Posted on March 17, 2010 - by Editor

PARKWAY DRIVE RECORDING THIRD ALBUM IN MARCH/ EURO & UK TOUR APRIL/MAY

PARKWAY DRIVE

Press Release:

Australia’s biggest hardcore-metal band Parkway Drive has announced plans to return to the studio to record their third studio album, which is expected to be released later this summer via Epitaph Records.  The long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s “Horizons” was written in the band’s hometown of Byron Bay over the past six months and will be recorded in Los Angeles with celebrated producer Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion) over the coming weeks.

Determined to surpass previous efforts, Parkway Drive have gone all out in creating a complete listening experience.  While maintaining the band’s trademark sound at its core, their forthcoming album will weave music, lyrics and artwork together into a dense concept that flows from beginning to end.  “Writing with a concept in mind has given us more direction,” explains Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall.  “Every song on this album was created with a definite purpose, as opposed to just writing a riff and building on that.”

While McCall concedes the album’s basic narrative – the tale of a man lacking direction in life who goes looking for answers at the bottom of the sea – is “kind of bizarre,” he says the concept was flexible enough to open itself up to many far-reaching ideas. “The ocean is where I find the most clarity,” says the former bodyboard champion.  “To go to the beach and sink into the water, the sound cuts out and you can just forget about everything.  So I guess the concept is about cutting out everything and focusing on what’s inside yourself.”

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage), the forthcoming album finds Parkway Drive turning to seasoned veteran Joe Barresi.  Known for his work with big-league rock acts including Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion and Tool, Barresi will handle the recording and mix at his home studio, JHOC (Joe’s House of Compression) in Los Angeles, before renowned mastering engineer Brian Gardner (Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God, Nine Inch Nails) applies the finishing touches in Hollywood.

By that time Parkway Drive should be back on the road again.  First stop is Europe and the UK throughout April and May, where they’ll play their biggest headlining dates so far, before their anticipated appearance at Vans Warped Tour in the US this summer.

“This is the heaviest thing we’ve written, and at the same time the catchiest,” McCall warns.  “And while we always want to keep the definitive Parkway Drive sound, there are a couple of things that will hopefully add another dimension to what we do.”

Parkway Drive European Tour Dates:

23-APR                 Stuttgart              Zapata
24-APR                 Meerhout           Groezrock
25-APR                 London                 HMV Forum
26-APR                 Manchester       Academy
27-APR                 Bristol                   Academy
28-APR                 Paris                      Glazart
29-APR                 Saarbrucken       Garage
30-APR                 Hamburg             Markthalle
1-MAY                  Koln                       Essigfabrik
2-MAY                  Amsterdam        Melkweg
3-MAY                  Copenhagen      The Rock
4-MAY                  Gothenburg       Brew House
5-MAY                  Stockholm           Klubben
7-MAY                  Turku                    Klubi
8-MAY                  Helsinki                Tavastia
9-MAY                  Tallinn                   Tapper
10-MAY                Riga Melna          Piektdiena
11-MAY                Warsaw                Proxima
12-MAY                Bratislava             Majectic Music Club
13-MAY                Bologna                Estragon
14-MAY                Mining am Inn   Metalfest Open Air
15-MAY                Dresden               Reithalle