Hellcat Speedracer Plot 'forever never here' National Tour

Fresh from the release of their sophomore EP, forever never here., electronic duo Hellcat Speedracer have announced a national tour taking place this October and November.

The tour arrives in support of the outfit's five-track EP that features the previously released singles 'Stay Blessed' ft. LEGZDINA, 'Minutes Of You' and 'Ultraviolet' alongside 'Meet Me At The Afterparty' and focus track 'Back To Life', a collaboration with KOATES.

A vibrant dancefloor hit, 'Back To Life' has an anthemic quality fuelled by nostalgia and late nights lost to the clubs.

Speaking about their new single, Hellcat Speedracer share: "'Back To Life' is a tune you slap on in the dying moments of the afterparty to get everyone right back in! A warm summer day in London and a couple chilled reds with a new friend kicked off the conception for 'Back To Life'. We met Koates for the first time doing exactly this. It was an instantaneous kinship that led to talking around a kitchen table well into the night, exchanging stories from our lives and learning more about our love for music, very much a 'did we just become best friends' moment."

Accompanying the tour announcement and single is a music video directed by award-winning creative director and cinematographer Billy Zammit (Ninjarachi, DMA's, Peking Duk).

Speaking about the video, Zammit shares, “Surreal maximal absurdism, creative top line dream words that brought together the HCSR world through the lens of distorted sounds and sweaty dancefloors. Ideating the concept for this release with the boys (HCSR) was an opportunity to flex our skillsets from large-scale compositing to heavy art-directed character building; there were only 'yes' answers when directing the absurdist realism that is forever never here."

The duo of Oliver Critchley and Alex Gray are perfomring four shows, kicking things off at Brisbane's Felons Barrel Hall on Friday 23 October. Hellcat Speedracer then hit Sydney's City Recital Hall on Saturday 31 October, The Tote in Melbourne on Friday 6 November and finish up in Adelaide at the Ed Castle on Thursday 12 November.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now at hellcatspeedracer.com.

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Written between Australia and the UK, forever never here. is Hellcat Speedracer's most ambitious project yet, featuring collaborations with KOATES, legendary British producer Richard X (Sugababes, Kelis, Pet Shop Boys), London-based producer Pat Alvarez (The Blessed Madonna, Griff, Joy Crookes, Jon Hopkins) and Latvia-born London-based artist LEGZDINA (Idris Elba, Sara Landry).

Speaking on the release, the band says, "forever never here. is not just our EP, but a state of being. We coined this phrase as a way to give meaning to the lifestyle we have been living in our 20s, moving towards 30. It is a subconscious experience, creating a constant state of reflection of one's life, much like hangxiety after a big night."

Catch Hellcat Speedracer at the Ed Castle on Thursday 12 November. Tickets on sale at hellcatspeedracer.com. Listen to forever never here. here.