Australian skate punk heavyweights Bodyjar announced their first new record in eight years. The album will be called ‘New Rituals.’ The album is scheduled for release on February 4, 2022, via the band’s own label Pile Of Sand. ‘New Rituals’ had been produced in-house alongside Northlane, Luca Brasi, and Camp Cope collaborator Sam Johnson, while mixing duties were given to Steve Evetts who worked with acts like New Found Glory and Architects.
Along with the album announcement, the band has also shared another single from the record – a cover of New Zealand’s Dragon‘s 1983’s hit ‘Rain.’ The song as well as a music video can be found below.
“Dragon’s ‘Rain’ is a song that we have toyed with at jams for over ten years but we never really grabbed a hold of it until this album,” shared singer Cameron Baines. “We really wanted a cool ‘80s song on the album because ‘Hazy Shade Of Winter’ always went down so well live and we haven’t recorded a cover in a long time.”
“I’d also just finished reading ‘Chasing The Dragon,’ which is Marc Hunter’s biography,” he continues, “and was blown away by the band’s story. Overall a great band of songwriters, with Todd Hunter also writing ‘Age Of Reason’ for John Farnham. I know we never had THAT kind of success but I feel a connection with them because they always seemed to put the songs first. There’s something amazing about it, it was their comeback song and it worked great! So with Todd’s blessing we can finally put it out.”
‘New Rituals’ tracklist:
01. Burning Truth
02. Billy
03. Get Out Of My Head
04. Ignorance
05. Surrender
06. Big Shot
07. Rain
08. Pieces
09. Be The One
10. Tongues
11. Reaction
12. When The Stars Go Out