Det australienska bandet ”Empire of the Sun” är på topplistorna världen över med sitt nya album ”Walking on a dream”.
Häromdagen kom ett pressmeddelande som berättar att bandet fått 11 nomineringar till musikpriset ARIA Award.
Albumet har en egen sajt också.
Här är pressmeddelandet:
Straight off the back of rave reviews from their first ever live shows headlining the national Parklife music festival comes the news that Empire Of The Sun have received eleven nominations at this year’s ARIA Awards across all key categories – more nominations than any other artist this year.
Nominations include –
Album of the Year – ‘Walking On A Dream’
Single of the Year – ‘Walking On A Dream’
Best Group
Best Pop Release
Highest Selling Album – ‘Walking On A Dream’
Highest Selling Single – ‘Walking On A Dream’
Nominations in the Artisan Awards include –
Producer of the Year – Empire Of The Sun and Donnie Sloan with Peter Mayes
Best Video for ‘Walking On A Dream’ – Josh Logue from Mathematics
Best Video for ‘We Are The People’ – Josh Logue from Mathematics
Best Cover Art – Aaron Hayward & David Homer from Debaser
Engineer of the Year – Peter Mayes
As ARIA observers reach for the record books it tops off a great 12 months for The Empire whose acclaimed debut ‘Walking On A Dream’ album has surpassed 100,000 album sales in Australia and is on its way to Double Platinum, propelled by singles ‘Walking On A Dream’, ‘We Are The People’, ‘Standing On The Shore’ and ‘Without You’. Featuring a groundbreaking aesthetic of electronic beats, pop melodies and psychedelic overtones ‘Walking On A Dream’ has been critically acclaimed around the world in music, design and fashion circles with global sales now approaching half a million units. Its touch points and fans range from Jay Z to NME, Entourage to Q Magazine to Pitchfork and beyond. Empire Of The Sun are truly the international success story of the year – and a fantastic EMI artist development story in Luke Steele.
Of the haul of nominations Emperor Luke Steele said, “This is wild, solid marks of recognition to the music. How can I explain, I’m talking to myself. I’m walking on a dream.”
On November 20 the ‘Walking On A Dream’ special edition will be released both digitally and as a 2CD album. It includes the ‘Walking On A Dream’ album on Disc 1 along with a new song ‘Girl’ and live favourite ‘Breakdown’ as part of the 12 bonus tracks on Disc 2. The track listing for Disc 2 is as follows –
1. Breakdown
2. Romance To Me
3. Walking On A Dream – Sam La More 12” Remix
4. Standing On The Shore – Losers Remix
5. We Are The People – Shapeshifters Vocal Mix
6. Without You (New Version)
7. Swordfish Hotkiss Night – Fron Mezza Remix
8. Standing On The Shore – Hey Today! Remix
9. Walking On A Dream – Ben Watt Remix
10. We Are The People – Shazam Remix
11. Girl
12. Etude
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