Sacred Shrines 'Enter The Woods' (23.04.21)

The Australian garage rock/psych scene is thriving at the moment, and Brisbane's most acclaimed act SACRED SHRINES will certainly not contradict this statement! Driven by the charisma of frontman Phil Usher (former Grand Atlantic), their sophomore album 'Enter The Woods' is a tale of losing your way and the time spent in the wilderness without a map to guide you — a sprawling and vintage-inspired 13-track filled with earworm melodies, wrapped in gorgeous reverb and a rare authenticity, as proven by their latest videos Trail To Find and Front Row Future.. The album was mixed by Michael Badger (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard), Donovan Miller (FOREVR) and James Aparicio (Spiritualized, Grinderman).

SACRED SHRINES 'Enter The Woods' Out April 23rd on Rebel Waves Records

TRACK LISTING:

1. Enter The Woods

2. Trail To Find

3. Front Row Future

4. Keep All The Sunshine

5. Take The Fall

6. Through The Haze

7. Paint The Sky

8. Stranger

9. Never Far From Where We Are

10. Aching Bones

11. Shadow Man

12. The Hunter

13. Pass Like A Parade

Brisbane Australia’s psych/garage cult SACRED SHRINES played their first show in March 2014, launching their debut 7 inch at the same time. The group emerged from the remnants of internationally acclaimed power-pop/psych powerhouse Grand Atlantic after their final shows in 2013, following years of constant local and overseas touring and three LP releases. Sacred Shrines provided songwriter Phil Usher with a new vehicle to showcase his fresh body of work and to start over with a refocused musical direction and a raw canvas to play with.

During their brief tenure, SACRED SHRINES have shared stages with The Dandy Warhols, The Upside Down, The Demon Parade, Flyying Colours, Tumbleweed, The Murlocs, ORB, Stonefield and many more. The band released their debut album in July 2016, with tracks mixed by Brett Orrison (The Black Angels), Michael Badger (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Demon Parade) and Liam Judson (Cloud Control, The Laurels). Before the dust had settled on their debut album, Sacred Shrines released a 6 track follow-up EP entitled 'Trail To Find' in 2017. On the back of constant touring and radio airplay, Sacred Shrines signed to Californian label Rebel Waves Records at the end of 2017 and since then have been working tirelessly on tracks for their sophomore LP 'Enter The Woods'. The band are no strangers to the sometimes precarious path of the independent artist, with the constant pressures of moving forward as a group resulting in an evolving lineup since the release of the first LP. Adding in a global pandemic to the mix, the band took longer than anticipated to finish their 2nd album, but this time of reflection, regrouping and adversity had a significant part in shaping 'Enter The Woods'.

If their first self-titled album was a sort of statement of arriving, like an alien spacecraft crash-landing on an undiscovered planet, new album 'Enter The Woods' is a tale of losing your way and the time spent in the wilderness without a map to guide you. Recorded at various studios around Brisbane, it was mixed by a carefully curated list of engineers from across the globe, including Michael Badger (King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard) and Donovan Miller (FOREVR), as well as James Aparicio (Spiritualized, Grinderman) and local talent Dan James and Matt Weatherall. While the themes cover a gamut of human emotion such as mental illness, loss, betrayal, isolation, failure and self-belief, it stands as another heady collection of cosmic sounds and diverse songwriting that further propels SACRED SHRINES towards the far-out reaches of their own musical landscape. The album will be issued on April 23rd, 2021 worldwide through Rebel Waves Records.