Melbourne outfit The Getaway Plan break their hiatus with new LP, 'Dark Horses'.
A couple of years ago, The Getaway Plan looked pretty damn set. They had a great back catalogue, a more than dedicated fan base, and some deeply cool, music videos of children running amok and burning down castles in the depths of forests (YouTube 'The Reckoning'). Then, they went silent.
Now, after not releasing any new material for almost five years, they have returned with their latest offering 'Dark Horses', and a fresh new set of tour dates.
Frontman Matthew Wright squeezes in time to chat in between packing pre-orders of CDs. “Man, it comes out in two days and we're fucking wrecked,” he says.
“Because it's all independent we're just at home packing everyone's pre-orders, it's very DIY and it's a lot of work. After Friday we can kind of kick back and relax, though.”
The Getaway Plan have indeed decided to go fully independent, breaking away from their record label and recording and distributing the new record entirely by themselves. As part of this, they extended the offer to their listeners to help out via a Pledge campaign, something that was so successful they were able to cover recording costs with it. “It kind of creates a sort of pressure, a pressure that we're not used to,” Wright says.
“But it's the best kind of pressure, when you have pressure coming directly from your fans rather than a bunch of suits putting a bunch of money into you and expecting things out of you. These people just want a CD and they just want the best record you can give them, and that's what we've given them I think.”
Despite it being, in some ways, a record created with aid from the people, Wright still feels it satisfies him and the rest of the band in terms of personal creativity. “We're always going to put ourselves first and foremost, although the fans probably don't want to hear that when they're putting money into the record.”
Written by Eva Phillips
The Getaway Plan Tour Dates
Thu 3 Sep - Small Ballroom (Newcastle)Fri 4 Sep - Entrance Leagues Club (The Entrance NSW)
Sat 5 Sep - Studio Six (Sutherland NSW)
Thur 10 Sep - Wollongong Uni (Wollongong)
Fri 11 Sep - Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)
Sat 12 Sep - Transit Bar (Canberra)
Fri 18 Sep - The Gapview Hotel (Alice Springs)
Sat 19 Sep - Darwin Railway Club (Darwin)
Wed 23 Sep - Dalrymple Hotel (Townsville)
Thur 24 Sep - Magnums Hotel (Airlie Beach)
Fri 25 Sep - Villa Noosa Hotel (Noosaville)
Sat 26 Sep - Parkwood Tavern (Gold Coast)
Thur 1 Oct - Racehorse Hotel (Ipswich)
Fri 2 Oct - Wooly Mammoth (Brisbane)
Sat 3 Oct - Spotted Cow (Toowoomba)
Fri 16 Oct - 170 Russell (Melbourne)
Sat 17 Oct - Riverview Hotel (Tarwin Lower VIC)
Thur 29 Oct - Werribee Plaza Hotel (Werribee VIC)
Fri 30 Oct - Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights VIC)
Sat 31 Oct - Workers Club (Geelong)
Fri 6 Nov - Club 54 (Launceston)
Sat 7 Nov - Republic Bar (Hobart)
Thur 12 Nov - Inferno (Traralgon VIC)
Fri 13 Nov - Hallam Hotel (Hallam VIC)
Sat 14 Nov - Commercial Hotel (South Morang VIC)
Wed 18 Nov - Leisure Inn (Rockingham WA)
Thur 19 Nov - Prince of Wales Hotel (Bunbury)
Fri 20 Nov - Rosemount Hotel (Perth)
Sat 21 Nov - Mojos Bar (Fremantle)
Sun 22 Nov - Dunsborough Tavern (Dunsborough WA)
Fri 27 Nov - Whalers Hotel (Warrnambool VIC)
Sat 28 Nov - Fowlers Live (Adelaide)
