Max Savage and the False Idols Release 'True Believers' Single Ahead of Tour

Modern day rock n roll poet Max Savage and his band The False Idols release the first single from their debut record of the same name -- True Believers -- due out April 9 and hit the road to celebrate.

Abandoning the Americana sensibilities that have colored the band's most recent releases, True Believers delivers a healthy injection of nostalgic Aussie rock, evoking the sounds of the Go-Betweens, Noiseworks, Paul Kelly and The Church.

The record, which is the first full-length album for the outfit, is a personal one for the Adelaide frontman:

"True Believers means a lot to me. It's partly about sitting back as a kid and watching political leaders. It's also just a song about people on the fringe who hold on and keep on regardless of what happens," Max Savage said.

He added: "True Believers was recorded differently from other records we've put out. This record favours a slick layered sound with banks of instruments and guitars. We've got six different guitarists all lending their own unique sounds to different parts of the record."

Savage continued: "True Believers is about nostalgia and the past, it's about people hanging on. It's about your backyard and people you know. It's textures and sounds that are familiar but uncertain; it's the long drone of am radio, dry brown grass and white bread and fritz."

To celebrate, Max Savage and the False Idols are hitting the road with alt noir rockers Koral & The Goodbye Horses, playing across April in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

MAX SAVAGE AND THE FALSE IDOLS TOUR DATES:

MELBOURNE
8 April - The Dogs Bar
9 April - The Catfish

SYDNEY
16 April- The Gasoline Pony
17 April - Botany View Hotel

ADELAIDE
24 April, Jive

Local special guests TBA

Max Savage blends mystic lyricism with rock and roll swagger to create a live show that moves effortlessly between country, blues and soul. Evoking landscape, memory and a sense of the profound, his songs are filled with tenderness, heartache and the bitterness of loss.

Abandoning the Americana sensibilities that have coloured his most recent releases, True Believers delivers a healthy injection of nostalgic Australian rock to the young troubadour's repertoire evoking the sounds of the Go Betweens, Noiseworks, Paul Kelly and the Church to create an anthemic, unapologetic nod to the sounds and sensibilities of a bygone golden era of Australian song.

Savage's shows have earned a reputation as being a heady cocktail of high energy rock and roll, coloured by sadness, hope and nostalgia. His studio repertoire has earned him accolades and the respect of his peers. True Believers stands as the culmination of two years of writing, recording and live shows. For more information, visit maxsavage.com.au, or follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/maxsavageandthefalseidols, Twitter at twitter.com/maxsavagemusic, and Bandcamp at maxsavage.bandcamp.com.

Photo Credit: Lara Merrington

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