News : Confession’s “The Long Way Home” tour

Press release:

Following the success of their debut album Cancer (2009) and sold-out national tours throughout 2010, Australian hardcore band Confession prepares to push forward.

With members living in Adelaide, Byron Bay and Melbourne, the quintet took proceedings to the North Coast, to the Parkway house in Byron Bay, to write 10 new songs. Doing so essentially “made this record what it is,” as being in the house is so “relaxing and peaceful,” tells vocalist Michael Crafter.

Recorded with iconic Swedish metal producer Fredrik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen, In Flames), at his Gothenburg Studio, The Long Way Home presents an assured and strengthened outfit.

“We knew he was going to make this record sound amazing and he did exactly that,”says Crafter, of the talented producer.

The album explores lyrical themes relating to decisions we make regarding “the life path we follow.” A matured and retrospective Crafter – who is no stranger to the writing and recording process, having previously fronted I Killed The Prom Queen, Bury Your Dead and Carpathian during his career – continues. “It’s about being happy and doing what you want to do. We take roads that lead us very far away from the people we love and the place we call home. But our family and friends will always be there for us when we need them.”

Musically the album unveils a “faster and more intense” sound, than Blunt Magazine’s Australian Album of the Year for 2009, Cancer; which also debuted at #1 on the AIR Independent Charts. Though in keeping true to their roots, fusing both heavy and melodic elements together “is what we have always been about,”claims Crafter. And keeping “a good balance is what we have achieved.”

Having taken a giant leap towards forging themselves as a force within the international hardcore community, Confession is back on home soil and eagerly awaiting the release of The Long Way Home.

You can catch Confession alongside Thy Art Is Murder and Antagonist A.D on the following dates:

 Fri Oct 7 Uni Bar, Adelaide LIC / AA
w/ Lake Nyos
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

Sat Oct 8 City Band Hall, Mt Gambier AA
w/ Admella

Sun Oct 9 Musicman Megastore, Bendigo AA
w/ Fractal

Wed Oct 12 Hi Fi, Brisbane
w/ Tyrants
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300-THEHIFI (8434434), Kill The Music.

Thu Oct 13 YAC, Byron Bay AA
w/ Dead Hands
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au

Fri Oct 14 Beenleigh PCYC, Brisbane AA
w/ The Lane Cove
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au

Sat Oct 15 Corner, Melbourne U18
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com

Sun Oct 16 Corner, Melbourne
w/ At War With Gods
Tickets from the venue 03 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com

Thur Oct 20 Unanderra Community centre, Wollongong AA
w/ Never See Tomorrow
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

Fri Oct 21 Factory, Sydney LIC / AA
w/ The Bride
Tickets from www.factorytheatre.com.au, The Enmore Theatre & The Metro Theatre

Sat Oct 22 Panthers, Newcastle AA
w/ The Storm Picturesque
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

Sun Oct 23 Oasis, Wyong AA **
w/ The Bride, Make No Mistake
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au

Sat Oct 29 Civic Backroom, Perth *
w/ Saviour, Against The Tide
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

Sun Oct 30 YMCA HQ, Perth AA *
w/ I Am Eternal, Paradise In Exile
Tickets from Moshtix outlets www.moshtix.com.au

** Thy Art Is Murder not playing.

*Antagonist not playing.