The Casanovas releases new album "Terra Casanova"

Before beards besmirched rock, Melbourne trio The Casanovas dispatched it with such vigour that Britain’s NME crowned them “Like Jet on Viagra... only better”.

Formed in 1999 by frontman/guitarist Tommy Boyce, a passion for Stiv Bators, Paul Stanley, and everything in between, birthed stompers “Nasty”, “10 Outta 10” and “Shake It”. Nine weeks in Europe and the USA with The Datsuns followed, completed by a stint at SXSW in Texas. Debut The Casanovas (2004) hitched them to national tours with Motorhead and The Darkness, while All Night Long (2006) paired them with The Black Crowes, Airbourne and Redd Kross.

Come 2007, familial responsibilities and Tommy’s completion of an architectural degree imposed a hiatus. All the while, the trio wrote and played intermittently. But 2013’s rapturous performance at, Powder Monkeys bassist,Tim Hemensley 10th anniversary gig spurred Boyce, bassist Damian “Damo” Campbell and drummer Jordan “Jaws” Stanley to forge album three. “I definitely felt we needed to do another record,” says Tommy. “Something that was more representative of the band than we’d had in the past. Richer in song quality, and rawer in terms of recording and performance.”

Tracked to tape at Sing Sing Studios, South Yarra, and produced by Jimi Maroudas (The Living End, Eskimo Joe), Terra Casanova summons us into the trio’s world: one where humour, life circumstance, and albums by the MC5, Blue Oyster Cult, KISS, Cheap Trick, Free, Thin Lizzy and The Stooges are appreciated. The Casanovas are currently touring Australia, but will return to Europe in the Fall of 2015.

Terra Cassanova is released by Rubber Records / Cargo Germany on Friday July 31st.