![]() Australian tour dates are locked in, and shows across Europe and the U.K. We worked through it, reached anger, and now we’re at the point where, ok, at least we’ve ultimately had the time to write an album in this endless lockdown.”Īs borders reopen, and fans return to live shows, Confidence Man is ready to pick up where they left off. “We felt like we were on the cusp, about to go on an epic tour, and then it all hit. “It was like three stages of grief that we went through,” explains Bones. The outfit did get away new music in 2020, the sassy “First Class Bitch,” though full-scale international touring was moth-balled. Just as the act was ready to blow the barn-doors off, the pandemic arrived. The following year, Confidence Man’s 2019 standalone track “Does It Make You Feel Good?” scored an NME Award nomination for best Australian song and they were shortlisted for best Australian band, a nod to their floor-filling powers. The LP won best independent dance/electronica album at the AIR Awards, and tracks from it were synced to campaigns for Apple and IKEA. Jack River Explores 'Pure Feeling' on 'Closer': Exclusive Premiere ![]() The outfit remains with Heavenly/PIAS for U.K., Europe and North America and with Zync/Round Hill publishing worldwide (excluding ANZ).Ĭonfidence Man’s as-yet unnamed second LP will be the followup to 2018’s Confident Music for Confident People, a 41-minute-long party-starter that caught the attention of groovers around the globe. ![]() I OH YOU, winner of best independent label at the 2021 ARIA Awards and an affiliate Mushroom Group, represents Confidence Man for Australia and New Zealand. To officially welcome them to the I OH YOU family today is an absolute joy.” 11. Confidence Man “embody everything an I OH YOU artist should,” comments label founder Johann Ponniah, “they make music we love, they’re ambitious, they challenge themselves and their audience, and they have an unwavering commitment to their vision. Speaking over the phone from Sydney, singer Janet Planet describes the new cut as “Underworld meets M.I.A.” True, that’s an unusual vibe, she admits, “but for some reason it works.” Self-produced, and mixed by Ewan Pearson, “Holiday” was “pretty much perfect from the get-go,” he notes. A vacation is just sunburn at premium prices but a holiday is a state of mind.Confidence Man Take a Trip to Outer Space on 'Does It Make You Feel Good?' Remix: Exclusive Premiere Who said a Holiday can’t last forever? Spend big and live free, that’s our motto. “We’ve been trying for the most epic, hands up, euphoric anthem for a while and this is the first time we’ve come close… Turns out it’s pretty difficult, but nothing’s too hard for con man.” Sugar Bones circa 2021 “No one tells Confidence Man what to do. Since then they’ve teased us with the occasional dance-floor snack, but with their follow up album Tilt they are finally serving us the main meal. Confidence Man’s debut, Confident Music For Confident People, was one of the joys of 2018, laced with savage lyrics and rapturous melodies a north star of euphoria in an increasingly joyless world. ![]() Welcome to Tilt, Confidence Man’s second album on Heavenly Recordings. Not even a global pandemic could stop Janet, Sugar, Reggie and Clarence from producing an album so fierce, flirty and full of anthems that you might need to sit down before you hit play. They are unstoppable, unquenchable, undeniable, and if you get in their way, you’re gonna get hurt. In this world, nothing is certain except taxes, death and Confidence Man.
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