The Presets Announce 2018 Australian Headline Tour

In support of their long-awaited fourth studio album, HI VIZ, Aussie legends The Presets have announced they will embark on a headline tour of Australia this year. 

Kicking off in June, the electro duo will perform gigs in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast. 

"We wanted to make something that was literally meant to get you out of your head," The Presets' Julian Hamilton said of the new LP.

"All the songs on HI VIZ are outward looking so in that respect it’s much more like our earlier stuff.  It’s about trying to capture that energy you get on a great night out with your friends when you get to leave everything else behind you for a while. 

"We essentially tried to create the soundtrack to a party that we would want to go nuts at."

Kim Moyes added, "It’s taken us ages to make this album because we just kept writing and recording more and more songs.

"At one point we had about 50 contenders and, like us, they were all over the map mood wise. Eventually we decided - fuck it - let’s just pick the most ‘up for it’ songs. Those tracks are always the most fun for us to play live anyway so we thought ‘Why not have a whole album of them?'"

Tickets for the tour go on sale from midday on Wednesday 11 April; for more details, click on theGuide.

HI VIZ is set for release on 18 May.