The Eastern New Release 'Hope And Wire' & Mammoth 2012 Tour

Posted on 23rd Feb 2012 @ 3:13 PM

Newmarket Music is excited to announce that the hardest working folks in showbiz, The Eastern (NZ) will be returning to our shores for a phenomenal round of shows that will also coincide with the Australian launch of their new release Hope & Wire. March 22^nd will see The Eastern kick off their Aussie tour at the beloved Retreat Hotel in Brunswick before heading on to charm the masses at Yackandandah Folk Festival.

With the album concept struggling, The Eastern (not ones to do things in halves) go against the grain with Hope & Wire releasing it as a fifty track, double-disc set. Frontman Adam McGrath says the songs on Hope & Wire are dedicated to the people of Christchurch and the events that have consumed the city over the past year. ''At times it's sad, other times angry, but the overall theme of these songs is hope.”

The album was recorded in a condemned house in the now red-zoned suburb of Dallington, offered by the Harris family. “They let us use their broken little house to record in before the insurance company knocked it down. We were in the mostly abandoned suburb of Dallington/Avonside for around four months, recording 12 hours a day most days.”

Gritty, optimistic and heartfelt, The Eastern’s Hope & Wire tells a tale like no other. The first track on the release Gone tells of corporate greed and corruption, while Up Spinner tells the nostalgic story of a kiwi man paying his way playing two-up in Australia.

Hope & Wire, The Eastern’s third and most realised record yet, is loaded with stories, heart and harmony as well as the grand barroom philosophising and old time fury the band are known for. The rolling, rambling, shambling, family hoedown atmospheres they project in their live shows have endeared them to the hearts of many, and they play like the mean it, because they do.