Spacey Jane: New Singles Hardlight+ Cover of Paramore’s The Only Exception
“Here Comes Everybody solidifies Spacey Jane’s brilliance.”
– 10 MAGAZINE
“Spirited, soaring, and triumphant, Here Comes Everybody is a radiant indie rock soundtrack of inner strength and passion.”
– ATWOOD MAGAZINE
“..a jangling, glorious punctuation mark to Sunlight.“
– BACKSEAT MAFIA
“.. a reflective and emotionally dynamic work that juxtaposes its glistening and optimistic guitar riffs with heavy, all-too relatable lyrical themes depicting the universal struggles and complexity of the human condition.”
– ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA
Currently in the midst of a national tour, with over 30,000 tickets sold so far, today Spacey Jane reveals a reimagined version of recent single Hardlight and a cover of Paramore’s The Only Exception exclusively for Spotify Singles.
“We really enjoyed putting these tracks together – it was some of the most fun we’ve had in the studio in ages,” says frontman Caleb Harper. “With Hardlight, it was cool to go back to the song and play around with ideas that didn’t quite make the album cut and approach it with fresh ears. It’s not something you get to do with your own music very often. The Paramore cover was a dream too, we tried to keep it as simple as possible, the original really doesn’t need reinvention so we just got lost in the melodrama of it,” he adds.
Spacey Jane’s contribution will be the third release for the Spotify Singles AUNZ program, and as of 2021, there have been more than 630 recordings from over 300 artists accumulating over five billion streams.
The new music follows on from the release of the Fremantle four-piece’s acclaimed second studio album, Here Comes Everybody, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA album chart in June. Taken from the working title of Wilco’s seminal album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (one of the bands’ favourite albums) Here Comes Everybody sounds and feels like an album that has truly been lived in. Every note is imbued with hard-earned wisdom now being passed down to a new generation. The album features recent singles, Pulling Through, Hardlight, It’s Been A Long Day, Sitting Up, Lots of Nothing which landed at #3 on the triple j hottest 100 and Lunchtime which also took out the #12 position on the coveted poll.
Renowned for their energetic and dynamic live show, it’s been a heavy year of touring for the band, with sold-out performances in Australia, and 13 sold-out dates in the UK and Europe in May. Demand is also high for their upcoming 24-date tour in North America in October and November, with shows in San Francisco, LA, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Washington DC, Vancouver, Santa Ana and two New York performances sold out months in advance. Spacey Jane will also take the stage at Spin Off, Day Trip, Spilt Milk, Lost Paradise, Heaps Good and Falls Festivals.
The beginning of Spacey Jane’s astonishing success arrived when the band released debut album Sunlight in June 2020. Universal adulation duly followed for the band – vocalist and guitarist Caleb Harper, bassist Peppa Lane, guitarist Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu and drummer and manager Kieran Lama. The album debuted at #2 on the ARIA album chart, was voted Album of the Year in the triple j Listener’s Poll, was nominated for a J Award for Album of the Year and is now certified Gold. The sleeper single-turned-megahit, Booster Seat picked up Song Of The Year at the 2021 ARIA’s, the AIR Awards Best Independent Song Of The Year and is certified Platinum. It currently sits at over 50 million streams on Spotify alone, with the band hitting over 200 million in total streams. Booster Seat also landed at #2 on the triple j hottest 100 in 2021, alongside Skin at #15, Straightfaced at #28 and Weightless at #81.
SPACEY JANE TOUR DATES
HERE COMES EVERYBODY AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Tickets on sale now
Wednesday 17 August | Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD 18+
Thursday 18 August | Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD *AA – SOLD OUT
Friday 19 August | Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD 18+ – SOLD OUT
Tuesday 23 August | The Forum, Melbourne VIC *AA
Wednesday 24 August | The Forum, Melbourne VIC *AA – SOLD OUT
Thursday 25 August | The Forum, Melbourne VIC 18+- SOLD OUT
Friday 26 August | The Forum, Melbourne VIC 18+
Saturday 27 August | The Forum, Melbourne VIC 18+ – SOLD OUT
+ With special guests I Know Leopard and Teenage Dads
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Tickets on sale now
Monday 10 October | The Axis Club, Toronto – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 12 October | Bowery Ballroom, New York – SOLD OUT
Thursday 13 October | Bowery Ballroom, New York – SOLD OUT
Friday 14 October | Brighton Music Hall, Boston US – SOLD OUT
Saturday 15 October | Union Transfer, Philadelphia
Sunday 16 October | Black Cat, Washington DC – SOLD OUT
Tuesday 18 October | Lincoln Hall, Chicago – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 19 October | Fine Line, Minneapolis
Thursday 20 October | Reverb Lounge, Omaha
Saturday 22 October | Gothic, Denver
Sunday 23 October | Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City
Tuesday 25 October | Neumos, Seattle
Wednesday 26 October | Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver – SOLD OUT
Thursday 27 October | Doug Fir Lounge, Portland
Saturday 29 October | The Chapel, San Francisco – SOLD OUT
Sunday 30 October | Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles – SOLD OUT
Monday 31 October | Constellation Room, Santa Ana – SOLD OUT
Tuesday 1 November | Belly Up, Solana Beach
Wednesday 2 November | Crescent, Phoenix
Friday 4 November | Studio Art Factory, Dallas
Saturday 5 November | The Parish, Austin
Sunday 6 November | Warehouse Live – Studio, Houston
Tuesday 8 November | Basement East, Nashville
Wednesday 9 November | Terminal West, Atlanta
+ With special guest Joe P
FESTIVAL DATES
Saturday 20 August | Day Trip Festival, Townsville QLD
Saturday 26 November | Spilt Milk, Canberra ACT – SOLD OUT
Saturday 3 December | Spilt Milk, Ballarat VIC
Sunday 4 December | Spilt Milk, Gold Coast QLD
December 28 – January 1 | Lost Paradise, Glenworth Valley NSW
December 29 – January 1 | Falls Festival, Birregurra VIC
December 31 – January 2 | Falls Festival, Byron Bay NSW
Friday 6 January | Heaps Good Festival, Adelaide SA
January 7 – January 8 | Falls Festival, Fremantle WA
