Hyperdrive Stereo‘s album Greatest Destroyer Of Love will be released on 18th November, through Golden Robot Records, but out now is new single, ‘All Rights Reserved’.
‘All Rights Reserved‘ is a song about the final conversation between a couple ending their tired relationship. Officially withdrawing all relationship “rights” (loyalty, love) from each other. The song is a journey and delivers a story many are familiar with.
You can check out the video here at RAMzine.
Written in the late 90s but never recorded, Hyperdrive Stereo always felt they had a great album of material. However, timing is everything and at that time, it just wasn’t meant to be. But good songs will always be good songs no matter how much time has passed, and now, Greatest Destroyer Of Love is here to finally be heard.
Hyperdrive Stereo features Mat Robins and Mark Robins from Australian band, Cicadastone, actor/writer/producer/comedian/musician, Jason Gann (best known for his role as the title character in the Australian comedy series Wilfred (and the U.S. reboot of the same name), and Agostino Soldati.
The Australian band first got together in the 90s and reformed recently. Born from the pairing of two bands divided by Australian states, Mark Robins (guitars), Mat Robins (bass) and Soldati (drums) were a three-piece band from Melbourne, Victoria, looking to expand and evolve, while Gann (vocals), from Brisbane, Queensland, was between bands and after a new project to collaborate with.
The guys would spend months writing music, passing it to Gann to write lyrics to have input in the creation of the songs. Everyone would chip in their share to fly to Melbourne and record demos as a band, and also on some occasions play shows. The chemistry of the band was said to be dynamite and in the studio the music flowed. As a band, Hyperdrive Stereo just had a knack for churning out unique ideas and crafting truly original material. Then life happened…
A tragic event changed everything. Hyperdrive Stereo was put on hold with no idea if or when it would ever happen again. Over time, the guys all got married, had kids, got jobs, travelled, had other creative projects etc, but were always mindful of those songs, that time, and the brotherhood of being in the band. The music never had the chance to be heard and the songs were too good not to share, too good not to ask the question…do we want to finish what was started?
It took over 20 years for Hyperdrive Stereo to regroup and to realise that they all need to do this – so they did… and the journey continues now with their new major record signing.
Releasing debut single, ‘Contact’, via Golden Robot Records earlier this year, it told the story of a confused and doomed young couple who have made a series of mistakes that they can’t undo. They have each other for the moment, but their bond won’t be enough to save them from the consequences of their bad choices. The song portrays an un-comforting clouded landscape of tragedy and despair. You can still order the single here and check out the video for it here at RAMzine.
‘Metermaid’ was the second single from Australian rock band Hyperdrive Stereo. A song about a hopeless drug addict who leaves his kid strapped in the car. Regret in a moment that can’t be undone. The song is confronting and brutally honest as its story unfolds, and has been followed by their latest single ‘All Rights Reserved’.
