Rising Australian Band Tora Premieres 'Another Case' on Pigeons & Planes

Inspired while touring Australia, Europe and North America, Tora wrote Take A Rest over a two year period in various locations around the globe. The band composed, recorded, produced and mixed the album in their home studios in Byron Bay, Australia. Tora took a novel approach to recording Take A Rest by incorporating organic sounds heard in guitarist Jai Piccone's cactus garden, including the buzzing of flies, bamboo creaking in the wind and the scraping of cactuses with rakes. Take A Rest was mastered by Grammy nominated engineer Andrei Eremin (Chet Faker, WAFIA, Hiatus Kaiyote).

Of Take A Rest, frontman Jo Loewenthal says, "From a lyrical perspective, the album is a journal of many of the things we have experienced and felt over the last few years. Sonically, we've made an effort to keep a balance between electronic and organic sounds, which we feel is quite an important aspect to our music."

Tora is a four-piece electronic band made up of Jo Loewenthal (lead vocals, guitar, keys),Jai Piccone (guitar, keys, vocals), Thorne Davis (drums) and Shaun Johnston (bass guitar).

Growing up as childhood friends, Tora formed in 2013 after its members graduated from high school. The band attracted international attention after the release of their first two EPs, Intro(2013) and Eat The Sun (2014), which earned them a triple j Unearthed spot at Australia's 2014 Splendour in the Grass festival. Following this success, Tora embarked on international tours and caught the attention of several global tastemakers, including LA producer Galimatias, whose remix of Tora's track "Jaigantic" has over 15 million streams to date. Tora will embark on an international tour later this year, with stops in Australia, Europe and United Kingdom. See the full list of tour dates below. Purchase tickets here.

TAKE A REST

1. Rudie

2. Another Case

3. Love Life

4. Blame

5. Too Little

6. Too Far

7. Amsterdam

8. Mercury

9. Dope (feat. Sam Lawrence)

10. Entity (feat. Merryn Jeann)

11. Too Much

12. Bridges (feat. Grace Pitts)

13. Want Me Gone

14. Empyrean

15. Take A Rest

TORA LIVE

June 23 Melbourne, VIC, Australia Howler

June 24 Sydney, NSW, Australia Oxford Art Factory

June 30 Brisbane, QLD, Australia The Brightside

July 1 Byron Bay, NSW, Australia The Northern

July 7 Adelaide, SA, Australia Jive

July 8 Perth, WA, Australia Amplifier Bar

July 9 Fremantle, WA, Australia Mojos

Sept 22 Dortmund, Germany Das Höchste der Gefühle Festival

Sept 23 Haldern, Germany Haldern Pop Bar

Sept 25 Cologne, Germany Gebause 9

Sept 26 Mainz, Germany Schon Schön

Sept 27 Stuttgart, Germany Café Galao

Sept 28 Michelstadt, Germany Unter Holz

Sept 30 Erfurt, Germany Franz Melhose

Oct 2 Hamburg, Germany Uebel & Gefahrlich

Oct 3 Berlin, Germany Ritter Butzka

Oct 4 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sugar Factory

Oct 9 London, United Kingdom The Lexington

Oct 10 Brighton, United Kingdom The Hope & Ruin

Oct 11 Brussels, Belgium Botanique - Witlof Bar

Oct 12 Paris, France Pop Up Du Label

Oct 15 Vienna, Austria B72

Oct 17 Zurich, Switzerland Exil

Oct 18 Lausanne, Switzerland Bleu Lezard

Oct 19 Luzern, Switzerland Neubad

Oct 20 Nuremberg, Germany Club Stereo

Oct 21 Basel, Switzerland Paterre

Oct 22 Munich, Germany Strom

Oct 23 Leipzig, Germany Neues Schauspiel