Noah Dillon Announces ‘Soft’ Australian Tour

The Perth muso is hitting the road later this year in support of his forthcoming EP Soft.

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Gearing up for the release of new EP Soft, Noah Dillon and his band have announced a six-date Australian tour that kicks off this October.

Beginning in Adelaide at Jive on Friday, October 18, the tour continues in Hobart at Republic Bar on Saturday, October 19, Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on Thursday, October 24 and Melbourne’s The Nightcat on Friday, October 25. The final two dates take place in Sydney at The Landsdowne on Saturday, October 25 and Mojos in Fremantle on Friday, November 22.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now via this link.

Along with announcing the tour, Dillon has shared the third single from Soft, ‘He’s A Lad’. The song, which premiered on triple j drive with Tyrone and Abby, is produced by Andy Lawson (The Buoys, Death By Denim, Tired Lion) and addresses toxic masculinity, with Dillon having this to say about the song:

"I wrote it after a night at the pub where this guy wouldn’t shut his mouth about himself, a desperate alpha male. I got home and felt both disgust and empathy for him. There’s no excuse for being a tosser but I could see his fragile inner child putting on a man suit. What are you hiding from? Being soft? Being sad? So scared to not be the centre of it that he never listens and in turn is the epitome of what he doesn’t want to be… a boring, lonely person.

“It was written in reference to this one person but is really a glance at my thoughts of the toxic parts of all masculinity. You only end up fighting yourself when you try fit into a box."

You can listen to ‘He’s A Lad’ below.

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Soft follows Dillon’s previous EPs, 2019s Everything Melts and 2021s Don’t Change for the World (Like It’s Changing Me), along with his super debut album, 2022s Kill the Dove.

Produced by Lawson and recorded at Debaser Studios in Perth, Soft is an introspective indie guitar record featuring Dillion’s band members Clancy Davidson (violin, keys, backing vocals), Jack Hill (drummer), Griffith Owen (bass) and Sam Rocchi (guitars, keys).

“Soft feels a bit more like it's looking in,” Shared Dillion in a statement about the EP. “The interesting thing that ties all of these songs together is they all have at least one passage that I was scared to show people because of how vulnerable they were.

“Believe it or not, that's actually a good sign for me as a songwriter – if I'm scared, it means I'm being honest. By that metric, this is probably the most honest body of work I've put together. The further I get along this journey, the better I get at actually verbalising how I feel."

Catch Noah Dillon at Jive on Friday, October 18. Tickets on sale now via Moshtix. Pre-save Soft EP here.

Noah Dillon ‘Soft’ Australian Tour

Friday, October 18 – Jive, Adelaide

Saturday, October 19 – Republic Bar, Hobart

Thursday, October 24 – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane

Friday, October 25 – The Nightcat, Melbourne

Saturday, October 26 – The Landsdowne, Sydney

Friday, November 22 – Mojos, Fremantle

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