Solarium Down the Causeway | ||||
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EP by Witch Hats | ||||
Released | September 2009 (Australia) | |||
Recorded | August 2008 | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 20:30 | |||
Label | Z-Man Records Sony/ATV | |||
Producer | Phill Calvert/Greg Ashley | |||
Witch Hats chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
RTRFM | Positive[1] |
thedwarf.com.au | Positive[2] |
Rave Magazine (Australia) | Positive[3] |
The Vine | Positive[4] |
Solarium Down the Causeway is the second EP by the Australian alternative rock and post-punk band Witch Hats, released on Z-Man Records in September 2009.[5][6]
The EP was mixed by their long-time producer, Phill Calvert of The Birthday Party. Most of the album was recorded in Oakland, California while the band was on their US tour promoting Cellulite Soul.[7] The EP was recorded by Greg Ashley of The Gris Gris.[8] The album title is a loose reference to seeing people sun-bathing in the aqueducts of Los Angeles.[9] They filmed the video clip for their song, "Check the Center" in an Arizonian desert.[5] In a 2013 interview with the online publication Shanghai 247, font-man and primary songwriter Kris Buscombe recalled firing a 9mm pistol through the roof of the studio during the recording sessions of the EP.[10]
By the time the record was released in 2009, drummer Duncan Blachford had already left the band.[7]