On Friday 4th March Part Time Records will release EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s second album The Warning Birds. The Warning Birds was recorded throughout 2019 at Head Gap Studio in Melbourne, Victoria with Finn Keane, who co-produced the album with band leader and vocalist, EWAH/Emma Waters. The Warning Birds is an exploration in the meaning of paradise that, across its twelve tracks, manages to feel both grim and uplifting in equal measure; something of a treatise on a world in crisis, the album searches for paradise, starting from a hellish post-apocalyptic world. Lead single ‘Hole in the Sky’ is released today.

Hailing from Tasmania, EWAH & The Vision of Paradise’s moody sound has been described as “epic post punk with a scope as wide as the Australian skyline.”

Brought together through the recommendation of late friend and label mate Mike Noga, the enigmatic act immediately sparked interest from PTR upon viewing their striking video for single, ‘Vanishing Point’. “Right from the start we could tell that the band had a clearly defined vision about what and who they are” states PTR’s Emma Coyle. “Having seen and loved their visceral live performance a few years ago, what sealed the deal for us was witnessing the high calibre of their creative output and getting swept up in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi narrative of their album”

Written and conceived over a protected period that saw the band deal with the grief of losing loved ones, as well the joys of welcoming new family members, The Warning Birds

is the result of the band’s unwavering dedication to their vision – a labour of love, that band leader and lyricist, Emma Waters (EWAH) describes as “An exploration of the meaning of paradise. Investigating paradise, purgatory and hell on earth through the prism of environmental disruption.”

EWAH on The Warning Birds - “We've been sitting on this album for a long time now. Working hard at it alone. Chipping away. Coming up against many obstacles and challenges. Deaths, births, empires crumbling, you name it. At the beginning, I laughed at the idea of the difficult second album. Well, it's five years since we released 'Everything Fades to Blue'”. EWAH continues “This one should've been released 2-3 years ago, but stuff kept happening to slow it down. Somewhere along the way 'The Warning Birds' became my albatross. There's a point where finally you get to release this creature, beast, baby, call it what you will, out into the wild wide world and see what happens. Well, thank fuck that time has finally arrived.”

TRACKLISTING

1 - Dusk
2 - Beach
3 - Vultures
4 - Vanishing Point
5 - Arcadia
6 - Noon
7 - Hole in the Sky
8 - Play Hard
9 - Paradeisos
10 - Isolation
11 - Golden Light
12 - Dawn

BUNDLE OPTION

1 x copy of 12” vinyl of The Warning Birds
1 x copy of PTR Singles Club 7” release ft. Vanishing Point + Arcadia (light room version)

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