After an extended hiatus, Dirty Three are back with a brand new album and tour.
Toward the Low Sun is Dirty Three’s first album since 2005, and the fruit of one of the band’s most creative periods. It’s no cosy return to a musical comfort zone. There’s an electrifying energy in the melding of punk, jazz, and avant-garde sounds that shows Jim White, Mick Turner, and Warren Ellis are excited to be back together.
“Dirty Three has always been about the way we play together and feed off each other,” explained Warren Ellis. “We wanted this one to be a return to the more improvised and instinctive approach of the earlier recordings.”
Dirty Three will take Toward the Low Sun on the road this month, starting with a show this Friday in Perth. Tickets are available from the usual outlets for the following gigs.
9 March 2012 – Astor Theatre, Perth
10 March 2012 – WOMADelaide, Adelaide
12 March 2012 – The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie
14 March 2012 – Powerstation, Auckland
16 March 2012 – The Palace, Melbourne (SOLD OUT)
17 March 2012 – One Perfect Day Festival, Gippsland
18 March 2012 – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine (SOLD OUT)
21 March 2012 – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney
22 March 2012 – The Tivoli, Brisbane
23 March 2012 – Starcourt Theatre, Lismore
Image used with permission from Remote Control Records