18 OCT ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB, BATEAU BAY, NSW
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SAT 19 OCT WINGHAM AKOOSTIC FESTIVAL, WINGHAM, NSW
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SAT 26 OCT SOUNDS FROM THE BORDERLINE, Goondiwindi , QLD
FRI 1 NOV THE JUNIORS, KINGSFORD, NSW
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SAT 2 NOV HORNSBY RSL HORNSBY, NSW
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**SAT 9 NOV BRIDGETOWN BLUES FESTIVAL, BRIDGETOWN, WA
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**SUN 10 NOV 96FM KICKSTART SUMMER CONCERT, PERTH, WA
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FRI 15 NOV THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE, QLD
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SAT 16 NOV SOUTHPORT RSL GOLD COAST, QLD
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FRI 22 NOV THE GOV, ADELAIDE, SA
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**SAT 23 NOV GET YOUR BLUES ON, RENMARK, SA
FRI 29 NOV LIZOTTE’S, NEWCASTLE, NSW
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SAT 30 NOV LIZOTTE’S, NEWCASTLE, NSW
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FRI 6 DEC THE BASEMENT, CANBERRA, ACT
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SAT 7 DEC PADDINGTON RSL, PADDINGTON, NSW
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FRI 13 DEC LIZOTTE’S, NEWCASTLE, NSW
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SAT 14 DEC LIZOTTE’S, NEWCASTLE, NSW
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**Festival performance
