Get in the Mood with Tora
“Sound like summer”
- GQ
“Musicians on the rise”
- MONSTER CHILDREN
“Gorgeous, textural electro-jazz”
- THE MUSIC
Today sees the release of the deluxe album edition of Tora’s richly-texturedsecond album Can't Buy The Mood. The deluxe version contains two added B-Sides as well as a raft of carefully-curated remixes from producers around the world including Sydney’s Two Another who have re-worked the album title track with lush house vibes. Full tracklist is below.
The deluxe edition release is being supported by a national tour starting next week with Sydney and the band’s hometown Byron Bay. Keelan Mak will be supporting the band on all headline dates, with Nick Ward supporting in Sydney, AKA Lui in Byron, Great Sage in Brisbane, Christian Patey in Maroochydore and Huntly in Melbourne. These will be the last shows at home in Australia for some time, as the band have also announced plans to take the album over to North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, for extensive touring in 2020, with plenty more live dates to announce.
Says the band: “It’s a compilation of remixes from incredible friends, and some of our favourite artists from around the world, plus a couple of original tunes in the form of B Sides which didn’t make it on to the initial album. We’re very excited to release it, and to take the current album and these new B Sides to new places around the world as part of our touring cycle in 2020."
The original Can’t Buy The Mood album was primarily made in the Byron area, though the band also ventured into iconic studio spaces in LA, London and Amsterdam to work on the album. Largely written and produced by the band themselves, they also mixed and mastered all tracks, and did all the design and artwork, shared in the art direction of the music videos, completing an artistic vision which was key to the holistic experience of the album. With field recordings once again a key feature, the album is 13 tracks full of lush grooves and intricate moments.
Since release, tracks from their much-lauded debut album Take A Rest have received support from respected members of the international music community. Following a coveted album packet spot on triple j and high rotation for single 'Another Case', both Sir Elton John (Beats 1) and Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1) spun tracks on their radio programs and they've now clocked nearly 150 million streams globally - a massive achievement. Tora toured nationally and around the UK/Europe with over 40 album tour shows and sold out sets in Melbourne, Paris and London. They supported Oh Wonder nationally and even found an adoring fan in Resident Evil and Fifth Element star Milla Jovovich. All of this on top of previous spots at Glastonbury, Splendour in the Grass, Reeperbahn (DE), The Great Escape (UK), Best Kept Secret (NL) and over 70 more festival appearances across the globe. It's been a size-able couple of years for these four Byron Bay locals.
Can’t Buy The Mood Deluxe Album tracklist:
1. Deviate
2. Mother Forgot
3. Morphine
4. Can't Buy The Mood
5. Ice Bucket
6. Paramount
7. Control ft. Boi
8. Bring Me Down
9. Beatle Juice
10. Similar
11. Tiger
12. Other Designs
13. Entropy
14. Paramount (Crayon remix)
15. Tiger (Tayrell remix)
16. Can't Buy The Mood (Two Another remix)
17. Deviate (Casimir remix)
18. Morphine (Aleksandir remix)
19. Ice Bucket (Kill Paris remix)
20. Alight
21. News Report
TORA CAN’T BUY THE MOOD DELUXE ALBUM TOUR DATES
Tickets here
Friday 31 January - Beach Hotel, Byron Bay NSW
Friday 7 February - Party In The Paddock, Launceston TAS
Friday 14 February - The Foundry, Brisbane QLD
Saturday 15 February - Sol Bar, Maroochydore QLD
Thursday 20 February - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC