Shag Rock had an amazing end to 2016 when their single "Sunbleached Girl" picked up over 250K Spotify streams and became a pre-party anthem for youngsters all over the globe. The band also received world-wide radio play and tested the waters with a successful Australian East Coast tour over summer, performing to a massive hometown crowd in Brisbane and winning many new fans along the way. Now the Brisbane four piece are continuing their momentum into 2017 with the release of a new record, an extensive national tour and a rowdy new video for their latest single "Road Trip". 

Shag Rock's sophomore album Barefoot was recorded with long time supporter and ex-Powderfinger guitarist turned producer Ian Haug at Brisbane's Airlock Studios. The band also enlisted the mixing skills of world renowned engineer Nick Di Dia (Rage Against The Machine) to create a cohesive album that not only reflects their traditional indie/surf-rock sounds but introduces a deeper element of thought provoking lyrics and unique musical intricacies.

"Blood sweat and beers were poured into this album and we couldn’t be happier with the end product. With 11 songs, we feel like we’ve finally zoned into a coherent band sound that translates through the album. It was designed to bring some tasty flavours and encapsulate the chilled surf rock vibe" Explains Alex Wilson on the making of Barefoot.

Initially the band went into the demo process with an EP in mind but after some successful writing sessions they ended up with enough songs for a full-length album as Alex continues - "We went from pumping out a just a couple of demo's with the intention of recording a short EP of four or five songs, to spending weeks and weeks polishing a complete album of 11 songs. Talk about a change of pace. But it was perfect because all our ideas that we cultivated over the past year and a half since our debut in 2015 were finally put to tape. The writing process spanned over this whole time and the songs changed drastically from when we brought them to the studio to when we walked out the door."

Barefoot will mark a huge progression in the bands sound which was partly due to the recording process, working together as a band and alongside some legends of the industry. "There were a few headaches along the way, some part of the process, some not. Through big changes in parts and everyone having their bad days, we got there in the end, making it as perfect as we could and pouring our heart and soul into every second of the album. Although the album has an inherent purpose in its sound, every song is different from the other and range from driving indie rock (in Lip Addiction), heartfelt story-telling (Stolen), to tranquilising acoustics (in Crack the Code and Headland)." - Alex Wilson