Charlie Ivan Announces National Tour & Shares New Single ‘Fait Accompli’

The track is taken from Charlie Ivan’s upcoming new album, Of Nothing.

Alice Springs-based songwriter Charlie Ivan has announced the release of his brand new album, Of Nothing, due Friday 7 August via Bedroom Suck Records. He’s also shared new single ‘Fait Accompli’ and revealed he and his band are hitting the road this August.

Following the release of the album’s title track and ‘I’m Tired’, Ivan returns with the sonically charming ‘Fait Accompli’.

Discussing the new track, Ivan shares, “A kind of mash of words and anxieties that bubble away somewhere. Iterative lyrics - fragments from different times and notebooks. Some reckoning with futility which links a lot of the songs. Dylan Young, the producer, dropped the standard tuning on my Telecaster down a step and added the four-to-the-floor guitar harmonies.”

Recorded in Mparntwe, Alice Springs, on Arrernte Country with Dylan Young (Way Dynamic), Of Nothing arrives two years after Ivan's debut, Where The Dogs Go To Die. Sitting somewhere between alt-rock and desert-folk, the album is inspired by great songwriters such as Mark Lanegan, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Sharon Van Etten.

“It's meant to feel like a car dropping into the low road, trying to escape a dust storm trailing in from the west,” he explains. “It's meant to drive forward with a kind of quiet intensity. Some soft moments of longing and memory. A feeling that everything could collapse.

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Ivan is taking his new album on the road this August and will be joined in each city by some of the country’s most electrifying artists, including Jack Spencer, Milly Strange, Dolphin and Adelaide’s very own Ella Ion.

The Of Nothing tour begins on Friday 7 August at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs. Dates follow at Frank’s in Thirroul on Thursday 13 August, Sydney’s The Vanguard on Friday 14 August, Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Thursday 20 August, Hobart’s The Salon on Friday 21 August, Adelaide’s The Scenic on Saturday 22 August and Junk Bar in Brisbane on Saturday 29 August, with Ivan warping things up in Mapleton on Sunday 30 August at the Mapleton Pub.

Tickets for all shows are on sale here.

‘Fait Accompli’ by Charlie Ivan is out now. Listen here. Of Nothing is out Friday 7 August via Bedroom Suck Records. Pre-order here. Catch Charlie Ivan performing at The Scenic on Saturday 22 August. Tickets on sale here.

CHARLIE IVAN OF NOTHING TOUR DATES

Friday 7 August – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT w/Jack Spencer

Thursday 13 August – Frank's, Thirroul, NSW w/Beryl

Friday 14 August – The Vanguard, Sydney, NSW w/Hinano Fujisaki & Beryl

Thursday 20 August – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne VIC w/Milly Strange

Friday 21 August – The Salon, Hobart, TAS w/Dolphin

Saturday 22 August – The Scenic, Adelaide, SA w/Ella Ion

Saturday 29 August – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD w/McKisko

Sunday 30 August – Mapleton Pub, Mapleton, QLD w/Angharad Drake