RISE LIKE A PHOENIX

By Benjamen Judd

We’ve come to the conclusion that anything French is pretty much the coolest thing on the earth. They do fashion better than anyone else, they do literature better than anyone else, they do movies better than anyone else and quintet Phoenix are proving that they are also doing music better than anyone else.

Frontier Touring have confirmed that the Grammy-award winning team will be performing a one-night show at the Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday, March 5.

The announcement comes alongside their place as co-headliners on the epic line up for next year’s hugely anticipated Future Music Festival.

Phoenix released theirfourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenixin 2009, a piece of new wave brilliance that struck a chord with audiences everywhere and projected the band into mainstream consciousness in a way they had never been before. The album’s sound referenced the sizzling electro-pop from their debut but was also fine-tuned with sharp lyricism and thoughtful composition.

Phoenix’s fifth album Bankrupt!(out now through Liberator Music, watch single ‘Trying To Be Cool’ here)saw the band throw out the rule book, retaining the synth-pop heart they had become synonymous with but evolving their sound into something altogether more experimental. The album debuted at #5 on the Australian Albums Chart and #1 on the Alternative, Independent and Rock Albums Charts in the US. Current single ‘S.O.S. in BelAir’ is insightful and post-modern track that Pitchfork called “the album’s heart-racing standout”. Contrary to its own title, Bankrupt!, has received wide-spread acclaim for its new ideas and fresh sound,becoming possibly the band’s most heralded release yet.

To get your tickets to see Phoenix live at the Hordern Pavilion on March 5, head here.