Following a successful cassingle launch Brisbane alt-folk 5-piece Mardi Lumsden & the Rising Seas are set to release their long-awaited second EP Wherever you go, there you are on Saturday 29 May.
The group recently finished recording their new EP Wherever you go, there you are with ARIA-award winning producer Magoo (Operator Please, The Gin Club, Regurgitator, Kate Miller-Heidke) at his Applewood studio - a converted church west of Brisbane.
After Lumsden recorded her first EP Going is Finding (2007) in various lounge rooms across Queensland, the thought of heading into a sound-proof studio to record the follow up seemed unnatural.
"We wanted somewhere you can hear the room in the recording," said Lumsden. "We wanted a really professional quality recording with character and personality and that is what we got at Applewood.
"If you listen closely you can hear birds in the background. I remember being about to record the guitar on a track when Magoo said, 'hang on, I've got to let the chickens out'. I couldn't stop smiling!"
Never happy to follow the conventional route, the group released the title track as a cassingle (yes - the single was only released on cassette) at the Brisbane Powerhouse in April complete with an exclusive B-side - a folk cover of George Michael's Faith.
Wherever you go, there you are is a step on from their first release.
"I have grown as a songwriter and we have come a long way as a band since Going is Finding. We are really excited to share the fruits of our labour."
Mardi Lumsden & the Rising Seas (with special guests) release the Wherever you go, there you are EP on Saturday 29 May at the Old Museum, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, with Scott Spark and Cascadeer.
Doors open at 8pm. This is a licensed / all ages event. Tickets $16 /$18 and on sale now at www.oztix.com.au. Primary School aged children (12 years and under) are free.