As they near the release of their new EP, 'Happiness In A Place It Shouldn't Be', Aussie indie rock-pop band The Rions will spend the rest of the year touring with a 21-date run of shows.
The 'Night Light' and 'Scary Movies' group will headline concerts in Cairns, Townsville, Airlie Beach, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Gladstone, Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay, Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney (two shows), Horsham, Frankston, Torquay, Melbourne, Adelaide, Bunbury, Margaret River, Fremantle, and Brisbane; plus festivals Rock The Bay, Beyond The Valley and Lost Paradise.The band, who are about to kickstart a co-headlining UK-European tour with Pacific Avenue, have also shared another single, 'Time Will Try', from 'Happiness In A Place It Shouldn't Be' (which is released 27 September; pre-order it).
"For our second EP, we wanted to approach it with raw authenticity," shares the band. "This is the most genuine we've ever been with our stories, and we're thrilled to share it with you all."
'Time Will Try' presents a sonic shift from the uptempo rock-pop stylings of The Rions' recent singles, with a gritty guitar groove reminiscent of the mid-2000s alternative scene they grew up in.
"This track came about through reminiscing about the times the four of us spent together as 12 year olds, and supposing a world in which we weren't still friends," The Rions says. "We channelled the feeling of losing the history we have in this hypothetical world into the sorrow that bleeds into the lyrics of this song.
"It's about the persistence of love that best friends, brothers and sisters share, and that through all the highs and the lows, time spent apart would have ultimately been a waste. That through all the hypothetical miscommunications and stubborn bitterness, the love that we miss sharing with each other would have been within reach all along."
Tickets on sale from 10am (local time) on 29 August.
The Rions 2024 Tour Dates
Sat 21 Sep - Rock The Bay Festival (Darwin)Fri 25 Oct - Edge Hill Tavern (Cairns)
Sat 26 Oct - Dalrymple Hotel (Townsville)
Sun 27 Oct - Magnums (Airlie Beach)
Sat 2 Nov - Hoey Moey (Coffs Harbour)
Sun 3 Nov - Miami Marketta (Gold Coast)
Fri 8 Nov - Harvey Road Tavern (Gladstone)
Sat 9 Nov - The Station (Sunshine Coast)
Sun 10 Nov - Beach Hotel (Byron Bay)
Fri 15 Nov - UniBar (Wollongong)
Sat 16 Nov - King St Bandroom (Newcastle)
Sun 17 Nov - Dee Why RSL (Sydney)
Fri 22 Nov - The Push Always Live @ Horsham Showgrounds
Sat 23 Nov - The Pier Bandroom (Frankston)
Sun 24 Nov - Torquay Hotel (Torquay)
Fri 29 Nov - Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
Sat 30 Nov - Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
Thu 5 Dec - Prince of Wales (Bunbury)
Fri 6 Dec - The River (Margaret River)
Sat 7 Dec - Metropolis Fremantle
Fri 13 Dec - Roundhouse (Sydney)
Sat 14 Dec - The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Sun 29 Dec - Beyond The Valley (Barunah Plains)
Tue 31 Dec - Lost Paradise (Glenworth Valley)
