Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! are a band that are as restless to succeed as their animated name suggests. Having weathered the storm of their debut album Sea Priest (2010) and its subsequent national tour, F!SRF! have re-focussed towards crafting their sophomore effort. In 2011 they're working harder, longer and more intensively towards a more refined evolution of their unique mix of agitated pop hooks, textured sonic contrasts and the vigorous momentum of six kinetic players working in unison.
Having bonded with UK producer Gareth Parton (Foals, The Go! Team, Holy Fuck) over a love of angular guitars and beer, the band nestled into Sing Sing studios to create a polished article worthy of their new-found determination and musical direction. Mastered in London by Nilesh Patel (Björk, Air, The xx); the shimmering result is lead single Panther Shrine, a perfect portrait of the band's contemporary powers. Fuelled by its central looping guitar riff, it expands into a spacious landscape of dreamy synths, curdled guitar lines and popping bass; all led by the trip-hop chanteuse melodies of Caitlin Duff.
At once both a stark contrast to, and natural evolution of their sound, Panther Shrine sees Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! shift their focus from dominating songs with a flurry of tricks and ideas, to allowing an orderly arrangement that stands upon key elements. Or, in their own wise words, 'less saturation, more composition.'
Their forthcoming national dates with Kimbra, Stonefield and Eskimo Joe throughout September offer the chance for audiences to experience F!SRF!'s wealth of new material across the country ahead of very special shows including triple j's Digital Radio Station Launch, support for the legendary New York Dolls and Peat's Ridge Arts & Music Festival this New Year's Eve.