This past week, RUFUS DU SOL released their highly-anticipated third album “SOLACE” on their newly launched Rose Avenue imprint and Reprise Records. The electronic trio from Sydney, Australia, has shattered fan expectations and delivered an outstanding follow-up to 2016’s BLOOM. The latter served as an outward journey into the complexity of relationships, whereas SOLACE feels like an inward dive into finding your own peace and maintaining the most complex relationship of all—the one with your inner self.
SOLACE LP
A recurring motif in the trio’s past three albums has been the balance of opposites. Nature and the city; fear and acceptance; the natural and the unnatural. And it’s somewhere between these that we find the core of human emotion and experience. This balance is reflected in SOLACE as it incorporates elements of rock-and-roll, house music and haunting vocal performances by singer, Tyrone Lindqvist.
Behind his exceptional vocals, there is an aching and conflict that contrasts the powerful beats that urge you to never stop moving. SOLACE brings you into a soundscape that makes you contemplate your innermost beliefs about yourself and the world, while keeping you dancing from start to finish. Whether you find solace in your partner or within yourself, this album will speak to you.
SOLACE TRACK LIST:
- Treat You Better
- Eyes
- New Sky
- Lost in My Mind
- No Place
- All I’ve Got
- Underwater
- Solace
- Another Life
SOLACE TOUR
The beauty of RUFUS DU SOL is reflected best in their live shows. Their loyal fan base has grown exponentially worldwide within the past few years. This past summer, they headlined both weekends of Electric Forest and debuted live the first two singles from SOLACE (No Place & Underwater).
This weekend, the group kicks off their North American tour with a string of shows in the southern U.S. including a set at VOODOO FEST in New Orleans. The ‘SOLACE TOUR’ already boasts 33 stops with more to be announced. The tour ends abroad, but fans can catch them again this winter at ODESZA’s SUNDARA FEST in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Full tour dates below.
- Wed 10/24/2018 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
- Thu 10/25/2018 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre
- Fri 10/26/2018 New Orleans, LA Vudu Festival
- Sat 10/27/2018 Houston, TX House of Blues
- Sun 10/28/2018 Austin, TX Emo’s
- Tue 10/30/2018 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
- Wed 10/31/2018 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
- Thu 11/1/2018 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
- Fri 11/2/2018 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
- Sat 11/3/2018 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Expo Hall
- Tues 11/6/2018 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Fri 11/9/2018 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
- Sat 11/10/2018 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
- Sun 11/11/2018 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
- Tue 11/13/2018 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
- Wed 11/14/2018 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
- Thur 11/15/2018 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
- Fri 11/16/2018 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
- Sun 11/18/2018 Montreal, QC MTELUS
- Mon 11/19/2018 Montreal, QC MTELUS
- Tue 11/20/2018 Boston, MA House of Blues – Boston
- Wed 11/21/2018 Boston, MA House of Blues
- Fri 11/23/2018 New York, NY Terminal 5
- Sat 11/24/2018 New York, NY Terminal 5
- Sun 11/25/2018 New York, NY Terminal 5
- Thur 11/29/2018 London, UK Printworks
- Fri 11/30/2018 Birmingham, UK The Mill
- Sat 12/1/2018 Glasgow, UK Queen Margaret Union
- Sun 12/2/2018 Manchester, UK Academy 2
- Wed 12/5/2018 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg
- Thur 12/6/2018 Paris, FR Le Trabendo
- Fri 12/7/2018 Cologne, DE Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
- Sat 12/8/2018 Berlin, DE Gretchen
Luke Olosky, FestPop Staff Writer