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TORONTO, ON – February 1, 2022 – The hotly tipped Australian rock trio, Skegss, today shared two new singles, Stranger Days and December, alongside the announcement of their first U.S. trek in years: four West Coast shows leading up to their Coachella debut on April 15^th and 24^th. Ben Reed (vocals, guitar), Toby Cregan (bass, vocals), and Jonny Lani (drums) will kick things off with a performance at Portland, Oregon’s Mississippi Studios on April 12^th; a full itinerary is below and tickets go on sale this Friday, February 4^th, at 10am PT.

The infectious, sunkissed track, Stranger Days, arrives with a new video directed by Jamieson Kerr, which sees drummer Lani training to run a marathon as his bandmates refuel him—in classic Skegss’ fashion—with beers from a pub. "I think I wrote it a while ago, being in a mood where it's epic to try and ride out your ambitions and try and always look back when you kook it at life, and say I will try to be better, be a better friend, better partner, get better at getting better,” explains Reed. “Life is a changing, strange constant. But the more the days go on you get over things, so it's about riding those feelings out when you get weirded out by the world."
 
December is a heartfelt love letter to Christmas and Australian summer; an ode to being in one’s hometown for the holidays, and the nostalgia that comes with it. "December just happened naturally, the chord progression just rang a bit in the theme of Christmas and I must have been thinking about just how much fun it is over summer in my hometown,” Reed says. “Having beers down at the local pub on Chrissy Eve and just seeing the crew you grew up with. It's epic the years when everyone is in town for it, it's not even Christmas Day, it's just the whole summer period. And I reckon so many times my New Year’s resolution is to get healthy and probably give the booze a spell, but I go one day, it gets hell hot and I end up with a beer in my hand before I know it. So yeah, all talk every time. Almost part of the tradition."
 
Stranger Days and December follow the band’s recent single and tribute to their tour manager, guitar tech, and friend, “Bunny Man.” Released last March via Loma Vista Recordings, Skegss’ latest album, Rehearsal, debuted at #1 on Australia’s ARIA Charts, edging out new albums by Justin Bieber, Evanescence, and Dua Lipa to take the top spot. It also earned the trio their first cover story at NME Australia and marked their fifth consecutive year charting on triple j’s Hottest 100 chart with lead single, Valhalla, in addition to earning praise and support from Consequence, DIY, Rolling Stone Australia ('Song You Need to Know'), and more.

Skegss ​​2022 U.S. Tour Dates:
4/12 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
4/13 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s @ The Croc
4/15 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
4/17 - Indio, CA - Coachella
4/22 - San Diego, CA - Music Box
4/24 - Indio, CA - Coachella

DOWNLOAD - December single art

DOWNLOAD - Stranger Days single art

DOWNLOAD - hi res press photo