Placement Announce Debut Album ‘Insect’
Kaurna/Adelaide noise-rock outfit Placement announced their long-awaited debut album, Insect and release its title-track.
Insect is a standout off their upcoming record – luring the listener in with a glowing warmth before swatting them with piercing guitars and echoes of a distant clarinet. It is some of the band’s most articulate and experimental work to date, brutally shedding perspective on what one’s life truly means in the grand scheme of things.
On the track, vocalist Malia reflects: “I had a cat called Cash. He was hard to live with, stinky, wild, murderous and uncontainable. He would disappear sometimes for days and we would wonder if he would one day disappear forever. But I found him straight away that morning, draped across the pavement. I had to wait for a car to pass between us before I could reach him. Did they see him as they sped past, one of the many insects crushed on the road, drawn to the light, to the furnace. How long did he lie there in a halo of streetlight, just outside the cemetery gates? He had jaws that bit and teeth that caught, an insect like me.”
Out via Clarity Records on June 27, the band’s debut album pulls their formidable sound deeper into the shadows, offering bleak commentary on mortality, decay and existential doom that glows with playful energy.
Placement will kick off a national tour for ‘Insect’ at one of the final Crown & Anchor shows before it closes for renovation. The lineup is stellar – including Twine, Special Features (QLD) and Somewhere. The tour will then see the band play Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Wollongong and Sydney, with additional shows with Press Club, The Preatures and more.
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