Hugo Race has recently returned from an extensive concert tour of Europe with his Italian-based ‘Fatalists’ project. After receiving acclaimed reviews from European press, Hugo Race has brought the tour to Australia which will see Fatalists embark on a September / October tour across the countryside in support of their latest album offering, We Never Had Control. Joining the tour party will be special international guests Sacri Couri – the self described ‘romantic villains’ who play ‘mostly instrumental music with a cinematic feel’. Apart from being amazing live, they have incredibly impressive credentials with appearances on their last album from Isobel Campbell (Belle & Sebastian, Mark Lanegan), Marc Ribot (Tom Waits) as well as members from Calexico and Los Lobos.
On May 31st Hugo Race Fatalists released the ‘Ghostwriter’ single, the first material in twelve months and the prelude to the new album We Never Had Control which was released on July 5th, 2013 via Rough Velvet Records/MGM. From a career spanning four decades, We Never Had Control embodies Race’s search for beauty and poetry in life and death and is representative of a journey that can be traced literally across European and Australian continents, forming collaborative engagements between Australian singer songwriter producer Hugo Race and the Italian instrumental band Sacri Cuori.
Hailed by Italian press as “Persistent, hypnotic, raw and transfixing” and described as “dreamlike and metaphysical in the face of reality, using a poetic narrative drawn from the intangible”, together Hugo Race and his Fatalist collaborators Antonio Gramentieri and Diego Sapignoli are hypnotic and compelling listening. Acoustic instruments and subtle electronica fused with Race’s deep voice and song writing trace the scars of experience and sacrifice, set against intense soundscapes merging folk, experimentalism, electronica and rock. This tour is something not to be missed.
Hugo Race Fatalists
with special international guests Sacri Cuori (Italy)
Friday September 20
The Workers Club, Fitzroy Melbourne (OFFICIAL ALBUM LAUNCH)
Saturday September 21
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Friday September 27
Hotel Metro, Adelaide
Sunday September 29
Post Office Hotel, Coburg
Wednesday October 2
Yours and Owls, Wollongong
Thursday October 3
Moonshine @ Hotel Steyne, Manly (Sydney)
Friday October 4
The Vanguard, Newtown (Sydney)
Saturday October 5
Lizotte’s, Newcastle
Sunday October 6
Lizotte’s, Kincumber