SEJA
SEJA – I’LL GET TO YOU
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Sarah Blasko has invited her friend and fellow musician Seja to join her on her Spring tour. Seja’s synth prowess is well-known through her work with previous bands Regurgitator and Sekiden, but it is Seja’s eponymous solo project that produced her debut effort “We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares” that has
put a spotlight on her simply sweet songwriting and synth laden pop hooks.
With her album receiving fantastic reviews and stand out single ‘I’ll Get To You’ on rotation at Triple j and community stations, Seja is truly carving a niche for herself as a solo artist. She’s also got some pretty nifty dance moves!
Sarah Blasko With Special Guest Seja
Supported by Triple j, Yen Magazine, Street Press Australia & Groupie
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
OCTOBER
Wed 6 Albury Entertainment Centre, NSW
Tickets from venue: Swift St, Albury
or www.alburycity.gov.au/entertainment or 02 6051 3051
Thu 7 Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, Vic
Tickets from venue: 30 Hargraves St, Castlemaine or
www.theatreroyal.info
Fri 8 The Palais, Melbourne, Vic
Tickets from ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100
Sat 9 Meeniyan Town Hall, Vic
Tickets from Lyrebird Arts Council: www.lyrebirdartscouncil.com.au
or 03 5664 9239
Wed 13 Cairns Civic Centre, QLD
Tickets from venue: Florence & Sheridan Sts, Cairns or
www.cairnscivictheatre.com.au or 1300 855 835
Thu 14 Riverway Arts Centre, Townsville. QLD
Tickets from venue: Village Boulevard, Thuringowa Central
or www.tickets.com or 07 4727 9797
Fri 15 Mackay Entertainment Centre, QLD
Tickets from venue: Alfred St, Mackay or www.mackayecc.com.au
or 07 4961 9777
Sun 17 Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, QLD
Tickets from venue: Victoria Pde, Rockhampton or
www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au or 07 4927 4111
Mon 18 Moncrieff Theatre, Bundaberg, QLD
Tickets from venue: 177 Bourbong St, Bundaberg or
bundaberg.qld.gov.au/moncrieff or 07 4130 4100
Tue 19 Nambour Civic Centre, QLD
Tickets from venue: Centenary Sqr, Currie St, Nambour or
www.nambourciviccentre.com.au or 07 5475 7777
Thu 21 QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets from venue: Level 1, QPAC, Southbank
or www.qpac.com.au or 136 246
Fri 22 Stereo, Southport, QLD
Tickets from www.thestereo.com.au
Sat 23 Byron Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
Tickets from venue: 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay or www.byroncentre.com.au
Sun 24 Byron Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
Tickets from venue: 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay or www.byroncentre.com.au
Tue 26 Capitol Theatre, Tamworth, NSW
Tickets from Tourism Tamworth, Cnr Peel & Murray St, Tamworth or
www.capitoltheatretamworth.com.au or 02 6767 5300
Wed 27 Glasshouse, Pt Macquarie, NSW
Tickets from venue: Cnr Clarence & Hay St, Port Macquarie or
www.glasshouse.org.au or 02 6581 8888
Thu 28 Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Tickets from venue: 375 Hunter St, Newcastle or
www.civictheatrenewcastle.com.au or 02 4929 1977
or Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au
Fri 29 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Tickets from venue: 118 Enmore Rd, Enmore or
www.enmoretheatre.com.au or 02 9550 3666
Sat 30 Playhouse, Canberra, ACT
Tickets from venue: Civic Sqr, London Circuit, Canberra or 02 6275 2700
or www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au
NOVEMBER
Thu 4 Norwood Concert Hall, SA
Tickets from all BASS outlets or www.bass.net.au or 131 246
Fri 5 Astor, Perth, WA
Tickets from venue: Cnr Beaufort & Walcott Sts, Mt Lawley
or 08 9370 1777 or www.heatseeker.com.au
Sat 6 Astor, Perth, WA
Tickets from venue: Cnr Beaufort & Walcott Sts, Mt Lawley
or 08 9370 1777 or www.heatseeker.com.au
WE HAVE SECRETS BUT NOBODY CARES – ALBUM RELEASE NEWS
There are many reasons why musicians make solo albums. For some, the delicate artistic temperament simply cannot bear collaborating with or being around other people. For others, collaboration is a truly wonderful experience, but a time comes when they just want to test themselves and see if they can make something special alone. Seja could never belong to the first example.
This debut solo album, We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares, does not sluggishly lumber from extreme isolation. Emotionally sophisticated, what reveals is the sort of mixed euphoria astronauts, or pilots, may feel when an affair begins mid-flight… or whenever joy is tempered with survival doubts.
If it doesn’t sound like a debut, it’s because Seja has spent years playing synthesizers in Sekiden and Regurgitator, two of Brisbane’s finest ever pop bands. Late last year Seja found herself wanting, curious to discover if she could make an album alone. So she stayed home a lot, writing songs, recording lots of old synthesizers, and using her beautifully clear voice more than she ever had before.
There are a few collaborators: Saul Jarvie sings, having turned an instrumental that was emailed to him into one of the album’s best pop songs, Regurgitator’s Quan Yeomans and Spod assist with some structural suggestions and beats, and Cameron Bruce lends a hand in providing some beautiful piano playing for the album’s final track.
Seja’s brother Mirko produced, mixed and mastered the album, allowing its wide spaces to be further opened, and amplified the instrumentation is virtually all vintage electronics (Seja is known for her loyalty to vintage synths), and it’s with a simple, neat song structure we hear the stuff of classic pop. But the context is modern, and lyrically a touch hard-nosed, too busy living the present to be looking over its shoulder, ala ‘80s fans and alumni M83, granted it’s always in a dream. Crumbly, hand-crafted synth tones evoke such dreaminess, but the thematic focus of We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares never loses its way. Despite what Seja may tell you in a song.
WE HAVE SECRETS BUT NOBODY CARES IS OUT MARCH 27th
www.myspace.com/sejamusic
TRACKLIST
01. I’ll get to you
02. Through the backstreets
03. Framed you in fiction
04. Fire this fuel
05. Delay
06. A million wheels
07. One year later
08. Sing me the song like you said
09. Silver in my eye
10. We can’t see past our hands
11. We begin
12. Wir haben geheimnisse
13. Between a slur
