TORA ANNOUNCE THIRD ALBUM A FORCE MAJEURE + NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO 'WHY WON'T YOU WAIT' + TOURING IN SEPTEMBER
“sound like summer”
- GQ
“musicians on the rise”
- MONSTER CHILDREN
“taking our hearts wherever they go”
- RUSSH
“impeccably stylish electro-pop”
- OYSTER
In early 2020 Byron Bay’s Tora relocated to Amsterdam, set to make the city their base; an anchor around which a full year of European and American touring was to revolve.
Soon after their arrival however, the threat of COVID-19 became a very real presence, forcing Tora to cancel their entire tour schedule, but also retreat into a strict new locked-down lifestyle. Though the opportunity to perform was taken away, the band’s love for creating music remained and so, across the next eight months, Tora’s focus became set on their new record.
Today sees the announce of that record A Force Majeure, an East Coast album tour, and the album’s first single and video ‘Why Won’t You Wait’.
‘Why Won’t You Wait’ is about the fear of being forgotten in a long distance relationship. As vocalist Jo Loewenthal sings almost hypnotically, woozy notes fill the arrangement; guitar, synths and well placed percussion add definition and edge to the track. The song was written, produced, mixed and mastered by the band.
The accompanying visually-rich video was filmed in the border forests of France and Belgium in September 2020, directed by Bob Sizoo, featuring Dutch model Gigi Ringel along with the band members of Tora and a centerpiece art installation conceptualised and designed by Rein Kooyman.
A Force Majeure follows on from 2019’s richly-textured second album Can’t Buy The Mood and 2017’s lushly-layered debut album Take A Rest.
Over the course of the two albums the band have received support from respected members of the international music community including both Sir Elton John (Beats 1) and Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1).
Tora have toured nationally and around the US and UK/Europe. They 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.
A Force Majeure will be out on 3 September 2021.
TORA TOUR DATES
Tickets here
Thurs 9 September - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Fri 10 September - Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Fri 17 September - The Northern, Byron Bay
Sat 18 September - Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane