ART OF FIGHTING – Wires

To celebrate the 21st Birthday of their debut full- length album ‘Wires’, Art Of Fighting have announced a run of Australian dates this coming September / October.   Performing headline shows across the East Coast in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, and visiting regional areas in QLD, NSW and VIC, the 9-date tour will see the band performing every song from the iconic ‘Wires’ album.

The record’s eleven tracks are beautifully crafted melodic gems, from the opening track ‘Skeletons’, ‘Reasons Are All I Have Left’, ‘Just Say I’m Right’, and ‘Give Me Tonight’, the album is a stand-out from start to finish. Many years on, this record remains one that is etched in the minds and hearts of their fans and peers.

Also one of the band’s most successful albums, ‘Wires’ went on to win an ARIA award for Best Alternative Release in 2001. Not expecting to win, the band headed off on an overseas tour and were famously told of their prize while packing up after a gig in Germany, on their first European tour.  The success of the album not only locally but also internationally, with releases in the USA, Japan, Germany, and Taiwan, led to extensive touring both overseas and across Australia.

To coincide with the anniversary and tour ‘Wires’ has been released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double album with gatefold artwork through Hobbledehoy Records.